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 pageCrewAI vs LangGraph
Our take
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. Pick LangGraph if engineers who will stay on OSS + LangSmith Developer at $0/seat (5k traces) while they open a first _start_ → agent graph, then Plus at $39/seat when they need 10k traces and extra seats — not Enterprise first unless they need SSO / ABAC. Skip CrewAI if people who only
Best for
CrewAI Crews and flows you can draw or code
LangGraph A graph you run at a public $
Free plan
CrewAI $0 · mIT. You bring the model
LangGraph $0 · mIT on langchain-ai/langgraph
Lowest paid
CrewAI Not published by the vendor
LangGraph LSU $1.00
Next step up
CrewAI
LangGraph LangSmith Plus $39
Coding agent
CrewAI Visual Editor canvas
LangGraph Graph canvas
Runs where
CrewAI Hosted
LangGraph
Watch out
CrewAI Free Cloud is 50 executions/month
LangGraph Studio + traces are LangSmith
Last checked
CrewAI 2026-10-19 · crewai.com/pricing
LangGraph 2026-10-23 · langchain.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick LangGraph if
engineers who will stay on OSS + LangSmith Developer at $0/seat (5k traces) while they open a first _start_ → agent graph, then Plus at $39/seat when they need 10k traces and extra seats — not Enterprise first unless they need SSO / ABAC.
Read the LangGraph page