CrewAI vs AutoGen
Compare CrewAI and AutoGen on pricing, free tier, open source, API, self-host, verdict and momentum.
Both are agents tools. CrewAI is freemium (open source (MIT); cloud Free Basic (50 exec/mo); Enterprise custom) with open source, an API, self-hostable, a free tier; AutoGen is free (open source (MIT)) with open source, an API, self-hostable and a free tier. The catalog stamp is ship for CrewAI and situational for AutoGen, last verified 2026-08-19 and 2026-08-24 respectively.
Auto-paired from catalog data — the verdicts are hand-set, the pairing is algorithmic.
CrewAI
Python framework for multi-agent crews — roles, tasks and processes.
AutoGen
Microsoft framework for building multi-agent LLM applications.
| field | CrewAI | AutoGen |
|---|---|---|
| pricing | freemium · open source (MIT); cloud Free Basic (50 exec/mo); Enterprise custom | free · open source (MIT) |
| free tier | yes | yes |
| open source | yes | yes |
| api | yes | yes |
| self-host | yes | yes |
| verdict | ship | situational |
| momentum | steady | redshift |
| last verified | 2026-08-19 | 2026-08-24 |
| key limitation | Multi-agent loops burn tokens fast. | Now in maintenance mode; new users are directed to Microsoft Agent Framework. |
The call
Pick CrewAI — we ship it; AutoGen is situational for us.
Pick AutoGen for research prototypes that need multi-agent conversation patt…
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