CrewAIThe Enterprise Agent Build & Runtime for the work your business runs on

DifyThe Platform for Production-Ready Agentic Workflows

Comparison · AI Agents · weekly run Nov 3

CrewAI vs Dify

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

CrewAI is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 17.5 versus 5.2 for Dify, and ranks ahead in 67% of the answers that name both.

Choose CrewAI if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (17.5 vs 5.2)
AI answers describe it more positively (43% vs 27% positive)
Fastest path to a working multi-agent demo
Strong for complex multi-agent and role-based workflows

Choose Dify if…

You need ISO 27001:2022 or GDPR coverage
Self-hosting and strong data control
Recommended as a no-code option
Well suited for building AI-powered applications

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	CrewAI	Dify
Visibility score	17.5%	5.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#7	#22
Share of voice	4.9%	1.5%
Mentions this run	30	11
Positive in AI answers	43%	27%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

CrewAI 0pp · Dify 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

CrewAI leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

15%

9.8%

AI Mode

27.6%

Perplexity

10%

3.9%

CrewAIDify

Head to head in AI answers

9 engine answers name both brands

6CrewAI ranked higher

3Dify ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	CrewAI	Dify
What is the difference between an AI agent platform and MLOps Platforms?	AI Mode	#1	#4
What are the best AI Agents tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#3	#8
Top AI agent platform options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#7	#14
Best AI agent platform for startups	ChatGPT	#3	#6
Compare the leading AI Agents platforms	Perplexity	#9	#12
Alternatives to the most popular AI agent platform	ChatGPT	#8	#5
Alternatives to the most popular AI agent platform	Perplexity	#4	#11
Is there a free AI agent platform for small teams?	ChatGPT	#4	#2
Official website of the top AI agent platform vendors	ChatGPT	#23	#20

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	CrewAI	Dify
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Flat tiers
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $590 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	CrewAI cloud, customer VPC on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, or fully on-premises (AMP Factory).	Dify Cloud, customer VPC, or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes via Helm chart)
Integrations	1000+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR
Support	Community forum, Dedicated support with Slack/Teams channel, Support contact, On-site support	Community Discord and forum support, Dedicated CSM and 24/7 support on Enterprise, Professional technical support on Enterprise
Founded	—	2023
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	—
Employees	11–50	—
Funding	Series B	Series Pre-A
Best for	Enabling business and technical teams to build agents while giving platform teams the control to govern them.	Enterprise teams and developers who need to take AI agents and workflows from prototype to production, including organizations that require private deployment, security review and audit.