# CrewAI vs MetaGPT

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** CrewAI

| Attribute | CrewAI | MetaGPT |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.1 (67% (medium)) | 53.5 (26% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 59,661 | 70,745 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 4,500,329 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://crewai.com/pricing","question":"What is CrewAI?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"CrewAI is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Paid editions are also offered: Enterprise, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://crewai.com/pricing","question":"Is CrewAI free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"CrewAI supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://crewai.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does CrewAI support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. CrewAI 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://crewai.com/pricing","question":"Can CrewAI be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for CrewAI, including NVIDIA NIM, GitHub, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Arize, Galileo, DataDog and Patronus, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://crewai.com/pricing","question":"What does CrewAI integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for CrewAI. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as CrewAI not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.crewai.com","question":"What security certifications does CrewAI have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. CrewAI is published under the MIT 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/joaomdmoura/crewAI","question":"Is CrewAI open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"OpenManus is an open-source project for developing and tuning LLM agents through reinforcement learning methods. It includes browser automation, multi-agent support, and integration with LLM APIs for building autonomous agent applications. It is indexed under Multi Agent Orchestration.","source":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","question":"What is MetaGPT?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MetaGPT is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","question":"Is MetaGPT free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"MetaGPT supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","question":"What platforms does MetaGPT support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MetaGPT can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","question":"Can MetaGPT be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. MetaGPT is published under the MIT 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/foundationagents/MetaGPT","question":"Is MetaGPT open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | CrewAI is a multi-agent automation framework that provides teams with tools to build complex agent workflows through a visual editor or code. It includes a unified control plane for managing production deployments with real-time tracing, governance policies, multi-LLM support, and deployment options for cloud or on-premises infrastructure. | MetaGPT enables you to create teams of AI agents structured like a software company, with distinct roles (product managers, architects, project managers, engineers) that collaborate to convert natural language input into complete software artifacts including requirements, designs, data structures, and documentation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"commercial_enterprise_platform","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":false,"experiment_tracking":true,"architecture_paradigm":"graph_based_cycles","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,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true,"synchronous_and_asynchronous_execution_modes":true,"streaming_output_and_intermediate_step_yielding":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_paradigm":"conversational_hierarchy","mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"NVIDIA NIM"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Arize"},{"name":"Galileo"},{"name":"DataDog"},{"name":"Patronus"},{"name":"IBM Db2"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"LiteLLM"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"E2B"},{"name":"Daytona"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol"},{"name":"SerperDev"},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Gemini","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"DashScope","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"CopilotKit","native":true,"category":"frontend","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Gemini","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenRouter","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Oracle","native":true,"category":"database","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"MS Entra","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Browser Use CLI"},{"name":"OpenAI"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | Python |
| license.spdx | MIT | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free with 50 monthly executions","features":["Visual editor and AI copilot","GitHub integration","Standard tools and triggers","CrewAI cloud deployment","Usage dashboard","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Limited free tier for building and testing agentic workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"agentic_workflows":"2","workflow_executions_per_month":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; includes governance, flexible deployment, and dedicated support","features":["Everything in Free, plus:","SSO (MS Entra, Okta)","Role-based access control","PII redaction and policy enforcement","Workload identity","Deploy on CrewAI cloud, customer VPC, or on-premise infrastructure","Enterprise connectors","Private agent and tools repositories","Export as MCP server","Export as UI component","OpenTelemetry tracing","LLM testing and swapping","AI agent training","Guardrails","Human-in-the-loop workflows","Slack/Teams integration","Token usage tracking","Performance metrics and deployment history","LLM management","Automatic scaling","Cron scheduling","45-day implementation onboarding","Engineering and training support"],"description":"Custom enterprise plan with governance, flexible deployment, and dedicated support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with 50 monthly executions; Enterprise plan with custom pricing","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://crewai.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:37:55.033Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:08:35.399Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | 8 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"FedRamp High","status":"active"},{"name":"SAM Certified","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=crewai-clean&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FFoundationAgents%2FMetaGPT&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Multi Agent Orchestration)

| Capability | CrewAI | MetaGPT |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture paradigm | Graph based cycles | Conversational hierarchy |
| 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 | Commercial enterprise platform | Free open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T17:47:53.300Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*