OpenAI Assistants API vs LangGraph
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
OpenAI Assistants API
OpenAI's stateful agent API — shut down 26 Aug 2026
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LangGraph
Open-source graph framework for durable, stateful AI agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 5 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | — |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | The Assistants API gave developers managed conversation threads, built-in code interpreter, file retrieval and tool calling without hand-rolling orchestration, and a lot of production assistants from non-AI-native compan... |
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... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.