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DSPy vs Google Agent Development Kit

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

DSPy

Declarative, programmable prompt programming from Stanford.

  • + Compiles and optimizes prompts instead of hand-writing them
  • + Strong for repeatable, measurable prompt engineering
  • − Different mental model from typical agent frameworks
  • − Smaller ecosystem of tool integrations

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 DSPy Google Agent Development Kit
Role Agent framework Agent framework
Tags agent-framework, library agent-framework, library, orchestration
License MIT Apache-2.0
Open source Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes
MCP support No Yes
Pricing free free
Starting price BYOK usage cost BYOK usage cost
Models byok gemini, byok
Languages python python
GitHub stars 35.5k 20.3k
Last activity 2026-06-25 2026-06-27