Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) vs LangGraph vs Microsoft Agent Framework vs OpenAI Agents SDK

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

	Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) Google's multi-language, code-first AI agent framework Visit	LangGraph Open-source graph framework for durable, stateful AI agents Visit	Microsoft Agent Framework Open-source SDK unifying Semantic Kernel and AutoGen Visit	OpenAI Agents SDK OpenAI's minimal Python framework for agent handoffs, not graphs. Visit
RECATOOLS Score	7.8 / 10	8.3 / 10	7.7 / 10	8 / 10
Capability	8	8.5	8	7.5
Value for money	8	8	8	8.5
Ease of use	7	6	7	8
ASEAN readiness	7	6.5	6.5	6.5
API quality	8	8.5	8	8
Pricing	Open Source	Freemium	Open Source	Open Source
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Has API	✓	✓	✓	✓
Open source	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free to use	✓	✓	✓	✓
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Verdict	ADK is Google's most technically serious agent framework, and it shows in the surface area: stable SDKs for Python, Go, Java, TypeScript and Kotlin, a built-in ADK Web debugger, and a Python repo that has passed 20,000 G...	LangGraph has genuine production mileage that most agent frameworks can only cite in a blog post: Klarna's customer-support assistant runs on it at 85 million users, Replit Agent's multi-step app-building flow is built o...	Microsoft finally stopped shipping two competing agent frameworks. Agent Framework 1.0, released April 7, 2026, folds AutoGen's orchestration patterns into Semantic Kernel's enterprise foundation — session-based state, m...	OpenAI's Agents SDK is the deliberately small option in a field of increasingly elaborate agent frameworks: a handoff pattern with guardrails and tracing gets you a working multi-agent setup in well under 100 lines, whic...
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.