AgentScope

Alibaba Tongyi Lab's open-source framework for building transparent multi-agent apps

Agents & Automation Open Source Has API Open Source
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RECATOOLS Score
7 / 10
Capability
7
Value for money
8
Ease of use
5.5
ASEAN readiness
6.5
API quality
7
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Overview

AgentScope is an open-source multi-agent framework from Alibaba's Tongyi Lab for building LLM-powered agent applications. It emphasises transparency and control, exposing prompts, API calls, memory and workflows so developers can inspect and tweak everything, with real-time intervention, context management and efficient tool calling. The 2.0 line adds production-ready abstractions, a runtime with tool sandboxing and Agent-as-a-Service APIs, plus Python and Java SDKs.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 4 Jun 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Free
Free
Free tier with core features.
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ASEAN Perspective

AgentScope in Southeast Asia

ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).

RECATOOLS Verdict

AgentScope is a serious open-source rival to frameworks like AutoGen and CrewAI, with a clear emphasis on observability and developer control that addresses a common pain point in agent debugging. The 2.0 runtime, tool sandboxing and Java support signal genuine production ambitions rather than a research demo.

It ships English documentation and an international site, and being open-source it deploys anywhere, giving it good ASEAN readiness for engineering teams. The audience is developers building agent systems, so it requires coding skill rather than serving end users directly.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

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