LangChain vs Haystack vs Dify vs Semantic Kernel

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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LangChain
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Competitor 1
Haystack
Competitor 2
Dify
Competitor 3
Semantic Kernel
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool LangChain
langchain.com
Framework for building with large language models
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Competitor Haystack
haystack.deepset.ai
Haystack is an open-source AI orchestration framework from deepset for building production-grade LLM applications and agents.
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Competitor Dify
dify.ai
AI apps without code
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Competitor Semantic Kernel
learn.microsoft.com
Semantic Kernel is a lightweight, open-source development kit from Microsoft for building AI agents and adding AI models to existing C#, Python or Java codebases.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
3.4Mvisits/mo
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1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 0.7%
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▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
+21.0%
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-30.6%
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Global rank web
#13,384
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#39,510
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Avg. last 3 months
3.3M
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1.1M
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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41%
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Pages / visit
6.2
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4.4
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Visit duration
5m 29s
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6m 40s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
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LangChainHaystackDifySemantic Kernel
0850.7K1.7M2.6M3.4MLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1M1M10MLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
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Starting price
$39per month · free tier available
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$590per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Plans
Developer FreePlus $39/moEnterprise Custom/mo
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Sandbox FreeProfessional $590/yrTeam $1,590/yrEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocuments
DocumentsText
CodeText
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
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Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Agent creation
Agents
LLM development
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