MetaGPT vs CrewAI

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 Visit CrewAI Framework for orchestrating teams of AI agents Visit
RECATOOLS Score 6.4 / 10 7.6 / 10
Capability 6 8
Value for money 8 8
Ease of use 5 6
ASEAN readiness 6 6
API quality 6 8
Pricing Open Source Open Source
Free tier Fully free Fully free open source framework
Paid from
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users 40000+ GitHub stars 20m+ downloads
Founded 2023 2023
Maker HKUST Joao Moura
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...

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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