Tongyi Qianwen vs Dify

Compare Tongyi Qianwen and Dify: free credits, features, and ratings. Which one is right for you?

Feature
Tongyi Qianwen
Dify
Category
LLM
AI Assistant
Rating
⭐ 4
⭐ 3.5
Free Credits
2.5 Max generates watermark-free images and videos for free
200 API calls/month
Refresh Period
one-time
one-time
Resolution
N/A
N/A
Watermark
No
No
Commercial Use
No
Yes
Paid From
API $0.12/million tokens
$59/month

Tongyi Qianwen

Alibaba's model family, from lightweight 0.5B to flagship 235B. Qwen3 series is the all-rounder among open-source models. Free to use, cheap API. Supports multimodal (text, image, video, code).

Pros

  • βœ“Generous new user credits
  • βœ“Affordable API
  • βœ“Alibaba ecosystem
  • βœ“Strong multimodal

Cons

  • βœ—Average creativity
  • βœ—Reasoning not as good as DeepSeek

Key Features

Qwen3 full series open sourceMultimodal support (text/image/video/code)0.5B to 235B multiple sizes200K context windowTool calling capabilityAgent framework support
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Dify

Open-source AI app development platform. Visual workflow orchestration, RAG engine, 100+ model integration. Community edition free and self-hostable, cloud free tier: 200 API calls/month.

Pros

  • βœ“Open-source and self-hostable
  • βœ“Visual workflow orchestration
  • βœ“Supports 100+ models
  • βœ“MIT license, commercial use allowed

Cons

  • βœ—Requires technical background
  • βœ—Cloud free tier is limited
  • βœ—Paid plans are not cheap

Key Features

Visual AI WorkflowRAG EngineModel ManagementApp Publishing & APITeam CollaborationMonitoring & Analytics
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