# AutoGen vs Haystack

| Attribute | AutoGen | Haystack |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 61.2 (56% (medium)) | 65.8 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 237 |
| adoption.github_stars | 61,388 | 26,738 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 130,424 | 121,930 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A programming framework that enables developers to create autonomous agents and multi-agent systems using AI. It supports orchestration, tool use, and integration with various language model providers. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","question":"What is AutoGen?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AutoGen is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the CC-BY-4.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","question":"Is AutoGen free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AutoGen can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","question":"Can AutoGen be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for AutoGen, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI, Bedrock, Ollama, DuckDuckGo Search and Model Context Protocol (MCP). This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","question":"What does AutoGen integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AutoGen is published under the CC-BY-4.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/microsoft/autogen","question":"Is AutoGen open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","question":"What is Haystack?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Haystack is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise Starter and Enterprise Platform, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","question":"Is Haystack free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Haystack. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","question":"What platforms does Haystack support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Haystack can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","question":"Can Haystack be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Haystack, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Hugging Face, Weaviate, Pinecone, Elasticsearch and AstraDB, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","question":"What does Haystack integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Haystack is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack","question":"Is Haystack open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A Python-based orchestration framework for building production-ready AI applications with modular pipelines, agent workflows, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Provides explicit control over retrieval, reasoning, memory, tools, and generation components, supporting everything from simple semantic search to complex multi-step agent systems. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"framework","evaluation":false,"managed_cloud":false,"model_serving":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"architecture_paradigm":"graph_based_cycles","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"fault_tolerance_and_llm_retry_mechanisms":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":true,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"synchronous_and_asynchronous_execution_modes":true,"streaming_output_and_intermediate_step_yielding":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"unknown","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"architecture_paradigm":"graph_based_cycles","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":true,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Azure AI"},{"name":"Bedrock"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"AzureOpenAI"},{"name":"DuckDuckGo Search"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI","native":true,"category":"llm"},{"name":"Llama","native":true,"category":"llm"},{"name":"Model-Context Protocol","native":true,"category":"protocols"},{"name":"Docker","native":true,"category":"infrastructure"},{"name":"Redis","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"DuckDuckGo","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"MCP","native":true,"category":"integration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Semantic Kernel","native":true,"category":"framework","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Weaviate"},{"name":"Pinecone"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"AstraDB"},{"name":"Apify"},{"name":"ReadMe"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"SerperDev"},{"name":"SearchApi"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"FAISS"},{"name":"AWS SageMaker"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Google Colab"},{"name":"MCP servers"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"data","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Meta","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Stability AI","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"AI21 Labs","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | CC-BY-4.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free_open_source","summary":"Free, open-source framework","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://microsoft.github.io/autogen","retrievedAt":"2026-09-11T19:14:48.765Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Free, open-source AI framework with community support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Enterprise support with exclusive access to data workflows, testing tools, and scalable cloud or on-premise deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source core with paid enterprise support available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:38:13.832Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 8 | 2 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | 9.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nuget&package_name=microsoft.autogen.contracts&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | AutoGen | Haystack |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Agent / RAG framework | End-to-end ML platform |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✗ | ✓ |
| On-prem / VPC deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Observability** |  |  |
| LLM tracing / observability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human) | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Dev** |  |  |
| Prompt management + versioning | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Tracking** |  |  |
| Experiment tracking / model registry | ✗ | - |
| **Serving** |  |  |
| Model serving / inference endpoint | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible | ✓ | ✓ |
| Framework-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Gateway** |  |  |
| Multi-provider model support | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| No-train-on-customer-data guarantee | Yes | Unknown |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:33:55.818Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*