CrewAI vs Flowise vs LangChain vs n8n
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
CrewAI
Framework for orchestrating teams of AI agents
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Flowise
Open-source AI agent builder, now backed by Workday.
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LangChain
Most popular framework for building LLM applications
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n8n
Open-source workflow automation with AI nodes
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 8.1 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | Fully free open source framework | Fully free self-hosted | Open source framework is free; LangSmith has a free developer tier | Fully free self-hosted with unlimited workflows |
| Paid from | — | — | $39/month (LangSmith Plus) | €20/month billed annually for the Starter plan — the stored value uses the wrong currency symbol |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 20m+ downloads | 30000+ GitHub stars | 1m+ developers | 200k+ installations |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 |
| Maker | Joao Moura | Henry Heng, Chee Hau Tan | Harrison Chase | Jan Oberhauser |
| Verdict | CrewAI is the most-starred open-source framework for building multi-agent systems — spin up agents with roles, goals and tools, then orchestrate them into "crews" or sequential flows. Version 1.14 (April 2026) dropped th... |
Flowise is a popular open-source, low-code platform for building AI agents and RAG pipelines visually — chaining models, vector stores, tools and memory on a drag-and-drop canvas, built on LangChain/LlamaIndex. Workday a... |
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... |
n8n is a source-available workflow automation platform that connects hundreds of apps via a visual node editor, with the rare ability to self-host for full data control and add custom code where the UI runs out. Its nati... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.