Difyvsn8n
Real-World Scenarios: When to Choose Which
The question that matters: “In what situation will I regret choosing A over B after 3 months?”
Connect CRM, CRM, team chat, and custom APIs through the visual workflow editor. Triggers, transforms, and webhooks sync leads, statuses, and notifications in real time.
The agent builder chains prompts, calls external APIs for customer context, and formats replies before they hit team chat or email. Manual handoffs drop by 40%.
Deploy on private infrastructure. Code nodes handle encryption, audit logging, and compliance checks - same 400+ integrations as cloud with zero external data exposure.
Pricing Intelligence
Dify Plans
Free tier available
- • 200 OpenAI calls
- • 5 apps
- • Community support
- • 5,000 messages/mo
- • 50 apps
- • Priority support
- • Unlimited
- • Enterprise features
- • Full control
n8n Plans
Free tier available
You get Self-hosted, Unlimited workflows, Community support. What's locked behind the paywall: 2500 executions/mo, cloud hosting, email support. If those matter, Starter at $24/mo is the next step. Good enough for solo use and evaluation.
$24/mo gets you 2500 executions/mo, Cloud hosting, Email support. The sweet spot for professionals who've maxed out the free plan and need 2500 executions/mo, Cloud hosting.
$60/mo gets you 10K executions/mo, Advanced permissions, Priority support. 150% more than Starter - justified only if you need the extras. At this price point, also evaluate Make (Integromat).
Feature Matrix
26 differences found across 34 standardized features
Pros & Cons Face-Off
Evaluative strengths and weaknesses — not feature lists
- +Comprehensive LLMOps platform
- +Excellent self-hosted option
- +Strong observability and versioning
- +Rapidly growing ecosystem
- −Cloud plans have message limits
- −Complexity can be overwhelming
- −Documentation has gaps
- +Free plan available
- +Competitive pricing from $24/mo
- +Multiple pricing tiers (3 plans) to match different needs
- −AI output quality varies by use case
- −Some advanced features locked behind higher tiers