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Comparison

Agno vs AWS Strands Agents

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

AWS Strands Agents

AWS's model-driven, open-source agent SDK.

  • + Model-driven design keeps agents concise
  • + Tight AWS Bedrock and observability integration
  • − Leaned toward the AWS ecosystem
  • − Smaller community than LangGraph/CrewAI
Spec Agno AWS Strands Agents
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, orchestration
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 6.3k
Last activity 2026-06-26 2026-06-26