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Dify
Dify lands a modest overall score of 11 out of 100 in the AI agent builders category, showing up in 15 of 71 answers across assistants. Claude rates it highest at 15, followed by Gemini at 13, Perplexity at 10, and ChatGPT at 8. Dify's strongest showing is on self-hosted setups, named in all 3 answers to "What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately?" It also does well on general "best platforms for building AI agents" questions (3 of 4) and no-code and agency-focused questions (2 of 4 and 2 of 3). It's never named for voice agents, non-technical founders, developer frameworks, production reliability, or debugging tools.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 8 | 15% of answers | #6.3 |
| Claude | 15 | 35% of answers | #9.6 |
| Gemini | 13 | 17% of answers | #3.0 |
| Perplexity | 10 | 16% of answers | #5.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 3 of 4 | #8 |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | 2 of 3 | #6 |
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | 2 of 4 | #2 |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | 1 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | 1 of 3 | #12 |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | 1 of 4 | #1 |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | 1 of 4 | #4 |
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #13 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, Vertex AI Agent Builder |
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI AgentKit |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | Zapier Agents, Gumloop, Lindy |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI AgentKit |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, xpander.ai |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | Voiceflow, Relevance AI, Lindy |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Make |
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | Vapi, Retell AI, Voiceflow |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | LangChain, CrewAI |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain, Letta |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | LangChain |
Assistants cited 12 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- ChatGPT“Dify | Client-facing AI apps/RAG | Fast visual development | Less flexible for highly customized systems”
- Claude“Dify if you want an open-source, self-hostable, multi-tenant app layer with a decent UI.”
- Gemini“Dify.ai:”
Closest rivals
- Dify vs Make11
- Dify vs Lindy10
- Dify vs Microsoft Copilot Studio10
- Dify vs Voiceflow10
- Dify vs Amazon Bedrock AgentCore9
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