Windmill vs Stepper vs Dify vs Appian

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

Your tool
Windmill
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Competitor 1
Stepper
Competitor 2
Dify
Competitor 3
Appian
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Windmill
windmill.dev
Windmill is an open-source, code-first orchestration platform for internal software.
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Competitor Stepper
stepper.io
Building automated workflows traditionally requires either coding skills or wrestling with complex visual builders
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Competitor Dify
dify.ai
AI apps without code
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Competitor Appian
appian.com
Appian is an enterprise platform for process automation that orchestrates AI agents, existing systems and people from one place.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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49.9Kvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 34.2%
▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
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+519.2%
-30.6%
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Global rank web
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#677,321
#39,510
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Avg. last 3 months
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38.1K
1.1M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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40%
41%
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Pages / visit
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2.0
4.4
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Visit duration
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47s
6m 40s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 15%
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WindmillStepperDifyAppian
0368.2K736.4K1.1M1.5MStepper · 8.1KStepper · 15.4KStepper · 20.2KStepper · 27KStepper · 37.2KStepper · 49.9KDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1M1K10K100K1M10MStepper · 8.1KStepper · 15.4KStepper · 20.2KStepper · 27KStepper · 37.2KStepper · 49.9KDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.3MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.5MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.1MDify · 1.2MDify · 1.2MDify · 1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$120per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$590per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free and Open-source (self-host) FreeEnterprise $120/mo
Free FreePro $19/moTeam Coming soon
Sandbox FreeProfessional $590/yrTeam $1,590/yrEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
Text
DocumentsText
DataDocumentsText
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
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Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Developer ToolsAI Workflow+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI Workflow
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Workflow+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Workflows
No-code
Process automation
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Agents
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Agent creation
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Business automation
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Development
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Document data extraction
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Finance workflow automation
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Productivity
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Workflow deployment
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