# CrewAI vs Together AI

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Together AI

| Attribute | CrewAI | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 61.7 (76% (high)) | 72.8 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 57,642 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 4,500,329 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Together AI provides cloud infrastructure for hosting and serving open-source language, image, audio, and video models through serverless inference, reserved capacity, and dedicated GPU instances. The platform includes fine-tuning capabilities, batch processing, managed storage, and GPU cluster support for custom model development and training—eliminating the need for users to manage underlying infrastructure. |
| 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,"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,"dynamic_agent_generation_and_spawning_at_runtime":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":false,"soc2_type_ii":false,"compute_model":"multi_tenant_hybrid","managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"per_million_tokens","self_hostable":false,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":false,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":false,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"openai_compatible_rest_api_schema":false,"bring_your_own_weights_byow_hosting":true,"dynamic_batching_and_kv_cache_management":false,"massive_context_window_support_100k_plus":false,"hipaa_baa_compliance_for_medical_inference":false,"multimodal_vision_and_audio_in_out_support":true,"native_function_calling_and_strict_json_mode":false,"streaming_server_sent_events_sse_token_yield":false,"lpu_or_custom_silicon_for_extreme_low_latency":false,"zero_data_retention_training_opt_out_enterprise":true}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | - |
| 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"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"Free tier with 50 workflow executions/month and 2 automations","features":["Visual editor and AI copilot","GitHub integration","50 workflow executions/month","Studio (visual editor)","Standard tools and triggers","Private agent repository","Private tools repository","Agentic workflow templates","Export as MCP server","Export as UI component","CrewAI cloud deployment","Tracing and OpenTelemetry","AI agent training","LLM testing","Guardrails","Human-in-the-loop input","Workflow chat (UI, Slack, Teams)","Usage dashboard","Token count and performance metrics","Hallucination scores","Deployment history","LLM management","Automatic scaling","Cron scheduling","Community support"],"description":"Foundation tier for building agentic workflows","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"automations":"2","workflow_executions":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with enterprise governance, compliance, and dedicated support","features":["All Basic features, plus:","Enterprise connectors","SSO (MS Entra, Okta)","Role-based access control (RBAC)","Workload identity","PII redaction","Policy enforcement","Deployment: CrewAI cloud, dedicated VPC, or customer infrastructure","SAM certified deployment","FedRamp High compliance","Dedicated support","Slack/Teams support","Support contact","On-site training and support","Deployment assistance","Development support","45-day onboarding program","Forward deployed engineering (available a la carte)"],"description":"Enterprise tier with governance, compliance, and infrastructure flexibility","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"automations":"Custom","workflow_executions":"Custom"}}],"summary":"Free tier (Basic) with 50 executions/month; Enterprise custom pricing with governance and compliance","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://crewai.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:18:58.239Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Serverless Inference","summary":"From $0.00014–$15/1M tokens depending on model. Pay only for usage.","features":["50+ open-source models","Variable pricing by model and token type","Batch API support","Private endpoints"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00014,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Provisioned Throughput","summary":"Reserved throughput capacity with 99% SLA. PTU-based pricing structure.","features":["Reserved token capacity","99% uptime SLA","Token-based pricing model","Production-grade reliability"],"commitment":"monthly","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Dedicated Inference","summary":"$3.69–$8.99 per GPU per hour (on-demand); reserved discounts available.","features":["Single-tenant GPU instances","Guaranteed performance (no resource sharing)","Custom model support","Autoscaling for traffic spikes"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3.69,"period":"hour","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Fine-Tuning","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.48,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Managed Storage"},{"name":"GPU Clusters"}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing starting from $0.00014/1M tokens for serverless inference. Reserved capacity and dedicated GPU instances available; on-demand GPU pricing from $3.69/hour.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.together.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:44:34.463Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"tokens","amount":0.00014,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":0.00014,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 1 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.17","date":"2026-08-20T00:27:23Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.16","date":"2026-08-14T00:08:07Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.15","date":"2026-08-12T01:27:30Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.14","date":"2026-08-08T22:57:37Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.13","date":"2026-08-07T21:13:23Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.12","date":"2026-08-05T22:56:34Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.11","date":"2026-08-05T06:29:59Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.10","date":"2026-07-31T14:57:37Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.9","date":"2026-07-30T05:45:26Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.8","date":"2026-07-28T15:06:04Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.7","date":"2026-07-26T18:20:02Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.7a1","date":"2026-07-26T17:04:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"1.15.7a1"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.6","date":"2026-07-24T20:30:33Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.5","date":"2026-07-20T16:33:25Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.4","date":"2026-07-17T14:33:30Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.3","date":"2026-07-16T19:43:04Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.3a2","date":"2026-07-16T18:56:12Z","type":"prerelease","version":"1.15.3a2"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.3a1","date":"2026-07-16T17:22:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"1.15.3a1"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.2","date":"2026-07-08T02:05:22Z","type":"stable","version":"1.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI/releases/tag/1.15.2a2","date":"2026-07-01T22:15:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"1.15.2a2"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | 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}` | - |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | CrewAI | Together AI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | End-to-end ML platform | 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 | Unknown | Yes |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:20:28.252Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*