Flowise reaches end of life on August 31, 2026

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Why you are here

Flowise is ending. Your agents do not have to

FlowiseAI announced its sunset on July 29, 2026, archives its repository on August 10 and reaches end of life on August 31. You have two reasonable moves.

Keep Flowise, change who runs it

Flowise is Apache 2.0. Nothing forces you to rebuild. Run the same version, managed by us, and skip the migration entirely. This is the fastest path if your flows work today.

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Move to a tool with a roadmap

If you were already hitting the limits of Flowise, this is a good moment to switch. Langflow, Dify and n8n are actively maintained, open source, and run on the same managed platform.

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The alternatives

Four open source options, all managed on Elestio

Ranked by how little work it takes to get back to a working setup before the deadline.

01

Flowise logoFlowise, managed

Keep the exact same tool you already know

No migration needed

The exact tool you use today, same interface and same chatflows, now fully managed on an instance we operate for you. Apache 2.0, so the end of the company does not end the software. You keep the flows, we take the backups, updates, patching and monitoring. This is the zero-risk option when the deadline is weeks away.

Pricing
$26/mo, managed
Best for
Teams that already use Flowise and have no time to rebuild before August 31.
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02

Langflow logoLangflow

Visual framework to build and deploy AI agents and RAG apps

A visual builder on top of LangChain, with the same drag-and-drop mental model as Flowise: nodes, chains, agents, RAG. Actively developed with a large community. If you liked how Flowise worked and just want a tool that is still shipping, start here. Flows do not import automatically, but the concepts map almost one to one.

Pricing
$26/mo, managed
Best for
Visual, Python-friendly builders who want an active roadmap.
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03

Dify logoDify

LLMOps platform to build, test and run AI apps and agents

More than a flow builder: Dify packages prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, datasets, agents and observability, then exposes each app as an API or a hosted chat interface. Stronger than Flowise on team collaboration and on tracking what your app actually does in production.

Pricing
$26/mo, managed
Best for
Teams wanting an all-in-one LLM app platform.
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04

n8n logon8n

Workflow automation with native AI nodes

A general automation platform with native AI agent and LangChain nodes, plus 400+ integrations to the tools you already run. Pick n8n when your agent needs to read a CRM, write to a database, post to Slack and trigger on a webhook, not just answer questions. The most deployed application on Elestio.

Pricing
$26/mo, managed
Best for
Automation-first teams orchestrating agents and integrations.
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Side by side

Flowise, Langflow, Dify and n8n compared

What each one is good at, and what moving there actually costs you in effort.

Flowise (managed) Langflow Dify n8n
Type of tool Visual LLM flow builder Visual LangChain builder LLM app and agent platform Automation with AI nodes
Still maintained Community (Apache 2.0) Yes Yes Yes
Effort to move from Flowise None Low Medium Medium
Your flows import as is Yes No, rebuild No, rebuild No, rebuild
Built-in RAG Yes Yes Yes, with datasets Yes, vector nodes
Non-AI integrations Limited Limited Medium 400+
Code required No Some No No
Self-hosted, no lock-in Yes Yes Yes Yes
Managed on Elestio $26/mo $26/mo $26/mo $26/mo

Prices shown for the 2 vCPU / 4 GB managed plan. Smaller and larger configurations are available on 9 cloud providers and 100+ regions, and you can resize at any time.

Why Elestio

Whichever one you pick, you should not be the one running it

The reason Flowise Cloud disappearing hurts is that someone else was operating it. That part is what we do, on software you own.

Deployed in minutes

Pick the software, the cloud provider and the region. The instance comes up configured, with SSL, a custom domain and a firewall already in place.

Managed and certified

Automated backups, updates, patching, monitoring and 24/7 support, on a platform that is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant.

Your cloud, EU regions available

9 cloud providers, 100+ regions, or bring your own cloud account. Keep your data and your backups inside the EU if that is what you need.

No lock-in by design

Every tool here is open source, you get full root access to the VM, and you can take the stack elsewhere the day you want to. That is the whole point.

Try two of them side by side this week

Free trial, no credit card. Deploy Flowise and Langflow in parallel, move one flow across, then decide with real evidence instead of a comparison table.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the best open source alternative to Flowise?

    It depends on why you are moving. If your flows work and you only lost the vendor, managed Flowise on Elestio is the fastest answer because nothing needs to be rebuilt. If you want a maintained tool with the same visual approach, Langflow is the closest. Dify is stronger for shipping LLM apps to end users, and n8n is the right pick when the AI step sits inside a wider automation.

  • Can I import my Flowise chatflows into Langflow, Dify or n8n?

    No. There is no automatic import between these tools: the node models are different, so flows have to be rebuilt. Simple chatflows usually take an hour or two. This is exactly why keeping Flowise on a managed instance is the lowest-effort option before the August 31 deadline.

  • Is Flowise still usable after August 31, 2026?

    Yes. Flowise is licensed under Apache 2.0, so the code stays available and self-hostable after the company sunsets. What disappears is the vendor, the hosted service and official support. On Elestio the same version keeps running with our team handling updates, backups and security patching.

  • Are Langflow, Dify and n8n really open source?

    Yes, all three are open source and self-hostable, and all three are actively developed. You can run them on your own infrastructure, with full root access to the VM, and export your data whenever you want.

  • How much does each one cost on Elestio?

    All four start at $26 per month on a managed 2 vCPU / 4 GB instance, which covers backups, updates, monitoring, SSL, firewall and 24/7 support. Larger configurations are available and you can resize at any time. Pricing depends on the machine, not on the number of users or flows.

  • Can I run more than one of them at the same time?

    Yes, and many teams do. A common setup is n8n for the business automation and Dify or Langflow for the LLM app itself, talking to each other over their APIs. Each one runs on its own managed instance.

  • Can Elestio help me migrate?

    Yes. Our team helps you move off Flowise, whether you keep Flowise on a managed instance or rebuild on another tool. Tell us what you run today and we come back with a plan and a timeline.

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