# Google Agent Development Kit vs Pydantic AI

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Pydantic AI

| Attribute | Google Agent Development Kit | Pydantic AI |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 58.2 (44% (low)) | 65.5 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 265 | 20,608 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 3,171,945 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Multi Agent Orchestration.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"What is Google Agent Development Kit?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Agent Development Kit is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"Is Google Agent Development Kit free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Google Agent Development Kit supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"What platforms does Google Agent Development Kit support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Google Agent Development Kit can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"Can Google Agent Development Kit be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 43 integrations for Google Agent Development Kit, including Google Search, Google Maps, Vertex AI Search, Anthropic, Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok, plus 35 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"What does Google Agent Development Kit integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Google Agent Development Kit 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/google/adk-kotlin","question":"Is Google Agent Development Kit open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Google Agent Development Kit is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","question":"Where is Google Agent Development Kit available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A comprehensive toolkit combining an open-source Python agent development framework with a managed observability platform designed specifically for AI applications, including monitoring, evaluation, and LLM gateway capabilities. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","question":"What is Pydantic AI?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pydantic AI is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $2. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","question":"Is Pydantic AI free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pydantic AI supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","question":"What platforms does Pydantic AI support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Pydantic AI can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","question":"Can Pydantic AI be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Pydantic AI, including Pydantic AI, Pydantic Evals, OpenTelemetry, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Snowflake, FastAPI, OpenAI and LangChain, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","question":"What does Pydantic AI integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Pydantic AI. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pydantic AI not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://pydantic.dev/security","question":"What security certifications does Pydantic AI have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Pydantic AI 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/pydantic/pydantic-ai","question":"Is Pydantic AI open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An observability and development platform for production AI agent systems that combines tracing, evaluation, and inference gateway capabilities for building reliable LLM applications. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","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,"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}` | `{"role":"observability","evaluation":true,"soc2_type_ii":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":true,"experiment_tracking":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"fault_tolerance_and_llm_retry_mechanisms":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}` |
| integrations.count | 22 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Search"},{"name":"Google Maps"},{"name":"Vertex AI Search"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Google Ads"},{"name":"Meta"},{"name":"LinkedIn"},{"name":"TikTok"},{"name":"Aerospike"},{"name":"Firebase"},{"name":"Firestore"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Milvus"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Grafana Cloud"},{"name":"Langfuse"},{"name":"LangSmith"},{"name":"Freeplay"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Resend"},{"name":"Postmark"},{"name":"Pagerduty"},{"name":"Respan"},{"name":"Cloud Trace"},{"name":"Replit"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Vite"},{"name":"Qwik"},{"name":"BuilderIO"},{"name":"Windsurf"},{"name":"Tonal"},{"name":"Unkey"},{"name":"Meta Ads","category":"marketing"},{"name":"LinkedIn Ads","category":"marketing"},{"name":"TikTok Ads","category":"marketing"},{"name":"Google Cloud Agent Identity","category":"identity"},{"name":"Google Cloud Agent Registry","category":"registry"},{"name":"Twilio","category":"communications"},{"name":"Modal","category":"compute"},{"name":"HuggingFace","category":"ai"},{"name":"Datadog","category":"monitoring"}]` | `[{"name":"Pydantic AI"},{"name":"Pydantic Evals"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Model Context Protocol (MCP)"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"Prefect"}]` |
| language.primary | Kotlin | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open-source under Apache 2.0 license","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://google.github.io/adk-docs/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:02:16.517Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Personal","summary":"Free for up to 10M spans/month","features":["10M spans per month","Hard cap to prevent bill shock"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For solo developers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spans":"10M/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$49/month + $2 per million spans","features":["Overage billing at flat rate","Seat limits apply"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million spans"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$249/month + $2 per million spans, unlimited seats","features":["No seat limits","Overage billing at flat rate"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":249,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million spans"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier for 10M spans/month. Paid plans from $49/month with flat-rate overage pricing at $2 per million spans.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pydantic.dev/articles/ai-observability-pricing-comparison","retrievedAt":"2026-09-13T19:28:55.779Z","startingPrice":{"amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":49,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 12 | 1 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v1.3.0","date":"2026-10-02T12:56:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2026-09-28T10:00:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-09-15T08:48:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v1.0.1","date":"2026-09-10T09:25:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2026-09-07T11:08:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.9.0","date":"2026-08-31T07:34:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.8.0","date":"2026-08-17T09:59:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2026-08-03T12:54:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2026-07-20T14:05:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2026-07-06T09:42:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2026-06-23T08:10:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2026-06-12T13:52:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2026-05-26T11:24:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.1.0","date":"2026-05-19T16:16:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/google/adk-kotlin/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc.1","date":"2026-05-19T09:50:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.1.0-rc.1"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/clai2-bleeding","date":"2026-10-06T01:25:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"clai2-bleeding"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.56.0","date":"2026-10-13T23:35:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.56.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.55.0","date":"2026-10-09T19:20:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.55.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.54.0","date":"2026-10-03T03:21:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.54.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.53.0","date":"2026-10-02T02:52:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.53.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.52.0","date":"2026-09-30T00:54:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.52.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v1.107.7","date":"2026-09-30T00:54:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.107.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.51.0","date":"2026-09-25T23:19:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.51.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.50.0","date":"2026-09-25T04:47:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.50.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.49.0","date":"2026-09-24T03:09:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.49.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.48.0","date":"2026-09-23T02:41:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.48.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.47.0","date":"2026-09-22T03:59:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.47.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.46.0","date":"2026-09-19T03:51:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.46.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.45.0","date":"2026-09-18T04:31:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.45.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.44.0","date":"2026-09-17T04:03:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.44.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v1.107.6","date":"2026-09-17T03:30:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.107.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.43.0","date":"2026-09-12T00:54:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.43.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.42.0","date":"2026-09-09T03:33:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.42.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.41.0","date":"2026-09-08T04:15:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai/releases/tag/v2.40.0","date":"2026-09-05T00:09:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.40.0"}]` |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://pydantic.dev/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fpydantic%2Fpydantic-ai&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Multi Agent Orchestration)

| Capability | Google Agent Development Kit | Pydantic AI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture paradigm | 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 | Commercial enterprise platform |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:12:45.219Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*