Flowise, AnythingLLM, authentik vs Dify

The registry records Flowise as available on self-hosted or vendor cloud; it is scored here as enterprise SaaS.

The registry records AnythingLLM as available on self-hosted or private cloud; it is scored here as private cloud.

The registry records authentik as available on self-hosted or private cloud; it is scored here as private cloud.

The registry records Dify as available on self-hosted or vendor cloud or private cloud; it is scored here as enterprise SaaS.

For this brief — confidential documents — enterprise SaaS is conditional: worth it only if the conditions in the options section hold. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — private cloud is a strong alternative. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — private cloud is a strong alternative. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

For this brief — confidential documents — enterprise SaaS is conditional: worth it only if the conditions in the options section hold. Change the brief and this verdict changes.

Covers your main objective (internal company search) and 2 of 3 secondary objectives (document Q&A, AI customer-support agent).

Covers your main objective (internal company search) and 2 of 3 secondary objectives (document Q&A, private company ChatGPT).

Covers your main objective (internal company search) and 1 of 3 secondary objectives (private company ChatGPT).

Covers your main objective (internal company search) and 3 of 3 secondary objectives (document Q&A, private company ChatGPT, AI customer-support agent).

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. Headcount was not stated, so the size band could not be checked.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. Headcount was not stated, so the size band could not be checked.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. Headcount was not stated, so the size band could not be checked.

You stated no hosting preference, so no option is favoured on that basis. No hard restriction on where processing happens was stated. Headcount was not stated, so the size band could not be checked.

External data transfer: yes. No catalogue deployment names Flowise, so this is read from “Enterprise SaaS assistant with governance controls”, the best-matching enterprise SaaS deployment for this brief. Confidential content leaves your control on the Employees → Vendor assistant (web and desktop clients) link.

External data transfer: some. No catalogue deployment names AnythingLLM, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief. Confidential content leaves your premises for your own cloud tenancy ("VPN / private endpoint"). You keep control of the account; the provider is a processor, so a DPA and a documented region apply.

External data transfer: some. No catalogue deployment names authentik, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief. Confidential content leaves your premises for your own cloud tenancy ("VPN / private endpoint"). You keep control of the account; the provider is a processor, so a DPA and a documented region apply.

External data transfer: some. Computed from “Customer-support agent with knowledge base and handoff”, the catalogue deployment that names Dify and best matches this brief. Personal data leaves your premises for your own cloud tenancy ("Helpdesk / ticketing system"). You keep control of the account; the provider is a processor, so a DPA and a documented region apply.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for Flowise. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for AnythingLLM. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for authentik. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them. The vendor is headquartered in the United States, which is where a transfer question starts, not where it ends.

We hold no fetched residency commitment for Dify. That is a question to put to the vendor, not an assumption to make about them.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for Flowise: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for AnythingLLM: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for authentik: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

We have fetched none of the four commitments for Dify: data processing agreement, subprocessor list, training on customer data, zero retention option. Each is a question for the vendor, and until it is answered it is unknown rather than absent.

4–12 FDE-days to implement. No catalogue deployment names Flowise, so this is read from “Enterprise SaaS assistant with governance controls”, the best-matching enterprise SaaS deployment for this brief.

6–15 FDE-days to implement. No catalogue deployment names AnythingLLM, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief.

6–15 FDE-days to implement. No catalogue deployment names authentik, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief.

10–25 FDE-days to implement. Computed from “Customer-support agent with knowledge base and handoff”, the catalogue deployment that names Dify and best matches this brief.

The vendor runs the service. Your standing work is access control, the policy staff work under, and re-reading the contract and subprocessor list when they change — not patching or capacity.

You own GPU drivers and the model server, the identity integration and joiner/leaver process, operating-system patching and backups. Assessed difficulty 3/5 is the shape of that work; someone has to hold it after go-live.

You own GPU drivers and the model server, the identity integration and joiner/leaver process, operating-system patching and backups. Assessed difficulty 3/5 is the shape of that work; someone has to hold it after go-live.

The vendor runs the service. Your standing work is access control, the policy staff work under, and re-reading the contract and subprocessor list when they change — not patching or capacity.

2/5. Starting point 1/5: a vendor product, configured rather than installed. +0.5 Single sign-on adds an identity provider, group-to-role mapping and a joiner/leaver process to the deployment.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: your own tenancy to build in, but no hardware to buy or rack. +0.5 You run the model server yourself: GPU drivers, quantisation choice, memory headroom and restarts are all yours to own.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: your own tenancy to build in, but no hardware to buy or rack. +0.5 You run the model server yourself: GPU drivers, quantisation choice, memory headroom and restarts are all yours to own.

3/5. Starting point 2/5: software you install, run and keep running on your own machines. +0.5 You run the model server yourself: GPU drivers, quantisation choice, memory headroom and restarts are all yours to own.

USD 3,100 – 23,000 — one-off — for Flowise at this headcount. No catalogue deployment names Flowise, so this is read from “Enterprise SaaS assistant with governance controls”, the best-matching enterprise SaaS deployment for this brief. Licences are not in that figure: no per-seat price has been read from the vendor’s own pricing page, so the software line is excluded from the total rather than guessed. Read it as implementation only.

USD 5,200 – 30,000 — one-off plus monthly, read as first-year outlay — for AnythingLLM at this headcount. No catalogue deployment names AnythingLLM, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief.

USD 5,200 – 30,000 — one-off plus monthly, read as first-year outlay — for authentik at this headcount. No catalogue deployment names authentik, so this is read from “Private-cloud RAG in a single region”, the best-matching private cloud deployment for this brief.

USD 20,000 – 70,000 — one-off — for Dify at this headcount. Computed from “Customer-support agent with knowledge base and handoff”, the catalogue deployment that names Dify and best matches this brief. Licences are not in that figure: no per-seat price has been read from the vendor’s own pricing page, so the software line is excluded from the total rather than guessed. Read it as implementation only.

The registry files Flowise as open source, so the interface, retrieval behaviour and the model behind it can be changed — subject to the licence, which is a fetched fact on its own page.

The registry files AnythingLLM as open source, so the interface, retrieval behaviour and the model behind it can be changed — subject to the licence, which is a fetched fact on its own page.

The registry files authentik as open source, so the interface, retrieval behaviour and the model behind it can be changed — subject to the licence, which is a fetched fact on its own page.

The registry files Dify as open source, so the interface, retrieval behaviour and the model behind it can be changed — subject to the licence, which is a fetched fact on its own page.

8 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

9 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

9 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.

8 issues spotted for this brief, 0 of them legal requirements; 0 carry a quote from the instrument they rest on. Leading with: Confidentiality duties bind independently of data protection law.