CrewAI vs MetaGPT
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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MetaGPT
Multi-agent framework that role-plays a software company
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.6 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | Fully free open source framework | Fully free |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 20m+ downloads | 40000+ GitHub stars |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | Joao Moura | HKUST |
| 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... |
MetaGPT is the widely cited open-source multi-agent framework that assigns LLM 'agents' software-team roles — PM, architect, engineer, QA — to turn a one-line requirement into specs, designs, and code. It's now hosted un... |
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