Agno

What it is for

Agno (formerly Phidata) is a Python agent framework + AgentOS runtime: you write agents, teams, and workflows, then serve them from your own cloud while a control plane watches the runs. Use it when the job is own the runtime, not when you want a hosted agent SaaS.

The SDK and AgentOS are open source (Apache 2.0, agno-agi/agno). Free is $0. Hosted control-plane Pro is $150/month.

What makes it unique: the cover is Agno’s official plan grid — Free $0/month, Pro $150/month, local vs live AgentOS on the same cards.

Key features

• Agent / Team / Workflow primitives — typed Python objects instead of a graph DSL (Introducing Agno; docs).
• AgentOS runtime — a FastAPI app with REST / SSE / WebSocket endpoints you run in your cloud (AgentOS).
• Control plane — chat, sessions, traces, memory, knowledge, evals, approvals, and a scheduler against that runtime (Pricing).
• No-code Studio — listed on the Free card for local AgentOS (cover).
• Memory + knowledge — persist session memory and attach knowledge bases on the same AgentOS runtime (docs).
• Serve over Slack / Discord / ChatGPT — Free copy: serve the same agents over REST, MCP, Slack, and Discord without a Pro meter on runtime.

Who it's for

Best fit: Python teams who will run AgentOS themselves and only pay when the control plane points at a live deploy.

Poor fit: builders who want a hosted agent loop with no runtime to operate (CrewAI Cloud, or a single-file Pydantic AI script).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from agno.com/pricing. Runtime is not metered. You pay for the control plane.

• Free — $0/month. Unlimited usage and retention. Control plane against a local AgentOS. Any framework tag on the card (Agno SDK, LangGraph, Claude Code). Community support.
• Pro — $150/month. Control plane against a live AgentOS. 1 live connection. 3 team seats. Basic RBAC. Email support.
• Add-ons — $30/mo extra seat; $95/mo extra live connection; $300/mo SAML SSO.
• Enterprise — custom. End-user identity / roles / audit, custom RBAC, Slack Connect, SLA, optional self-hosted control plane.

Limitations / costs

• Free is local. Pointing the UI at production is the Pro card.
• $150 is one live connection. A second deploy is +$95.
• You still pay the model vendor — Agno does not include tokens.
• Phidata bookmarks still 301 here. Use agno.com, not the old name, in runbooks.

Alternatives

• Pydantic AI — typed agents + Logfire if you do not want AgentOS.
• CrewAI — role-based crews if that is already the abstraction.
• LangChain — graphs and a huge integration catalog if you will not run AgentOS.

Official tutorial

We searched the official Agno channel for a current first-party AgentOS getting-started video we could oEmbed. Third-party walkthroughs exist; they are not embedded. Use the written AgentOS docs plus Pricing.

Website

https://www.agno.com

Repository

https://github.com/agno-agi/agno

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Agno’s official Free $0 / Pro $150 cards. Official channel: @agno-agi (no first-party getting-started embed).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.