Dify vs Aster

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Dify compared with Aster
Detail	Dify	Aster
What it does	The Platform for Production-Ready Agentic Workflows	Intelligent Auto Routing
Stage	Established	Growing
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	freemium	usage-based
Pricing	Sandbox (free), Professional ($590/year per workspace), Team ($1,590/year per workspace), and custom Enterprise pricing. Message credits included monthly.	aster-work: $0.40 input / $0.80 output per million tokens. aster-code: $0.80 input / $1.60 output per million tokens. No subscription or seat fees. Prepaid credits start at $5 with no expiry. Routing included in product rates.
Key features	Workflow Studio - Visual builder for agentic workflows Agent builder - Create agents with skills, tools, and knowledge Knowledge Pipeline - Prepare searchable knowledge bases Marketplace - Explore tools, models, and integrations Multi-deployment options - Cloud, VPC, or self-hosted Publish and monitor - Ship as app, API, or tool Visual execution path - Turn prompt logic into visible workflows Unified workspace - Bring AI stack into one platform Enterprise features - SSO, SAML, RBAC, audit logs	Task-aware model routing Curated model collection
What makes it different	No-code platform that democratizes AI agent development for beginners Deploy from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack Unified workspace for agents, workflows, and knowledge pipelines Enterprise-ready with SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and compliance certifications	Reinforcement learning router trained on real task data 97.5% lower token cost vs frontier models Same product name regardless of underlying model
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	78 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	33	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	52	11
Referring domains (Majestic)	6338	23

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