CrewAI
Role-playing agents working as a crew.
FreemiumCPU-capable
Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-Free
LangGraph
Stateful, cyclic agent graphs for production.
FreemiumCPU-capableLocal or cloud
Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-FreeAPI
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Hardware requirements
Local or cloud · No GPU
Min VRAM
None
Rec. VRAM
None
Min RAM
8 GB
Rec. RAM
16 GB
Disk
2 GB
GPU class
No GPU
Apple Silicon ✓CPU-Capable
Pure runtime orchestration; no GPU. Backend can be any LLM.
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What is LangGraph?
LangGraph is LangChain's answer to "agents are actually state machines." You define nodes (LLM calls, tool calls) and edges (transitions), and the framework gives you persistence, time-travel debugging, and human-in-the-loop interrupts. The serious choice if you're putting agents in production.
Pros & cons
Pros
- First-class state, persistence, and time-travel debugging
- Cycles allowed — real agent loops, not just DAGs
- Streaming, checkpointing, and human-in-the-loop built in
- Both Python and TypeScript versions
Cons
- Steeper learning curve than CrewAI for first-time users
- Inherits LangChain's reputation for API churn
What's actually free?
OSS Python/JS library free. LangGraph Platform offers paid hosted deployment.
✓ Actually FreeNo SignupOpen SourceWatermark-Free
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