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Agno vs Haystack (deepset)

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

Haystack (deepset)

Production-grade RAG and agent pipelines from deepset.

  • + Excellent connectors and retrieval pipeline design
  • + Typed, composable pipeline architecture
  • − Smaller agent-orchestration story than LangGraph
  • − Steeper for simple chat use cases
Spec Agno Haystack (deepset)
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, rag
License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support Yes Yes
Pricing free free
Starting price BYOK usage cost BYOK usage cost
Models claude, gpt, gemini, byok byok
Languages python python
GitHub stars 40.9k 25.8k
Last activity 2026-06-26 2026-06-26