Comparison

CrewAI vs OpenAI Agents SDK

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

CrewAI

Role-playing multi-agent crews.

+ Intuitive role-and-task mental model
+ Fast to prototype multi-agent flows
− Less fine-grained control than LangGraph
− Can be token-inefficient at scale

OpenAI Agents SDK

OpenAI's lightweight agents SDK (Swarm successor).

+ Minimal and readable abstraction
+ First-class OpenAI tracing and guardrails
− OpenAI models first
− Young ecosystem

Spec	CrewAI	OpenAI Agents SDK
Category	framework	framework
License	MIT	MIT
Open source	Yes	Yes
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
MCP support	Yes	Yes
Pricing	freemium	free
Starting price	BYOK usage cost	BYOK usage cost
Models	claude, gpt, gemini, byok	gpt
Languages	python	python
GitHub stars	54.4k	27.4k
Last activity	2026-06-25	2026-06-24