{"id":866,"date":"2026-10-11T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-loop.co.jp\/en\/software\/dify\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T07:00:28","slug":"dify","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/good-loop.co.jp\/en\/software\/dify\/","title":{"rendered":"Dify Implementation, Operations Support, and Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dify Community Edition Implementation Support | Complete Support from Hardware Selection to Offline Environment Construction<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Comprehensive support service specialized in open-source editions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why our Dify implementation support is chosen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f513; Open-source edition specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Specialized in deploying Dify Community Edition (free version)<\/strong> with no dependence on commercial versions and no vendor lock-in. License fees are <strong>zero yen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f527; All-in-one hardware support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GPU\/CPU selection, memory and storage design, power consumption calculation and more. We handle <strong>everything from hardware procurement through installation and configuration<\/strong> in one stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#x1f310; Cloud and offline support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From clouds like AWS and Azure to <strong>completely offline environments<\/strong>, we support both. You can use generative AI with confidence even in security-sensitive environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instance-based billing model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We adopt <strong>&#8220;fixed monthly fees per instance&#8221;<\/strong>. This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#x2705; Even as user numbers grow, <strong>fees stay the same<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x2705; Multiple instances by use case for <strong>clear cost management<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#x2705; Easy budget planning with <strong>a fixed-cost model<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cost reduction through Dify Community Edition plus open-source LLMs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Aspect<\/th><th>Typical commercial AI services<\/th><th>Our Dify Community Edition support<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Software license<\/strong><\/td><td>\u00a5100,000\u2013500,000 per month<\/td><td><strong>\u00a50 (permanently free)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>LLM usage fee<\/strong><\/td><td>Pay-as-you-go (hundreds of thousands of yen per month and up)<\/td><td><strong>\u00a50 (when using open-source LLMs)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Customization<\/strong><\/td><td>Limited with additional costs<\/td><td><strong>Unlimited (source code modification allowed)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Data storage location<\/strong><\/td><td>Vendor cloud<\/td><td><strong>Your own environment (fully managed)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Offline operation<\/strong><\/td><td>Not possible<\/td><td><strong>Completely offline possible<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardware selection through operations | Our unified support system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Hardware selection and procurement support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>biggest challenge when self-operating open-source LLMs is hardware selection<\/strong>. We provide detailed design for the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GPU selection<\/strong>: From NVIDIA A100\/H100 to RTX 4090, we propose the optimal solution according to your budget and model size<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CPU\/memory configuration<\/strong>: Configuration design to maximize LLM inference speed (example: AMD EPYC + 512GB RAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storage design<\/strong>: Reduced model load times through NVMe SSD configuration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Power and cooling calculation<\/strong>: Proper environment design for equipment consuming 1.5kW to 5kW<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Procurement support<\/strong>: We help you procure at the best price from domestic and international vendors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Flexible construction options by environment type<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Environment type<\/th><th>Characteristics<\/th><th>Recommended use case<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Public cloud<\/strong><\/td><td>Built on AWS\/Azure\/GCP<br>scalability-focused<\/td><td>Development environments, variable load handling<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Private cloud<\/strong><\/td><td>Built in your own data center<br>security and cost optimization<\/td><td>Production environments, routine operations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Completely offline<\/strong><\/td><td>No internet connection<br>highest level of security<\/td><td>Confidential data processing, regulatory compliance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Hybrid<\/strong><\/td><td>On-premises plus cloud integration<br>flexibility and security together<\/td><td>Phased migration, disaster recovery<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Open-source LLM selection and optimization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have extensive experience testing many <strong>open-source LLMs<\/strong> and can propose the optimal model for your use case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Qwen2.5 (72B\/32B\/7B)<\/strong>: Top-tier Japanese language performance, commercially available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DeepSeek-V3<\/strong>: Best cost efficiency, fast with MoE architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Llama3.2 (405B\/70B\/8B)<\/strong>: From Meta, most stable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Command-R+<\/strong>: RAG-specialized, supports 104 languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Phi-3<\/strong>: Lightweight model, edge device compatible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through <strong>quantization (GGUF\/AWQ\/GPTQ)<\/strong> of each model, we make it possible to run large-scale models even with limited hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pricing structure (initial cost + monthly instance fees)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Initial implementation cost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Plan<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Initial cost<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Minimum<\/strong><\/td><td>Dify Community Edition setup <br>Ollama integration (1\u20132 models)<br> basic RAG configuration (pgvector)<br>weekly backup setup<\/td><td>\u00a5120,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Standard<\/strong><\/td><td>Above plus <br>multiple LLM model configuration<br> RAG optimization (chunk and embedding tuning)<br> load testing performed<\/td><td>\u00a5280,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Enterprise<\/strong><\/td><td>Complete design from requirements definition <br>HA\/cluster configuration<br> hardware selection and procurement support<br> offline environment construction<br> operations training and complete documentation<\/td><td>\u00a5500,000\u301c<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monthly support fee (per instance)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><strong>Basic<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Pro<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Enterprise<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Monthly (1 instance)<\/strong><\/td><td>\u00a515,000<\/td><td>\u00a535,000<\/td><td>\u00a560,000\u301c<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>User count<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Unlimited<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Unlimited<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Unlimited<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Knowledge storage<\/td><td>10GB<\/td><td>100GB<\/td><td>Unlimited<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Backup<\/td><td>Weekly<\/td><td>Daily<\/td><td>Real-time<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>\u203bInfrastructure costs (cloud usage fees, electricity, etc.) are separate<br>\u203bWhen using commercial APIs (OpenAI, etc.), API fees are separate<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implementation examples | Success stories achieved with Community Edition Dify<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u3010Case 1\u3011Financial Institution A | Generative AI utilization in a completely offline environment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: Financial regulations prohibit use of external APIs, yet we want to utilize generative AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Configuration<\/strong>: <ul><li>Dify Community Edition + Qwen2.5-72B<\/li><li>On-premises server with 2\u00d7 NVIDIA A100 80GB<\/li><li>Completely offline environment (air-gapped)<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Results<\/strong>: <ul><li>Confidential document summarization and analysis completed in-house<\/li><li>Zero monthly API fees (<strong>\u00a524 million annual savings<\/strong> compared to previous)<\/li><li>3\u00d7 improvement in processing speed (due to local processing)<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u3010Case 2\u3011Manufacturing Company B | Phased migration from cloud to on-premises<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Challenge<\/strong>: ChatGPT API costs exceeded \u00a5200,000 per month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Configuration<\/strong>: <ul><li>Phase 1: Built Dify Community Edition on AWS<\/li><li>Phase 2: Migrated to open-source LLM (DeepSeek-V3)<\/li><li>Phase 3: Complete migration to own data center<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Results<\/strong>: <ul><li><strong>95% reduction in API costs<\/strong> (down to under \u00a510,000 per month)<\/li><li>2\u00d7 improvement in response speed<\/li><li>Customization enabling business-specific functionality<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Dify Community Edition | Differences from commercial version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Feature<\/th><th>Community Edition (free)<\/th><th>Commercial version<\/th><th>Our support<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Basic features<\/td><td>\u25ce Full features<\/td><td>\u25ce Full features<\/td><td>Full feature support<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Source code<\/td><td>\u25ce Fully open<\/td><td>\u25b3 Partially closed<\/td><td>Customization support<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Support<\/td><td>\u00d7 None<\/td><td>\u25ce Vendor-provided<\/td><td><strong>\u25ce Provided by us<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>License fee<\/td><td>\u25ce Permanently free<\/td><td>\u00d7 Paid <br>(\u00a515 million annually)<\/td><td>&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Updates<\/td><td>\u25cb Community-dependent<\/td><td>\u25ce Guaranteed<\/td><td><strong>We verify and apply<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Conclusion: With Community Edition plus our support, you realize better value than the commercial version at lower cost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Can you really use the Community Edition commercially?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Yes, Dify Community Edition is provided under Apache License 2.0, so <strong>commercial use is completely free<\/strong>. You can embed it in in-house systems without restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: How much hardware do we need?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: It depends on your use case, but with a minimal setup you can operate <strong>without a GPU using only CPU<\/strong>. For large scale, we&#8217;ll design the optimal configuration for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: How do we migrate from our current ChatGPT usage?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Dify <strong>has compatibility with OpenAI API<\/strong>, so you can migrate your existing prompts and workflows as they are. 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