n8n
Self-Hosted AI & Automationn8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.
€20/moFreemium
90
Automate workflowsBuild AI agents
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Build AI agents
Use a framework or managed service to build, run and orchestrate your own AI agents. Listed only when the tool's own review names this job as a fit.
10 tools
ToolWhy choose itPriceJAVIS ScoreKey capabilitiesEvidenceCompare
LangGraph
AI Agent FrameworksLangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.
$39/seat/moOpen source
88
Build AI agents
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Weaviate
AI Data & RetrievalWeaviate kept its promise on the license. It quietly built the plumbing to change that later.
$45/moOpen source
87
Build RAG and search over your dataBuild AI agents
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OpenAI Agents SDK
AI Agent FrameworksThe SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.
FreeOpen source
86
Build AI agents
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Microsoft Agent Framework
AI Agent FrameworksThis isn't Microsoft's first agent framework. It's Microsoft admitting the first two weren't going to converge on their own.
FreeOpen source
85
Build AI agents
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CrewAI
AI Agent FrameworksCrewAI didn't get worse. It got a name change, a smaller price sheet, and a genuine security scare it actually fixed properly.
CustomOpen source
82
Build AI agents
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Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)
AI Agent FrameworksADK is genuinely serious engineering. "Free" is true of the framework, not of what running it actually costs.
FreeOpen source
78
Build AI agents
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OpenAI Agents API
AI Agent FrameworksThis is OpenAI finally selling you the thing it already trusted itself to run.
$0.20/$1.20 per 1M tokensPaid
78
Build AI agents
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DeepSeek
AI Chat AssistantsThe best value in AI right now, if you accept that you are dealing with a fast-moving Chinese lab, not a polished consumer brand.
$0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens (off-peak)Freemium
74
Build AI agentsRun open AI models locally
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Gumloop
Workflow AutomationGumloop is no longer the drag-and-drop AI workflow tool people remember. It is an agent platform with unusually honest credit docs.
$37/moPaid
74
Build AI agentsConnect AI to your tools
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