# CrewAI alternatives

CrewAI organises agents as crews with roles, goals and tasks, plus Flows. People look for alternatives when they need explicit state and control flow, a different team model, a wider Python range (CrewAI requires >=3.10,<3.14), or human-input features without the paid AMP platform. Data as of 2026-09-30.

1. [LangGraph](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/langgraph.md): Explicit state graphs with checkpoints, interrupts and time travel, at the cost of building role abstractions yourself. See LangGraph vs CrewAI. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/langgraph-vs-crewai.md))
2. [Agno](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/agno.md): Teams with a leader in coordinate, route, broadcast or tasks mode, workflows, and the AgentOS runtime that stores sessions and approvals in your database. See CrewAI vs Agno. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/crewai-vs-agno.md))
3. [AG2](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/ag2.md): Apache-2.0 framework with a hub-based multi-agent network and MCP, A2A and AG-UI in the package. Its v1.0 API is not compatible with classic `autogen` code.
4. [PraisonAI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/praisonai.md): MIT framework that also runs agent teams sequentially or under a manager, with handoffs and MCP, A2A and AG-UI recorded as yes.
5. [Swarms](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/swarms.md): A catalog of structures (sequential, concurrent, graph, hierarchical, group chat) behind one router. Documented human-in-the-loop is thin. See Swarms vs CrewAI. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/swarms-vs-crewai.md))
6. [MetaGPT](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/metagpt.md): A fixed software-company crew (product manager, architect, engineer) driven by an SOP. Maintenance has slowed and our install check of the PyPI release failed.

## Facts

| Tool | Type | Languages | License | Pricing | Pattern | MCP | A2A | AG-UI | Stars |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CrewAI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/crewai.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open core | Crew / roles | Yes | Yes | Partial | 59,217 |
| [LangGraph](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/langgraph.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open core | Graph | Yes | Yes | Partial | 42,511 |
| [Agno](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/agno.md) | Framework | Python | Apache-2.0 | Open core | Supervisor | Yes | Yes | Yes | 42,396 |
| [AG2](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/ag2.md) | Framework | Python | Apache-2.0 | Unknown | Other | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4,969 |
| [PraisonAI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/praisonai.md) | Framework | Python, TypeScript | MIT | Open source, free | Crew / roles | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9,112 |
| [Swarms](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/swarms.md) | Framework | Python, Rust | Apache-2.0 | Open core | Other | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | 7,221 |
| [MetaGPT](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/metagpt.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open source, free | Crew / roles | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 70,700 |

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