Dify Recognized in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Agent Management Platforms as a Niche Player

Menlo Park, October 27, 2026. Dify, an AI agent management platform, today announced that it has been recognized in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Agent Management Platforms as a Niche Player.¹

Dify views its inclusion in the report as a milestone in its work to build an enterprise agent management platform on an open-source foundation. That work starts from a shift Dify sees in how enterprises use agents.

"Agents are multiplying across teams, each with its own tasks, costs and decisions," said Luyu Zhang, founder and CEO of Dify. "Building agents is no longer the hard part. The hard part is knowing what they're doing, what they cost and who can change them.

"Management can't be something added once agents are live. In Dify, it begins the moment a team starts building, so teams can build freely and the company can stay in control. Once agents do real work, managing agents is managing the business."

Within Dify's shared visual environment, teams can define what each agent should do, connect the knowledge and tools it needs, and choose proprietary or open-source models from multiple providers.

Organizations can also manage and update those agents on the same platform. Execution logs and model-cost monitoring help teams review how agents run, track model spending and decide what to change. Dify Enterprise provides role-based access controls and audit logs to help organizations manage access to platform resources and review activity.

Enterprises can use Dify Cloud as a managed service or deploy Dify Enterprise in a customer-managed virtual private cloud or on-premises, including air-gapped environments.

Gartner subscribers can read the full 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Agent Management Platforms report on Gartner's website.

For more on Dify's inclusion in the report and its approach to enterprise agent management, visit the Dify blog.

¹ Gartner, Magic Quadrant for AI Agent Management Platforms, Andrei Razvan Sachelarescu, Lucas Kobat, Gilbert van der Heiden, Max Goss, 27 October 2026.

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About Dify

Dify is an AI agent management platform built on an open-source foundation, available through Dify Cloud, Dify Enterprise and Community Edition. The company serves more than 280 enterprise customers, and its platform is used by developers and teams across more than 175 countries and regions. Learn more at dify.ai.