LangChain vs LlamaIndex vs CrewAI vs AutoGPT
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
LangChain
MIT-licensed framework for building LLM agents in Python and JavaScrip...
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LlamaIndex
Document parsing platform plus open-source RAG framework
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CrewAI
Open-source framework and enterprise platform for teams of AI agents
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AutoGPT
The 2023 open-source agent, now a hosted team of AI Experts
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.1 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium | Open Source | Freemium |
| Free tier | LangChain, LangGraph and deepagents are free under MIT; LangSmith Developer is free for 1 seat with 5k base traces a month | MIT-licensed framework is free to self-host. LlamaParse Free plan: 10K credits a month, 5 indexes, community support | MIT-licensed framework free to self-host; hosted Basic plan free with 50 workflow executions a month | Self-hosting is free of licence fees (you pay your own servers and model APIs); hosted Pro has a 7-day trial with a card |
| Paid from | $39/seat/month (LangSmith Plus, 10k base traces included), then usage | From $50/month (Starter, 40K credits; 1,000 credits = $1.25) | Enterprise platform quoted on request, with a trial | $50/month (Pro, monthly) or $42.50/month billed yearly; workflow runs billed from a credit wallet |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 1m+ developers | — | 20m+ downloads | 100k+ GitHub stars |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | LangChain Inc. | — | Joao Moura | Determinist Ltd |
| Verdict | LangChain is the quickest way to get an agent working across many model providers, and since 1.0 it is a steadier dependency: one create_agent entry point, LangGraph's durable runtime underneath, frequent releases and a... |
LlamaIndex has moved from being primarily a RAG framework to selling LlamaParse, a document-processing platform for parsing, extraction, classification and indexing, priced in credits from a free plan to custom Enterpris... |
CrewAI is one of the more approachable ways to build multi-agent systems in Python: role-based agents organised into crews, flows for deterministic control, an MIT licence and a fast release cadence. The enterprise platf... |
AutoGPT has moved a long way from the 2023 terminal agent. The hosted platform now sells a team of named AI Experts coordinated by Otto, on top of a capable visual builder with schedules, triggers, MCP tools and browser... |
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