AutoGen by Microsoft vs CrewAI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
AutoGen by Microsoft
Microsoft's open-source multi-agent framework
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CrewAI
Framework for orchestrating teams of AI agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.5 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | — | Fully free open source framework |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 20m+ downloads |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | Joao Moura |
| Verdict | AutoGen is Microsoft's open-source framework for building multi-agent LLM applications, enabling agents that converse, use tools, and collaborate to solve tasks, with an event-driven core, AgentChat layer, and Studio UI.... |
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... |
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