Comparison

Agno vs Haystack

On the evidence we track, Agno leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Agno75

Haystack65

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AgnoLeader	Haystack
Vioscale score	75 / 100low · 36%	65 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$150	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	100	14
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	9.4
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=farm-haystack&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	237
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	26,323
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	199,336
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	1
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Agno75 / 100low · 36%

Haystack65 / 100medium · 62%

Pricing

Free tier

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Model

Agnofreemium

Haystackcommercial

Price level

Agnohigh

Haystacklow

Starting price

Agno$150

Haystack–

Transparent

Agno✓

Haystack✗

Integrations

Count

Agno100

Haystack14

Security

Disclosure policy

Agno✓

Haystack–

Gdpr

Agno✓

Haystack–

Scorecard

Agno–

Haystack9.4

Vulnerabilities

Agno–

HaystackCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=farm-haystack&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

Agno–

Haystack237

Github stars

Agno–

Haystack26,323

Package downloads weekly

Agno–

Haystack199,336

Activity

Commits last 30d

Agno–

Haystack100

Release

Cadence days

Agno–

Haystack1

History

Agno–

Haystack20 items

License

Spdx

Agno–

HaystackApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Agno–

HaystackPython

Market

Availability

AgnoAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

HaystackAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for multi agent orchestration. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Multi Agent Orchestration
Capability	Agno	Haystack
Capabilities
Architecture paradigm	Conversational hierarchy	Graph based cycles
Native memory and state persistence layer	✓	✓
Dynamic agent generation and spawning at runtime	✓	-
Synchronous and asynchronous execution modes	✓	-
Tool calling and function schema validation	✓	✓
Streaming output and intermediate step yielding	✓	-
Fault tolerance and LLM retry mechanisms	-	-
Managed cloud runtime infrastructure offered	✓	✓
Native observability and trace logging	✓	✓
SOC2 type ii	-	-
Mit or apache permissive oss license	✓	-
Pricing model	open-source-self-host	Free open source

Capabilities

Architecture paradigm

AgnoConversational hierarchy

HaystackGraph based cycles

Native memory and state persistence layer

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Dynamic agent generation and spawning at runtime

Agno✓

Haystack-

Synchronous and asynchronous execution modes

Agno✓

Haystack-

Tool calling and function schema validation

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Streaming output and intermediate step yielding

Agno✓

Haystack-

Fault tolerance and LLM retry mechanisms

Agno-

Haystack-

Managed cloud runtime infrastructure offered

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Native observability and trace logging

Agno✓

Haystack✓

SOC2 type ii

Agno-

Haystack-

Mit or apache permissive oss license

Agno✓

Haystack-

Pricing model

Agnoopen-source-self-host

HaystackFree open source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Agno

Leader

An open-source framework and managed platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and manage agent platforms while maintaining full control over data, security, and infrastructure.

Independently observed

Haystack

A Python-based orchestration tool for creating and deploying intelligent applications powered by language models. Developers assemble reusable components (data retrieval, model integration, tool execution) into customizable workflows, from question-answering systems to multi-step autonomous agents, deployable on private infrastructure or in the cloud.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Agno

Leader

from $150/moHybridFree tier

Free open source, $150/mo Pro plan, custom Enterprise pricing. No hidden fees.

FreeFree
- Build multi-agent systems
- Run agent systems using AgentOS
- Local AgentOS Control Plane
- Chat with agents, teams and workflows
- Session monitoring & metrics
- +5 more
Pro$150/mo with 4 seats, 1 live connection
- Everything in Free
- Live AgentOS Control Plane
- 1 live connection included
- 4 total seats included
- Unlimited usage, monitoring, retention
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Pro
- Dedicated Slack channel
- Dedicated technical lead
- Support SLA
- Custom SSO and RBAC
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Haystack

HybridFree tier

Free open-source core with commercial enterprise options

Open SourceFree
Enterprise StarterContact sales
Enterprise PlatformContact sales

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Agno	Haystack
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Agno✓

Haystack✓

CLI

Agno✓

Haystack✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Self-hosted

Agno✓

Haystack✓

On-premise

Agno✓

Haystack✓

Hybrid

Agno✗

Haystack✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

OpenAI

Agno

Leader

25 total - 24 not shared

GitHub
Slack
Postgres
Telegram
WhatsApp
Discord
Google Drive
CopilotKit
MCP
Claude Code
Claude Desktop
Cursor
Codex
ChatGPT
Cloudflare AI Gateway
Railway
Docker
AWS
GCP
Azure
Fly
Render
Modal
Helm

Independently observed

Haystack

22 total - 21 not shared

Anthropic
Mistral
Hugging Face
Weaviate
Pinecone
Elasticsearch
AstraDB
Apify
ReadMe
Azure OpenAI
Datadog
OpenTelemetry
SerperDev
SearchApi
Cohere
AWS Bedrock
FAISS
AWS SageMaker
OpenSearch
Google Colab
MCP servers

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.