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.
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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 Pydantic AI if python teams who already trust Pydantic and will add Logfire when they want a trace. Skip CrewAI if people who only want a trace warehouse (Langfuse) or a general LLM studio with published Cloud $ cards (Dify). Skip Pydantic AI if teams that want a hosted AgentOS UI
Best for
CrewAI Crews and flows you can draw or code
Pydantic AI Write the agent in Python
Free plan
CrewAI $0 · mIT. You bring the model
Pydantic AI $0 · 3 projects. 30-day retention. 1 seat + 2 read-only guests. No card
Lowest paid
CrewAI Not published by the vendor
Pydantic AI Team $49/mo
Next step up
CrewAI
Pydantic AI Growth $249/mo
Coding agent
CrewAI Visual Editor canvas
Pydantic AI Typed agents
Runs where
CrewAI Hosted
Pydantic AI Hosted
Watch out
CrewAI Free Cloud is 50 executions/month
Pydantic AI The $0 library is not a $0 model bill
Last checked
CrewAI 2026-10-19 · crewai.com/pricing
Pydantic AI 2026-10-22 · pydantic.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Pydantic AI if
python teams who already trust Pydantic and will add Logfire when they want a trace.
Read the Pydantic AI page