Dify vs Lindy

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Dify and Lindy both sit in the lower tier of AI agent platforms, with overall scores of 11 and 10 out of 100. Dify shows up in 15 of 71 answers, Lindy in 13 of 71. Dify does best on self-hosted setups, named in 3 of 3 answers for that question, and also stands out for agency use and general agent-building. Lindy leads for non-technical founders, named in 3 of 4 answers, and does relatively well on pricing for small teams. Head-to-head, each platform was named more often than the other in 5 questions, with 10 ties. Neither is ever named for voice agents or developer frameworks.

Head to head

metric	Dify	Lindy
score	11	10
questions won	9	8

By assistant

Dify

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

Lindy

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	9	10% of answers	#1.5
Claude	10	25% of answers	#11.8
Gemini	7	8% of answers	#2.0
Perplexity	19	26% of answers	#3.6

Where they differ

Only Dify gets named for

What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately?
What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients?
What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools?
What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data?

Only Lindy gets named for

Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder?
What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents?
What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails?

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