Comparison

Agno vs LangChain

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

LangChain

The broad framework for LLM applications and agents.

  • + Largest ecosystem of integrations
  • + Mature and battle-tested
  • − Broad, sometimes leaky abstractions
  • − Agent orchestration has moved to LangGraph
Spec Agno LangChain
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, orchestration
License Apache-2.0 MIT
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, typescript
GitHub stars 40.9k 140.3k
Last activity 2026-06-26 2026-06-26