MetaGPT vs AutoGPT vs CrewAI vs Devin
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
MetaGPT
Multi-agent framework that role-plays a software company
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AutoGPT
The open-source autonomous AI agent that completes multi-step tasks in...
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CrewAI
Framework for orchestrating teams of AI agents
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Devin
Autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.4 / 10 | 6 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source | Paid |
| Free tier | Fully free | Free to self-host the open-source version | Fully free open source framework | — |
| Paid from | — | — | — | Free $0/mo; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/seat; Enterprise custom |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 40000+ GitHub stars | 100k+ GitHub stars | 20m+ downloads | Thousands of enterprise customers (e.g. Goldman Sachs, Citi, Nubank) |
| Founded | — | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Maker | HKUST | Toran Bruce Richards | Joao Moura | Cognition AI |
| Verdict | 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... |
AutoGPT popularized autonomous AI agents back in 2023 and has since split into two paths: a free, self-hostable open-source core (Docker Compose, MIT-licensed outside the platform folder) and a hosted AutoGPT Platform wi... |
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... |
Devin, from Cognition, plans, writes, tests and debugs a task end-to-end inside its own cloud sandbox — shell, editor and browser included — rather than waiting for step-by-step approval like an in-editor copilot. It's g... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.