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Comparison

AutoGen vs Google Agent Development Kit

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

AutoGen

Microsoft's framework for multi-agent conversations.

  • + Backed by Microsoft research
  • + Strong on conversational agent patterns
  • − API churned across major versions
  • − Heavier abstraction layer

Google Agent Development Kit

Google's code-first toolkit for production agents.

  • + First-class Gemini and Google Cloud integration
  • + Built-in evaluation tooling
  • − Optimized for the Google ecosystem
  • − Newer than incumbents
Spec AutoGen Google Agent Development Kit
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, orchestration
License MIT 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 gemini, byok
Languages python, dotnet python
GitHub stars 59.3k 20.3k
Last activity 2026-04-15 2026-06-27