Comparison

AutoGen vs Google Agent Development Kit

No clear leader: AutoGen (61.2) and Google Agent Development Kit (58.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AutoGen full profile →Google Agent Development Kit full profile →

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AutoGen61

Google Agent Development Kit58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AutoGen	Google Agent Development Kit
vioscaleAI score	61 / 100medium · 56%	58 / 100low · 44%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	22
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.5	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nuget&package_name=microsoft.autogen.contracts&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.google.adk%3Agoogle-adk-kotlin-core-jvm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	61,388	265
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	130,424	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	8	12
Historyrelease.history	20 items	15 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	CC-BY-4.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Kotlin
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AutoGen61 / 100medium · 56%

Google Agent Development Kit58 / 100low · 44%

Pricing

Free tier

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Model

AutoGenfreemium

Google Agent Development Kitopen_source

Price level

AutoGenlow

Google Agent Development Kitfree

Transparent

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Integrations

Count

AutoGen11

Google Agent Development Kit22

Security

Scorecard

AutoGen5.5

Google Agent Development Kit–

Vulnerabilities

AutoGenCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nuget&package_name=microsoft.autogen.contracts&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Google Agent Development KitCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=com.google.adk%3Agoogle-adk-kotlin-core-jvm&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit–

Adoption

Dependent repos

AutoGen0

Google Agent Development Kit0

Github stars

AutoGen61,388

Google Agent Development Kit265

Package downloads weekly

AutoGen130,424

Google Agent Development Kit–

Activity

Commits last 30d

AutoGen–

Google Agent Development Kit100

Release

Cadence days

AutoGen8

Google Agent Development Kit12

History

AutoGen20 items

Google Agent Development Kit15 items

License

Spdx

AutoGenCC-BY-4.0

Google Agent Development KitApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AutoGenPython

Google Agent Development KitKotlin

Market

Availability

AutoGen–

Google Agent Development KitAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

AutoGen5 items

Google Agent Development Kit7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Multi Agent Orchestration
Capability	AutoGen	Google Agent Development Kit
Capabilities
Architecture paradigm	Graph based cycles	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	Free open source	Free open source

Capabilities

Architecture paradigm

AutoGenGraph based cycles

Google Agent Development KitGraph based cycles

Native memory and state persistence layer

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Dynamic agent generation and spawning at runtime

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Synchronous and asynchronous execution modes

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Tool calling and function schema validation

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Streaming output and intermediate step yielding

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Fault tolerance and LLM retry mechanisms

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Managed cloud runtime infrastructure offered

AutoGen-

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Native observability and trace logging

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

SOC2 type ii

AutoGen-

Google Agent Development Kit✗

Mit or apache permissive oss license

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Pricing model

AutoGenFree open source

Google Agent Development KitFree open source

What each one is

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

AutoGen

A programming framework for creating applications with multiple AI agents that coordinate and communicate to solve tasks. It supports various language models, tool execution, memory management, and distributed execution with built-in observability.

Independently observed

Google Agent Development Kit

A multi-language agent development framework that enables developers to create production-grade AI agents with built-in tools for orchestration, memory management, code execution, and deployment to cloud or self-hosted infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

AutoGen

free_open_sourceFree tier

Free, open-source framework

as of 2026-09-11verify ↗

Google Agent Development Kit

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open-source under Apache 2.0 license

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	AutoGen	Google Agent Development Kit
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

CLI

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AutoGen✗

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Self-hosted

AutoGen✓

Google Agent Development Kit✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Anthropic
OpenTelemetry

AutoGen

17 total - 15 not shared

OpenAI
Azure AI
Bedrock
Ollama
AzureOpenAI
DuckDuckGo Search
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Azure OpenAI
Llama
Model-Context Protocol
Docker
Redis
DuckDuckGo
MCP
Semantic Kernel

Independently observed

Google Agent Development Kit

52 total - 50 not shared

Google Search
Google Maps
Vertex AI Search
Google Ads
Meta
LinkedIn
TikTok
Aerospike
Firebase
Firestore
GitHub
Google Workspace
Google Calendar
Salesforce
Slack
Figma
Linear
Notion
MongoDB
Milvus
Grafana Cloud
Langfuse
LangSmith
Freeplay
+26 more

Independently observed

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AutoGen or Google Agent Development Kit: which one depends on you

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