Dify vs Fetch.ai Agentverse (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Dify and Fetch.ai Agentverse share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about features, where Dify grades higher, or value for money, where Fetch.ai Agentverse does.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Dify
Open-source platform for building AI agents and agentic workflows
Fetch.ai Agentverse
Marketplace and hosting platform for registering and finding AI agents
Which one is for you
Pick Dify if
- Fits if your team wants agents and chatbots that answer from your own documents
- Works for teams that have to self-host or keep everything in a private cloud
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you work alone: the first paid step is $59 a month for a 3-member workspace, and Team is $159
- Tight if you're staying on Sandbox, with 1 member, 5 apps and 200 message credits that don't refill
- Not for you if you need SSO or more than one workspace, which are Enterprise only, at a price not published
- Watch out: the free Community Edition means hosting it on Docker yourself, with one workspace and Dify's own license
- Skip it if you want a phone or desktop app, as Dify is a web app
Pick Fetch.ai Agentverse if
- Fits if you want your agent listed and found inside the Fetch.ai ecosystem
- Works for developers who already build with LangGraph or CrewAI
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: quotas cap messages, storage and hosted compute
- Skip it if you need a published price, because the paid plans were not readable
- Watch out: free users must log in every 30 days to keep agent mailboxes active
- Watch out: subscriptions and deep links for paid agents are marked coming soon
How we grade them
| 2.2GPADifyFair | 2.2GPAFetch.ai AgentverseFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DThe first paid step is $59 a month per workspace, or $590 for the year, which is in the dearest tenth for this category. Three members share it, so split three ways it's bearable; on your own it's dear. Team is $159 a month. | CWe could not read the Basic, Premium and Enterprise prices, since the docs show them as images, so it sits mid-pack by default. |
| Free plan and trial | CSandbox is free but you'll hit the end of it fast: 1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents and 200 message credits that never refill, after which you bring your own model keys. The real free option is the Community Edition, hosted by you on Docker. | CA free Basic tier with quotas on messages, storage and hosted compute, and you must log in every 30 days to keep mailboxes active. |
| Features | BIt covers the job: a visual canvas for workflows, agents set up by chatting or by hand, pipelines that turn files, websites and drives into a searchable knowledge base with retrieval testing, and apps published as web apps, embeds, APIs or MCP tools with logs to review. | CHosting, a no-code builder, discovery through ASI:One, analytics and testing. Paid access for agents is listed as coming soon. |
| Ease of use | CNo code, but it is a builder: a canvas to learn, a Marketplace to install from, and your own model keys to add once the 200 credits are gone. No rating on record to go by. | CNo rating on record. You build or register agents and set up identity and mailboxes. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app, and what you build goes out as an API endpoint, an embed or an MCP tool. The Marketplace adds model providers, tools and data sources. No phone or desktop app on the listing. | BWeb platform with a CLI and links to ASI:One, LangGraph, CrewAI, Cursor and VS Code. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | building your own AI apps on your own data | a marketplace for hosting and listing agents |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Dify and Fetch.ai Agentverse. How we grade
Where they differ
- Dify is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Dify also covers workflow automation.
- Fetch.ai Agentverse also covers reports.
At a glance
| Dify | Fetch.ai Agentverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $590 per workspace / year (Professional); $59 billed monthly | Not published |
| Free plan | Sandbox plan: 1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 50 MB of knowledge storage and 200 one-time message credits. The self-hosted Community Edition is also free. | The docs describe a free Basic tier with usage quotas, and say its users must log in at least once every 30 days to keep agent mailboxes active. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LangGenius, Inc. | Fetch.ai |
| Price read from | dify.ai | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dify
- The Sandbox plan's 200 message credits are a one-time grant; after that you supply your own model API keys.
- Cloud plans are priced per workspace with member caps: 1 on Sandbox, 3 on Professional and 50 on Team.
- SSO, multiple workspaces and a commercial license are part of the Enterprise edition only.
- The free Community Edition is limited to a single workspace and uses Dify's own Apache-2.0-derived license.
Fetch.ai Agentverse
- Subscription prices were not readable: the docs show the Basic, Premium and Enterprise plans only as images, and the Agentverse site answered with a bot check.
- Usage is capped by quotas on messages, storage and hosted compute time, whatever the plan.
- Paid access for agents, such as subscriptions or deep links, is listed in the docs as coming soon.
- Fetch.ai also runs a consumer assistant, ASI:One, and a business agent product, which are separate from Agentverse.
Key features
Dify
- Workflow Studio
- A visual canvas for workflows and chatflows, where blocks define how an app retrieves data, makes decisions, calls tools, asks for human input and completes a task.
- Agents
- Agents are built by chatting or by manual configuration with skills, tools and knowledge, then used as an app, embedded in a website or reused as a node inside a workflow.
- Knowledge pipeline
- Repeatable pipelines extract, clean, chunk and index files, websites, online documents and drives into a knowledge base, with retrieval testing before it is connected to an app.
- Marketplace and plugins
- Model providers, tools, data sources and MCP integrations are installed from the Marketplace or defined yourself, and reused across the apps in a workspace.
- Publishing and monitoring
- Apps ship as hosted web apps, API endpoints, embeds or MCP-compatible tools, with logs, feedback, annotations, latency and usage data to review.
- Cloud, enterprise or self-hosted
- Use Dify Cloud, deploy the Enterprise edition in your own VPC or on Kubernetes with a Helm chart, or self-host the Community Edition with Docker.
Fetch.ai Agentverse
- Hosted and external agents
- Create agents with a visual no-code builder, or register an agent built elsewhere with LangGraph, CrewAI or custom code.
- ASI:One discovery
- Registered agents appear in search results on ASI:One, and the agent's profile, README and keywords influence how it ranks.
- Analytics and discovery insights
- Dashboards show search impressions, query volume, usage and ranking trends for each agent.
- Agent testing
- The platform sends natural-language questions to an agent to check how it responds, and test sets can be imported from CSV.
- Identity and verified profiles
- Agents register with handles, verified metadata and public activity logs.
- Agentverse CLI
- The avctl command-line tool, now with a Windows installer, manages agents, and hosted agents can be opened in Cursor or VS Code.
Plans
Dify
SandboxFree
1 member, 5 apps, 50 knowledge documents, 50 MB of knowledge storage, 200 one-time message credits and 30 days of log history.
CommunityFree
Open-source edition you self-host with Docker: all core features in the public repository, a single workspace and community support.
Professional$59
per workspace / month ($590 per year billed annually)
3 team members, 50 apps, 5,000 message credits a month, 500 knowledge documents, 5 GB of storage and 20,000 trigger events a month.
Team$159
per workspace / month ($1,590 per year billed annually)
50 team members, 200 apps, 10,000 message credits a month, 1,000 knowledge documents, 20 GB of storage and unlimited trigger events.
EnterpriseCustom
Self-hosted or VPC deployment with a commercial license, multiple workspaces, SSO, advanced security controls and professional support.
Fetch.ai Agentverse
Pricing could not be confirmed. See fetch.ai.
Ways to pay less
Dify
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
Dify's pricing page lists a 17% saving for annual billing: Professional is $590 a year instead of $59 a month, and Team is $1,590 a year instead of $159 a month.
- Education
Free Professional plan for students and educators
Verified students, teachers and school staff aged 18 or over can use the Yearly Professional plan at no cost, re-verified each year. Message credits stay at the Sandbox level of 200.
Fetch.ai Agentverse
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dify or Fetch.ai Agentverse?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Dify starts at $590 per workspace / year (Professional); $59 billed monthly, and Fetch.ai Agentverse has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Dify or Fetch.ai Agentverse?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Dify and Fetch.ai Agentverse have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.