Dify on DMS Enterprise Edition is a one-stop, enterprise-grade platform for private large language model (LLM) application development. This solution is offered by the Alibaba Cloud Data Management team in partnership with Dify. The platform combines the powerful features of Dify Enterprise Edition with the managed service benefits of Alibaba Cloud DMS. It is designed for enterprises that require strict data security, multi-tenant management, brand customization, and compliance audits. You can build and manage your internal AI applications securely and efficiently without handling complex underlying operations and maintenance (O&M).
Why choose Dify on DMS Enterprise Edition?
Choose Dify on DMS Enterprise Edition to obtain two core benefits: the advanced features of Dify Enterprise Edition and the convenience of a service managed by Alibaba Cloud DMS.
Highlights of the Enterprise Edition
You can centrally manage workspaces, member roles, and permissions to support multi-tenancy and tenant isolation.
You can manage plugin and large language model credentials by workspace and plugin version.
You can query and download audit logs to meet compliance requirements.
You can customize the brand logo.
You can customize the brand identity, including the application title, logon page logo, workspace logo, and website icon.
It supports multiple single sign-on (SSO) providers, such as SAML, OIDC, and OAuth2.
Dify Enterprise Edition (on DMS) vs. Community Edition
Compared to the Community Edition, the Enterprise Edition offers significant improvements in security, management, compliance, and technical support. This makes it the ideal choice for enterprise production environments.
Feature Module | Community Edition (Open Source) | Enterprise Edition (Dify on DMS) | Notes |
Core orchestration engine (Workflow) | ✅ | ✅ | |
RAG engine + Vector DB | ✅ (Basic) | ✅ (Enterprise-grade, multi-tenant, high concurrency) | |
Agent & Tools & Plugins | ✅ (Partial) | ✅ (Full + Enterprise plugin marketplace) | |
Multi-tenancy & permission center (RBAC) | ❌ | ✅ (Complete department/tenant isolation) | Key Feature |
SSO (SAML, OIDC, OAuth2) | ❌ | ✅ | |
Custom web application logo | ❌ | ✅ | |
Application versioning | ❌ | Coming soon | Lets users manually save versions and restore to any version. |
Audit log & operation traceability | ❌ | ✅ (Complete, 180+ days) | |
Approval workflow (pre-publication approval) | ❌ | ✅ | |
Enterprise-grade model management (model groups, load balancing, fallback policies) | ❌ | ✅ | |
Private model hosting (local deployment of vLLM/OpenAI-compatible models) | Limited support | ✅ (Officially maintained) | |
Data encryption (database, vector DB at-rest encryption) | ❌ | ✅ (SM encryption optional) | |
High availability architecture (active-active, blue-green deployment) | ❌ | ✅ | |
Offline air-gapped package | ❌ | ✅ | |
Commercial technical support & SLA | Community best effort | 7×16 enterprise support, 2-hour emergency response | |
Custom development authorization | AGPL v3 | Commercial license (allows closed-source customization) | |
Price | Free | Annual subscription, contact us for details. |
Benefits of Alibaba Cloud DMS hosting: simple, efficient, and global
You can deploy Dify Enterprise Edition on DMS to eliminate complex deployment and O&M tasks. This lets you focus on business innovation.
One-click activation for worry-free O&M: You can purchase and launch the service with a single click in the DMS console. You do not need to worry about complex O&M tasks such as managing servers, networks, or installing dependencies.
Seamless migration and upgrades: You can smoothly migrate your self-hosted Dify instances (Community or Enterprise Edition) to DMS. The platform provides monthly version updates (T+1), which allows for seamless upgrades to your instance.
Professional scale-out guidance: You can obtain mature, scenario-based usage support and component-level scale-out guidance. This ensures that the platform performance scales with your business growth.
Global service nodes: You can deploy the service in over 16 regions worldwide. You can choose the node closest to your business for the best access performance.
Purchase and activation guide
Dify on DMS uses a two-part model: DMS provides the managed service, and you activate your Dify Enterprise Edition license. Follow these steps to complete the setup:
Step 1: Obtain a Dify Enterprise Edition license
Purchase an official Dify Enterprise Edition license code from Dify.
Note: Alibaba Cloud DMS only provides the managed environment. It does not sell Dify software licenses.
Step 2: Activate the Enterprise Edition managed service on DMS
In Dify one-click deployment, select Dify Enterprise Edition and complete the purchase. This fee covers the managed service for your Dify runtime environment.
Step 3: Activate the license in Dify on DMS
After the service is activated, go to your Dify on DMS instance.
Go to the license activation page in the enterprise management console.
For the activation mode, select Offline Activation.
After successful activation, your Dify on DMS instance is upgraded to the full-featured Enterprise Edition.