Microsoft Agent Framework vs AutoGen by Microsoft vs LangGraph vs Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

	Microsoft Agent Framework Open-source SDK unifying Semantic Kernel and AutoGen Visit	AutoGen by Microsoft Microsoft's open-source multi-agent framework Visit	LangGraph Open-source graph framework for durable, stateful AI agents Visit	Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) Google's multi-language, code-first AI agent framework Visit
RECATOOLS Score	7.7 / 10	7.5 / 10	8.3 / 10	7.8 / 10
Capability	8	8	8.5	8
Value for money	8	9	8	8
Ease of use	7	5	6	7
ASEAN readiness	6.5	8	6.5	7
API quality	8	7	8.5	8
Pricing	Open Source	Open Source	Freemium	Open Source
Free tier	—	—	—	—
Paid from	—	—	—	—
Has API	✓	✓	✓	✓
Open source	✓	✓	✓	✓
Free to use	✓	✓	✓	✓
Users	—	—	—	—
Founded	—	2023	—	—
Maker	—	—	—	—
Verdict	Microsoft finally stopped shipping two competing agent frameworks. Agent Framework 1.0, released April 7, 2026, folds AutoGen's orchestration patterns into Semantic Kernel's enterprise foundation — session-based state, m...	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....	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...	ADK is Google's most technically serious agent framework, and it shows in the surface area: stable SDKs for Python, Go, Java, TypeScript and Kotlin, a built-in ADK Web debugger, and a Python repo that has passed 20,000 G...
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