Reviewed 11 October 2026. This is a documentation review, not a test. The award record for 2026 is on the award page.
Pages the panel read
Scores
| Dimension | Score | Checks |
|---|---|---|
| Tool Access | 90 of 100 | 4 documented, 1 mentioned, 0 not found |
| Task Setup | 90 of 100 | 4 documented, 1 mentioned, 0 not found |
| Running and Oversight | 100 of 100 | 5 documented, 0 mentioned, 0 not found |
| Billing Clarity | 60 of 100 | 3 documented, 0 mentioned, 2 not found |
The total is the plain sum of the four dimensions, out of 400. Each check is worth 20 points when documented in detail, 10 when mentioned only, and 0 when nothing was found.
Checklist
Tool Access: 90 of 100
How many outside tools the builder connects to, and whether its public pages name them.
| Check | Finding | What the documentation says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Names specific third-party integrations on a public page | Documented | The marketplace lists plugins for Slack, Notion, Jira, Outlook, GitHub and Google Drive. | Dify marketplace |
| Connects search engines or SEO data | Documented | Search engine plugins are listed, such as Google, Bing and Tavily. No SEO metrics tool was seen. | Dify marketplace |
| Connects social or community platforms | Mentioned | Team messaging tools are named, such as Slack and Feishu. No social network is listed. | Dify marketplace |
| Connects sales or contact data | Documented | A people and company data plugin covers work emails and phone numbers. | Dify marketplace |
| Connects media generation (image, video or voice) | Documented | Image, video and voice plugins are listed, including Kling and a text-to-speech option. | Dify marketplace |
Task Setup: 90 of 100
How a person turns a goal into a working agent without wiring each tool by hand.
| Check | Finding | What the documentation says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starts from a plain-language task description | Documented | Build an agent by chatting or by configuring it by hand. | Dify home |
| Picks or connects tools without manual wiring | Mentioned | Plugins can be reused across apps. No page describes automatic tool choice. | Dify home |
| Offers ready-made templates or workflows | Documented | The marketplace offers templates such as SEO agents and business analyst agents. | Dify marketplace |
| Has a visual, no-code builder | Documented | A visual drag-and-drop workflow studio is described. | Dify Cloud |
| Connects outside AI agents over MCP, SDK or API | Documented | Workflows can be published as an MCP server or an API, and used in Claude Desktop and Cursor. | Dify workflows |
Running and Oversight: 100 of 100
Whether the agent keeps working on a schedule, asks a person before outside actions, and shows what it did.
| Check | Finding | What the documentation says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on a schedule or continues in the cloud | Documented | Workflows can start on scheduled jobs, plugin events and inbound webhooks. | Dify workflows |
| Asks a person to approve before outside actions | Documented | A human-input step pauses a run for approve, edit, comment or forward. | Dify workflows |
| Keeps a run history the user can open | Documented | Log history is listed by plan. | Dify pricing |
| Shows which tool or step was used, and why | Documented | Every run can be traced, with node outputs, variables and execution paths. | Dify workflows |
| Supports team sharing or several users | Documented | Team workspace, team roles, shared workspaces and activity logs are described. | Dify Cloud |
Billing Clarity: 60 of 100
Whether the free start, the price and the usage are stated in public.
| Check | Finding | What the documentation says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| States a free way to start | Documented | A sandbox plan and a community edition are both listed as free. | Dify pricing |
| Shows plans or rates on a public page | Documented | Professional and Team plans are shown with yearly prices per workspace. | Dify pricing |
| Uses one balance or one bill across the tools | Not found | Credits cover model calls only. Some plugins need their own API key. | Dify pricing |
| Shows how much credit or usage each task used | Documented | Analytics shows usage, latency, cost and errors. | Dify Cloud |
| Says no credit card is needed to start | Not found | The card requirement for the free sandbox is not stated. | Dify pricing |
What the documentation does not cover
- Billing Clarity: uses one balance or one bill across the tools
- Billing Clarity: says no credit card is needed to start
Where the panel stopped
The panel read public documentation only. It did not buy the product, run a task, or compare real results. Documentation is not performance: a product may do things it does not publish, and a product that performs well but publishes little will score low here. That limit is stated on every research file.
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Published 2026‑10‑11 · Panel review of public documentation, October 2026