Alternatives to Microsoft Agent Framework

LangGraph

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $39/seat/mo

LangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.

Weaviate

AI Data & Retrieval AI Data & Retrieval · $45/mo

Weaviate kept its promise on the license. It quietly built the plumbing to change that later.

OpenAI Agents SDK

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

The SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.

CrewAI

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Custom

CrewAI didn't get worse. It got a name change, a smaller price sheet, and a genuine security scare it actually fixed properly.

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

ADK is genuinely serious engineering. "Free" is true of the framework, not of what running it actually costs.

n8n

Self-Hosted AI & Automation Self-Hosted AI & Automation · €20/mo

n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.

LangGraph

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $39/seat/mo

LangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.

Weaviate

AI Data & Retrieval AI Data & Retrieval · $45/mo

Weaviate kept its promise on the license. It quietly built the plumbing to change that later.

OpenAI Agents SDK

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

The SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.

CrewAI

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Custom

CrewAI didn't get worse. It got a name change, a smaller price sheet, and a genuine security scare it actually fixed properly.

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

ADK is genuinely serious engineering. "Free" is true of the framework, not of what running it actually costs.

DeepSeek

AI Chat Assistants AI Chat Assistants · $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens (off-peak)

The best value in AI right now, if you accept that you are dealing with a fast-moving Chinese lab, not a polished consumer brand.

n8n

Self-Hosted AI & Automation Self-Hosted AI & Automation · €20/mo

JAVIS Score 90 vs 85. n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.

LangGraph

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $39/seat/mo

JAVIS Score 88 vs 85. LangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.

Weaviate

AI Data & Retrieval AI Data & Retrieval · $45/mo

JAVIS Score 87 vs 85. Weaviate kept its promise on the license. It quietly built the plumbing to change that later.

OpenAI Agents SDK

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

JAVIS Score 86 vs 85. The SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.

LangGraph

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $39/seat/mo

LangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.

OpenAI Agents SDK

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

The SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.

CrewAI

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Custom

CrewAI didn't get worse. It got a name change, a smaller price sheet, and a genuine security scare it actually fixed properly.

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

ADK is genuinely serious engineering. "Free" is true of the framework, not of what running it actually costs.

OpenAI Agents API

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $0.20/$1.20 per 1M tokens

This is OpenAI finally selling you the thing it already trusted itself to run.

Relevance AI

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $19/mo (Pro, billed annually)

A serious agent platform for go-to-market teams, with a pricing model you have to model before you build: no free plan, a sales-only public pricing page, and every tool run billed as an Action, even when it fails.

n8n

Self-Hosted AI & Automation Self-Hosted AI & Automation · €20/mo

n8n didn't stay a scrappy self-hosted tool. SAP just bet $5.2B that it's infrastructure.

LangGraph

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $39/seat/mo

LangGraph didn't win the "which agent framework" argument by being the friendliest. It won by being the one that doesn't fall over.

Weaviate

AI Data & Retrieval AI Data & Retrieval · $45/mo

Weaviate kept its promise on the license. It quietly built the plumbing to change that later.

OpenAI Agents SDK

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

The SDK didn't get replaced by the Agents API. It got a sibling.

CrewAI

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Custom

CrewAI didn't get worse. It got a name change, a smaller price sheet, and a genuine security scare it actually fixed properly.

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · Free

ADK is genuinely serious engineering. "Free" is true of the framework, not of what running it actually costs.

OpenAI Agents API

AI Agent Frameworks AI Agent Frameworks · $0.20/$1.20 per 1M tokens

This is OpenAI finally selling you the thing it already trusted itself to run.

DeepSeek

AI Chat Assistants AI Chat Assistants · $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tokens (off-peak)

The best value in AI right now, if you accept that you are dealing with a fast-moving Chinese lab, not a polished consumer brand.

Gumloop

Workflow Automation Workflow Automation · $37/mo

Gumloop is no longer the drag-and-drop AI workflow tool people remember. It is an agent platform with unusually honest credit docs.