Comparison

AutoGen vs LangChain

On the evidence we track, LangChain leads this comparison with a composite score of 79/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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AutoGen61
★LangChain79
Score
vioscaleAI score
AutoGen61 / 100medium · 56%
LangChain79 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Model
AutoGenfreemium
LangChainfreemium
Price level
AutoGenlow
LangChainmid
Starting price
AutoGen–
LangChain$39
Transparent
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Integrations
Count
AutoGen11
LangChain1,000
Reliability
Sla pct
AutoGen–
LangChain99.5
Status page
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
AutoGen0
LangChain18,663
Github stars
AutoGen61,388
LangChain147,461
Package downloads weekly
AutoGen130,424
LangChain3,725,877
Activity
Commits last 30d
AutoGen–
LangChain100
Release
Cadence days
AutoGen8
LangChain–
History
AutoGen20 items
LangChain20 items
License
Spdx
AutoGenCC-BY-4.0
LangChainMIT
Language
Primary
AutoGenPython
LangChainPython
Market
Availability
AutoGen–
Content
Faq
AutoGen5 items
LangChain8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for mlops & llmops tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Tool role
AutoGenAgent / RAG framework
LangChainLLM observability / eval
Deployment
Self-hostable / OSS core
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Managed cloud available
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
On-prem / VPC deployment
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Observability
LLM tracing / observability
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
Dev
Prompt management + versioning
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
Tracking
Experiment tracking / model registry
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
Serving
Model serving / inference endpoint
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
Interop
OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Framework-agnostic
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Gateway
Multi-provider model support
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Data
No-train-on-customer-data guarantee
AutoGenYes
LangChainUnknown

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

LangChain

Leader

A unified developer platform consisting of open-source frameworks and commercial tools for building, testing, monitoring, and deploying AI agents and LLM-powered applications.

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 verify ↗

LangChain

Leader
from $39/seat/moHybridFree tier

Free Developer plan. Plus plan from $39/user/mo with unlimited seats. Enterprise custom pricing billed annually.

  • DeveloperFree
    • 1 free seat
    • 5000 base traces per month
    • Full LangSmith access
  • Plus$39/seat/month, unlimited seats, 10k traces/month included
    • Unlimited seats
    • 10000 base traces per month
    • 1 free small serverless deployment
    • Team collaboration
    • LangSmith Deployment service access
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Advanced administration options
    • Enhanced security controls
    • Priority support
    • Custom deployment options
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
CLI
AutoGen✓
LangChain✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓
Self-hosted
AutoGen✓
LangChain✓
Hybrid
AutoGen✗
LangChain✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • AzureOpenAI
  • Azure OpenAI

AutoGen

17 total - 13 not shared
  • Azure AI
  • Bedrock
  • Ollama
  • DuckDuckGo Search
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Llama
  • Model-Context Protocol
  • Docker
  • Redis
  • DuckDuckGo
  • OpenTelemetry
  • MCP
  • Semantic Kernel
Independently observed

LangChain

Leader
11 total - 8 not shared
  • Cohere
  • Google
  • Azure AI Search
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • OpaquePrompts
  • AWS
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Independently observed
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