OpenAI Agents SDK vs Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)

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

OpenAI Agents SDK OpenAI's minimal Python framework for agent handoffs, not graphs. Visit Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) Google's multi-language, code-first AI agent framework Visit
RECATOOLS Score 8 / 10 7.8 / 10
Capability 7.5 8
Value for money 8.5 8
Ease of use 8 7
ASEAN readiness 6.5 7
API quality 8 8
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OpenAI's Agents SDK is the deliberately small option in a field of increasingly elaborate agent frameworks: a handoff pattern with guardrails and tracing gets you a working multi-agent setup in well under 100 lines, whic...

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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