# LangGraph alternatives

LangGraph is a low-level graph runtime for stateful agents. People look for alternatives when they want ready-made agent abstractions instead of graphs, a different language, a different vendor's cloud, or no paid deployment product in the picture. The alternatives below are tools in this directory; each reason comes from the two tools' records. Data as of 2026-09-30.

1. [CrewAI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/crewai.md): Supplies roles, tasks and sequential or hierarchical processes instead of graphs, with Flows for deterministic steps and A2A in the library. See LangGraph vs CrewAI. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/langgraph-vs-crewai.md))
2. [Microsoft Agent Framework](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/microsoft-agent-framework.md): Also graph workflows with checkpoints per superstep, in Python and .NET, with first-party MCP, A2A and AG-UI packages and five built-in orchestrations.
3. [Google ADK (Python)](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/google-adk.md): ADK 2.0 has a `Workflow` graph plus coordinator agents, a CLI, dev web UI and eval runner, with a deployment path on Google Cloud. Tool confirmation and A2A are experimental. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/google-adk-vs-langgraph.md))
4. [OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/openai-agents-sdk.md): A smaller model: agents, handoffs, guardrails, sessions and tracing run by a `Runner`, without step-level checkpoints. A2A is recorded as no. ([comparison](https://multiagentguide.top/compare/openai-agents-sdk-vs-langgraph.md))
5. [Pydantic AI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/pydantic-ai.md): Typed agents with validated outputs, deferred tools for approvals and durable execution on external engines; graph flows use the separate `pydantic-graph` package.
6. [Mastra](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/mastra.md): For TypeScript teams: supervisor agents and typed workflows with suspend and resume, MCP and A2A. LangGraph.js is the same-vendor alternative in TypeScript.

## Facts

| Tool | Type | Languages | License | Pricing | Pattern | MCP | A2A | AG-UI | Stars |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LangGraph](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/langgraph.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open core | Graph | Yes | Yes | Partial | 42,511 |
| [CrewAI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/crewai.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open core | Crew / roles | Yes | Yes | Partial | 59,217 |
| [Microsoft Agent Framework](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/microsoft-agent-framework.md) | Framework | Python, .NET, Go | MIT | Open core | Graph | Yes | Yes | Yes | 13,877 |
| [Google ADK (Python)](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/google-adk.md) | Framework | Python | Apache-2.0 | Open core | Graph | Yes | Partial | Partial | 21,686 |
| [OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/openai-agents-sdk.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open source, free | Handoff | Yes | No | Unknown | 29,784 |
| [Pydantic AI](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/pydantic-ai.md) | Framework | Python | MIT | Open core | Supervisor | Yes | Partial | Yes | 20,282 |
| [Mastra](https://multiagentguide.top/tools/mastra.md) | Framework | TypeScript | unknown | Open core | Supervisor | Yes | Yes | Partial | 28,449 |

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