Dify vs Make

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-19

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Dify and Make land in a near tie overall, scoring 11 out of 100 each, with Dify named in 15 of 71 answers versus Make's 14 of 71. Dify leans toward self-hosted and agency use, named in 3 of 3 answers on private self-hosting and 2 of 3 for agency-built agents, while Make shows up more for non-technical founders and business workflow automation, each at 2 of 4 or 2 of 3 answers. Head-to-head, they're evenly matched: each platform wins 5 questions outright, with 10 tied. Neither is ever named for developer frameworks, production reliability, or debugging tools.

Head to head

metric	Dify	Make
score	12	12
questions won	12	7

By assistant

Dify

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	13	30% of answers	#6.2
Claude	13	25% of answers	#9.6
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	12	22% of answers	#5.5

Make

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	12	20% of answers	#3.3
Claude	11	15% of answers	#4.7
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	10	17% of answers	#5.3

Where they differ

Only Dify gets named for

What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately?
What are the best alternatives to OpenAI AgentKit?
What's the best AI agent builder in 2026?
What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup?
What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research?
What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks?
What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients?
What are the best alternatives to LangChain?

Only Make gets named for

Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team?
Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder?
What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents?

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