Pick AutoGen if
engineers prototyping multi-agent apps who want a canvas before they commit to YAML.
Read the AutoGen pageAutoGen vs CrewAI
Our take
Pick AutoGen if engineers prototyping multi-agent apps who want a canvas before they commit to YAML. Pick CrewAI if teams who want a crew/flow canvas (or the Python API) and can live with Free’s 50 executions or an Enterprise quote. Skip AutoGen if people who want a hosted research composer (Elicit) or a visual LLM app studio with a Cloud SKU (Dify). Skip CrewAI if people who only want a trace warehouse (Langfuse)
Best for
AutoGen Compose a team of agents and run them
CrewAI Crews and flows you can draw or code
Free plan
AutoGen $0 · mIT code. You bring an LLM API key or a local model
CrewAI $0 · mIT. You bring the model
Lowest paid
AutoGen Not published by the vendor
CrewAI Not published by the vendor
Coding agent
AutoGen Agents / models / tools / terminations
CrewAI Visual Editor canvas
Runs where
AutoGen Hosted
CrewAI Hosted
Watch out
AutoGen Studio is not “free AI.”
CrewAI Free Cloud is 50 executions/month
Last checked
AutoGen 2026-10-19 · microsoft.github.io/autogen/stable/user-guide
CrewAI 2026-10-19 · crewai.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick CrewAI if
teams who want a crew/flow canvas (or the Python API) and can live with Free’s 50 executions or an Enterprise quote.
Read the CrewAI page