Head to head · Agent frameworks · October 2026 research run
Agno vs Agent Development Kit (ADK)
Agent Development Kit (ADK) scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Agno's 72.8 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Agno leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do agent frameworks.
Which one, for what
Agno BB
Good for Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.
Ahead on
- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 70
- Transparency & trust, 83 against 68
Watch for
Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. Prompts and outputs are not sent
Agent Development Kit (ADK) BB
Good for Teams on Google Cloud or working outside Python, and for anyone who wants approval, guardrail callbacks and evaluation in one framework.
Ahead on
- Security & auth, 92 against 64
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 50
Also in its favour
- No key needed to call it
Watch for
Two critical CVEs in 2026, one of them in tool confirmation itself
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Agno | Agent Development Kit (ADK) | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 83 | 80 | Agno +3 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 90 | 87 | Agno +3 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 76 | 70 | Agno +6 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 64 | 92 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +28 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 50 | 60 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +10 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 86 | 87 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 83 | 68 | Agno +15 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -4 | |
| Total | 72.8 · BB | 74.7 · BB |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Agno | Agent Development Kit (ADK) |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |
| Vendor | Agno Inc. | |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | API key | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-25 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |
| Popularity | 43k stars, 476k PyPI/wk | 22k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (8) |
Verdicts
Agno
An Apache 2.0 Python agent framework at 3.1.1 with an MCP client, tool confirmation and admin approvals, a durable job queue and 25 stable releases in 90 days. Usage telemetry is on by default with unhashed identifiers, and three high or critical advisories were published against it in the last 12 months, all fixed.
Agent Development Kit (ADK)
Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin. Two critical CVEs in 2026, one of them in tool confirmation itself.
Before you call either
Agno
- Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false before the first run, and pass telemetry=False to AgentOS and to each eval, which ignore the variable
- Configure JWT_VERIFICATION_KEY with AgentOS authorisation switched on, or OS_SECURITY_KEY, before exposing AgentOS. With neither set, REST and MCP routes take no credential
- Mark tools that write with requires_confirmation, and resume with continue_run once every requirement is resolved
- Set tool_call_limit on agents. The default is None
- Install extras for what you use, such as agno[mcp] for MCPTools and agno[os,mcp] for AgentOS with its MCP server
Agent Development Kit (ADK)
- Upgrade to 2.5.0 or later before relying on tool confirmation
- Always pass tool_filter to McpToolset
- Pin a 2.x minor and read the changelog's breaking section before each bump
- Install the bigquery-analytics extra if you use pyarrow, since 2.7.0
- Keep ADK Web off public interfaces, or run 1.28.1 or later at the least
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Agno or Agent Development Kit (ADK)?
Agent Development Kit (ADK) scores 74.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Agno's 72.8 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Agno leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust.
Are Agno and Agent Development Kit (ADK) open source?
Yes. Agno is open source (Apache-2.0). Agent Development Kit (ADK) is open source (Apache-2.0).
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