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AutoGen vs Haystack (deepset)

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

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 AutoGen Haystack (deepset)
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library, multi-agent agent-framework, library, rag
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 byok
Languages python, dotnet python
GitHub stars 59.3k 25.8k
Last activity 2026-04-15 2026-06-26