# Google Agent Development Kit vs MetaGPT

| Attribute | Google Agent Development Kit | MetaGPT |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 74.2 (29% (low)) | 55.1 (21% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 85 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 185 | 70,049 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":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. | 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. |
| 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}` | `{"pricing_model":"free_open_source","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 | 42 | 2 |
| 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":"Browser Use CLI"},{"name":"OpenAI"}]` |
| 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}` | `{"cli":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":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.deepwisdom.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T11:08:35.399Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 13 | 8 |
| release.history | `[{"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/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.8.2","date":"2025-03-09T15:59:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.8.1","date":"2024-04-22T10:56:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.8.0","date":"2024-03-29T11:10:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.7","date":"2024-03-29T04:00:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.6","date":"2024-03-12T14:53:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.4","date":"2024-03-07T08:52:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.3","date":"2024-02-26T06:15:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.2","date":"2024-02-20T15:04:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.1","date":"2024-02-19T12:44:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2024-02-09T02:42:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.6.6","date":"2024-01-22T03:01:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.6.4","date":"2024-01-12T02:07:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.6.3","date":"2024-01-08T13:05:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.6.2","date":"2024-01-05T11:38:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2024-01-03T15:57:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.5.2","date":"2023-12-19T06:11:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2023-12-18T11:39:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2023-12-17T05:47:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2023-12-08T10:10:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2023-11-27T06:25:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"}]` |

## Capabilities (Multi Agent Orchestration)

| Capability | Google Agent Development Kit | MetaGPT |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | Free open source |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:15:57.991Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*