CopilotKit vs LangChain vs LiteLLM vs Vercel AI SDK
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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LangChain
Most popular framework for building LLM applications
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LIT LiteLLM Open-source AI gateway: one OpenAI-format API for 100+ LLM providers Visit |
Vercel AI SDK
Provider-agnostic TypeScript SDK for streaming AI apps
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 8.1 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Open Source | Freemium | Open Source |
| Free tier | — | Open source framework is free; LangSmith has a free developer tier | Full open-source proxy + SDK, free to self-host (MIT outside the enterprise/ directory) | — |
| Paid from | — | $39/month (LangSmith Plus) | Custom (LiteLLM Enterprise — contact sales; 30-day evaluation key) | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 1m+ developers | — | — |
| Founded | — | 2022 | — | 2023 |
| Maker | — | Harrison Chase | — | — |
| Verdict | Most agent frameworks stop at the backend and leave you to hand-roll the chat window, the streaming, the human-in-the-loop approvals. CopilotKit owns that missing layer — the interface between users and agents — and it's... |
Still the default starting point for LLM apps, and meaningfully more stable since LangChain 1.0 and LangGraph 1.0 shipped in October 2025 — agents now run on LangGraph's durable runtime, and the team has promised no brea... |
What this is for: putting one OpenAI-format API in front of every model provider you use. LiteLLM ships as a Python SDK (litellm.completion) and a proxy/gateway server that adds virtual API keys, per-team budgets, rate l... |
The Vercel AI SDK has become the default way JavaScript developers wire an LLM into an app — a single interface over OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more than a dozen other providers, with streaming, structured output and... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.