Flowise AI

Flowise is an open source drag & drop tool to build your customized LLM flow. We provide a visual interface to let you build backends for LLM apps used for QnA, summarization and analysis on your documents.

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2023

Location

San Francisco, CA

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Funding

OSS + Hosted

Flowise AI — Visual Builder for AI Agents and LLM Workflows

Flowise AI is an open‑source, low‑code platform for designing, evaluating, and deploying AI agents and LLM workflows via a drag‑and‑drop canvas. Teams can ship agentic apps to production using APIs, SDKs, or embeddable web widgets, and choose between self‑hosting or a managed cloud.

Founded in 2023 by ZhenJing Heng (Henry) and Chung Yau Ong; HQ in San Francisco

Open source under Apache‑2.0 with an active community

Acquired by Workday in Aug 2025 to bring native agent‑building into Workday (see the [Workday newsroom announcement](https://newsroom.workday.com), coverage on [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com) and [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com))

Learn more: [Website](https://flowiseai.com), [Docs](https://docs.flowiseai.com), [GitHub](https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flowiseai)

Why it matters

Flowise reduces the time and complexity of building production‑grade AI agents. Its visual canvas and prebuilt RAG pipelines help product and data teams move from prototype to deployment quickly, while evaluations and monitoring close the loop on quality and performance.

Product snapshot

Visual agent builder: Design multi‑step logic, tool use, and memory with [AgentFlow V2](https://docs.flowiseai.com/agentflow).

Multi‑agent patterns: Orchestrate specialized agents for research, routing, and tool use.

RAG pipelines: Ingestion, chunking, embeddings, upsertion, and retrieval prebuilt with [RAG & upsertion guides](https://docs.flowiseai.com/rag).

Evaluation & monitoring: Built‑in evaluations, analytics, and observability for iterative improvement .

Deployment options: Prediction API, streaming responses, embeddable chat widget, and SDKs for Python/TypeScript .

Flexible hosting: Open source (Apache‑2.0) for self‑hosting or managed [Flowise Cloud](https://flowiseai.com).

Key features

AgentFlow V2 canvas for complex agent logic and tool orchestration

End‑to‑end RAG and upsertion workflows with popular vector databases

Built‑in evaluations to measure answer quality and latency

Real‑time streaming and session memory for conversational experiences

Drop‑in embedded chat widget for websites and apps

Production‑ready Prediction API with Python/TypeScript SDKs

Integrations

Models/providers: OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Ollama, LocalAI, and more

Vector stores: Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, Chroma, Milvus

Tools/APIs: Google Custom Search, Brave, OpenAPI Toolkit, calculators, plus many LangChain tools

Third‑party platforms: [Zapier](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations/platforms/zapier), [Microsoft Teams](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations/platforms/microsoft-teams), [Streamlit](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations/platforms/streamlit), [Open WebUI](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations/platforms/open-webui)

Deployment and developer options

APIs & SDKs: [Prediction API](https://docs.flowiseai.com/api) with streaming and SDKs for Python/TypeScript

Embeds: Drop‑in [web chat widget](https://docs.flowiseai.com/embed) for sites and apps

Self‑hosting: [Docker](https://docs.flowiseai.com/self-host/docker) and community [Helm chart](https://artifacthub.io) with guides for [DigitalOcean](https://docs.flowiseai.com/self-host/digitalocean) and [Hugging Face](https://docs.flowiseai.com/self-host/huggingface)

Tutorials: Agentic RAG, deep research, and step‑by‑step examples

Open source and community

License: Apache‑2.0

Active development with frequent releases and tens of thousands of GitHub stars

Community sentiment:

Pros: Fast prototyping via visual builder; strong agent/RAG focus; self‑hostable; active docs/tutorials (see [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/flowise))

Cons: Documentation gaps for advanced scenarios; some teams prefer general automation tools (e.g., n8n/Make) for non‑AI workflows; varying community responsiveness

Pricing and Cloud

Flowise Cloud Free plan (e.g., 2 flows, 100 predictions/month, 5 MB storage) with evaluations included

See current [pricing on the homepage](https://flowiseai.com)

Who it’s for

Developers and data teams needing a visual agent/RAG builder with fine‑grained control

Product managers and solutions engineers prototyping AI features and internal tools

Organizations that prefer open source and require self‑hosting or VPC deployment

Workday customers/partners adopting agent workflows within Workday post‑acquisition

Common use cases

Internal knowledge assistants and document Q&A using RAG

Multi‑agent research, task routing, and tool‑use workflows

SQL/data agents over enterprise databases

Support and ops bots that call APIs and business systems

Embedded chat widgets for customer‑facing sites and apps

Rapid prototyping before committing to custom code

Differentiators

Visual, low‑code agent design that stays close to production semantics

Strong end‑to‑end RAG support, from ingestion to retrieval

First‑class evaluations and monitoring for quality and latency

Dual hosting model: permissive open source plus managed Cloud

Broad ecosystem integrations across models, tools, and vector stores

Considerations

Advanced patterns may require deeper docs or community support

For non‑AI workflow automation, general iPaaS tools may be a better fit

Quick facts

Name: Flowise AI

Founded: 2023

Founders: ZhenJing Heng (Henry), Chung Yau Ong

HQ: San Francisco, CA, US

Team size: Small (LinkedIn indicates 2–10; profile shows ~5)

YC: YC‑affiliated (per Seedtable/Tracxn)

Open source license: Apache‑2.0

Acquisition: Workday (Aug 2025)

Notable links

[Homepage](https://flowiseai.com)

[Documentation](https://docs.flowiseai.com)

[GitHub](https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise)

[AgentFlow V2 guide](https://docs.flowiseai.com/agentflow)

[RAG & Upsertion](https://docs.flowiseai.com/rag)

[Evaluations](https://docs.flowiseai.com/evaluations)

[Monitoring & Observability](https://docs.flowiseai.com/monitoring)

[Embed Widget](https://docs.flowiseai.com/embed)

[Prediction API](https://docs.flowiseai.com/api)

[Streaming & SDKs](https://docs.flowiseai.com/sdk)

[Integrations index](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations)

[Workday acquisition: newsroom](https://newsroom.workday.com), [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com)

[Capterra listing](https://www.capterra.com)

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