Coze

Coze is ByteDance's visual agent studio. github.com/coze-dev/coze-studio had 21,459 stars, license Apache-2.0. The README still describes an all-in-one visual agent tool (prompt, RAG, plugin, workflow) derived from the Coze development platform, and points home traffic at coze.cn/home.

Compare Dify if you wanted a public Sandbox / Professional $59 / Team $159 cloud table, and LangChain if you wanted a code-first MIT framework.

Key Features

• Hosted studio: The commercial product is a visual agent builder. Workflow, plugins, and knowledge bases are still the marketing surface. Confirm the live editor; do not freeze a 2024 plugin list.
• Coze Studio OSS: Apache-2.0 engine on GitHub. That is self-host software, not a priced SaaS row.
• Two sites: coze.com and coze.cn are not interchangeable. Quote the one you actually signed into.
• No public SKU: Pricing HTML did not expose Free / Pro / Team dollars.

Use Cases

• Teams that already live in ByteDance's Coze cloud and will schedule a plan inside the product.
• Teams that will self-host Coze Studio and accept Apache-2.0 ops.
• People comparing Coze vs Dify on public meters: Dify has one; Coze.com did not.

Limitation: The old "anyone can deploy agents with no programming" page had no prices, no limits, and no license. We dropped that slogan as the product definition.

Pricing

No public Coze.com seat table on 2026-08-17.

If a leftover blog still lists a free unlimited Coze cloud, treat the missing table as the source.

Getting Started

1. Open coze.com or coze.cn and look at in-app billing before you promise a seat.
2. Clone coze-studio only if you intend to self-host.
3. Confirm Dify if you needed a public $59 / $159 comparison this week.
4. Do not paste "no coding required, unlimited" into a deck.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Coze free?

The GitHub studio is $0 software.

Same as Dify?

Both are visual agent canvases. Dify publishes cloud dollars. Coze.com did not.

Is Coze Studio the same as coze.com?

Related. Studio is the open engine. coze.com is the hosted product.

Alternatives

• Dify: Public Professional $59 / Team $159.
• LangChain: Code-first MIT agents.

Tips

1. Say "hosted price unlisted; Studio is Apache-2.0."
2. Confirm which regional site your account uses.

Conclusion

Coze is a hosted ByteDance studio plus an Apache-2.0 GitHub engine, not an unpriced "anyone can build agents" slogan. Start at coze.com, then decide whether Dify already covers the canvas you need.