# AgentOS vs CrewAI (slim)

> AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against CrewAI's 67 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. CrewAI leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do agent frameworks. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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AgentOS scores 75.3 (BB) on agent readiness against CrewAI's 67 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. CrewAI leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do agent frameworks.

- AgentOS: BB 75.3, rank #46 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agentos.min.md
- CrewAI: B 67, rank #202 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crewai.min.md
- AgentOS, good for TypeScript teams that want long-term memory, personas, voice and channel adapters and multi-agent teams in one package, and that will pin versions. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 92 against 74; Security & auth, 81 against 65; Payments & pricing, 60 against 40. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.
- CrewAI, good for Multi-agent role-and-task workflows and for teams that want Flows for ordered, stateful steps. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 80 against 74; Transparency & trust, 72 against 64. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | AgentOS | CrewAI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 78 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 74 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 81 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AgentOS | CrewAI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Framers Lab, Inc. | CrewAI |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-11-06 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-06 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 677 stars, 5.3k npm/wk | 59k stars, 552k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |