Comparison

CrewAI vs LangChain

On the evidence we track, LangChain leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

CrewAI full profile →LangChain full profile →

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CrewAI62

★LangChain81

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	CrewAI	LangChainLeader
Vioscale score	62 / 100high · 76%	81 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$39
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	15	1,000
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	5.9
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=crewai-clean&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 21 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=langchain&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.5
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	18,663
Github starsadoption.github_stars	57,642	145,063
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	4,500,329	2,967,570
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	1	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

CrewAI62 / 100high · 76%

LangChain81 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Model

CrewAIcommercial

LangChainfreemium

Price level

CrewAIlow

LangChainmid

Starting price

CrewAI–

LangChain$39

Transparent

CrewAI✗

LangChain✓

Integrations

Count

CrewAI15

LangChain1,000

Security

Disclosure policy

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Fedramp

CrewAI✓

LangChain–

Gdpr

CrewAI–

LangChain✓

Hipaa

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Iso27001

CrewAI–

LangChain✓

Scorecard

CrewAI–

LangChain5.9

Soc2

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Vulnerabilities

CrewAICount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=crewai-clean&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

LangChainCount: 21 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=langchain&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Sla pct

CrewAI–

LangChain99.5

Status page

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

CrewAI0

LangChain18,663

Github stars

CrewAI57,642

LangChain145,063

Package downloads weekly

CrewAI4,500,329

LangChain2,967,570

Activity

Commits last 30d

CrewAI100

LangChain100

Release

Cadence days

CrewAI1

LangChain–

History

CrewAI20 items

LangChain20 items

License

Spdx

CrewAIMIT

LangChainMIT

Language

Primary

CrewAIPython

LangChainPython

Market

Availability

CrewAIAvailable worldwide

LangChainAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for MLOps & LLMOps Tools
Capability	CrewAI	LangChain
Core
Tool role	End-to-end ML platform	LLM observability / eval
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	Unknown	Unknown

Core

Tool role

CrewAIEnd-to-end ML platform

LangChainLLM observability / eval

Deployment

Self-hostable / OSS core

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Managed cloud available

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

On-prem / VPC deployment

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Observability

LLM tracing / observability

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human)

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Dev

Prompt management + versioning

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Tracking

Experiment tracking / model registry

CrewAI✓

LangChain-

Serving

Model serving / inference endpoint

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Interop

OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Framework-agnostic

CrewAI✗

LangChain✓

Gateway

Multi-provider model support

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Data

No-train-on-customer-data guarantee

CrewAIUnknown

LangChainUnknown

What each one is

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

CrewAI

A comprehensive platform combining an open-source Python framework for multi-agent workflows with a managed cloud control plane that adds governance, security, tracing, and deployment capabilities for enterprise production use.

Independently observed

LangChain

Leader

LangSmith provides observability through tracing to debug agent behavior, evaluation capabilities to test and score agents with human review and automated assessments, and deployment services to run agents at scale.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

CrewAI

HybridFree tier

Free tier (Basic) with 50 executions/month; Enterprise custom pricing with governance and compliance

BasicFree
- Visual editor and AI copilot
- GitHub integration
- 50 workflow executions/month
- Studio (visual editor)
- Standard tools and triggers
- +20 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Basic features, plus:
- Enterprise connectors
- SSO (MS Entra, Okta)
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Workload identity
- +13 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

LangChain

Leader

from $39/seat/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free Developer plan (5k traces). Plus plan $39/seat/month. Enterprise custom. Usage-based pricing for compute (LCU=$1.50) and storage (LSU=$1.00).

DeveloperFree
- 1 free seat
- 5k base traces/month
- Tracing and analytics
- Access to LangSmith platform
Plus$39/seat/month + usage (LCU/LSU), 10k traces included, 1 free small deployment
- Unlimited seats
- 10k base traces/month
- 1 free small serverless deployment
- Full tracing and analytics
- Evaluation tools
EnterpriseContact sales
- Advanced administration
- Dedicated support
- Custom deployments
- White-glove onboarding
- Proactive monitoring
- +1 more

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	CrewAI	LangChain
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

CLI

CrewAI✓

LangChain✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Self-hosted

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

On-premise

CrewAI✓

LangChain✗

Hybrid

CrewAI✓

LangChain✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)

Anthropic
OpenAI

CrewAI

19 total - 17 not shared

NVIDIA NIM
GitHub
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Arize
Galileo
DataDog
Patronus
IBM Db2
OpenTelemetry
LiteLLM
E2B
Daytona
AWS Bedrock
Ollama
Model Context Protocol
SerperDev

Independently observed

LangChain

Leader

9 total - 7 not shared

Cohere
Google
Azure OpenAI
Azure AI Search
Microsoft Fabric
Azure Kubernetes Service
OpaquePrompts

Independently observed

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