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Comparison

Agno vs CrewAI

A like-for-like, spec-level comparison. Both entries are verified against their docs and repo.

Agno

A high-performance multi-agent framework and runtime (formerly Phidata).

  • + Built-in runtime, tracing, and management UI
  • + Strong on multi-modal, memory-heavy agents
  • − Broad surface area to learn
  • − Fast-moving after the Phidata rebrand

CrewAI

Role-playing multi-agent crews.

  • + Intuitive role-and-task mental model
  • + Fast to prototype multi-agent flows
  • − Less fine-grained control than LangGraph
  • − Can be token-inefficient at scale
Spec Agno CrewAI
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, multi-agent
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support Yes Yes
Pricing free freemium
Starting price BYOK usage cost BYOK usage cost
Models claude, gpt, gemini, byok claude, gpt, gemini, byok
Languages python python
GitHub stars 40.9k 54.4k
Last activity 2026-06-26 2026-06-27