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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.", "bestFor": "Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.", "strengths": [ "Apache 2.0, with 25 stable releases on PyPI in the 90 days to 8 October 2026 and 3.1.1 on 2 October", "MCP client (MCPTools) over Streamable HTTP and stdio with include_tools, exclude_tools and a name prefix", "Tool calls can require confirmation, user input or an admin approval that is stored and audited", "llms.txt, llms-full.txt, a Markdown twin of every docs page and a docs MCP server at docs.agno.com/mcp", "Unit tests, Ruff and mypy run in public CI, and 10 of the 12 latest runs on main passed with 2 cancelled" ], "weaknesses": [ "Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. 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Agno leads on agent ergonomics and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent frameworks.", "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.", "google-adk": "Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin. Two critical CVEs in 2026, one of them in tool confirmation itself." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-google-adk", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-google-adk.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-google-adk.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agno-vs-google-adk.min.md" }, "markdown": "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 \u0026 trust. Both do agent frameworks.\n\n- Agno: grade BB, 72.8/100, rank #85 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/agno.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/agno.json\n- Agent Development Kit (ADK): grade BB, 74.7/100, rank #58 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-adk.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-adk.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Agno (BB)\n\nGood for: Python teams that want agents, teams and workflows plus a self-hosted server with REST, MCP, approvals and scheduling in one package.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 76 against 70\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 68\n\nWatch for: Usage telemetry is on by default and sends session, run and agent identifiers unhashed. Prompts and outputs are not sent\n\n### Agent Development Kit (ADK) (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams on Google Cloud or working outside Python, and for anyone who wants approval, guardrail callbacks and evaluation in one framework.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 92 against 64\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n\nWatch for: Two critical CVEs in 2026, one of them in tool confirmation itself\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Agno | Agent Development Kit (ADK) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 83 | 80 | Agno +3 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 87 | Agno +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 76 | 70 | Agno +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 92 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +28 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 60 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 86 | 87 | Agent Development Kit (ADK) +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 68 | Agno +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **72.8 · BB** | **74.7 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Agno | Agent Development Kit (ADK) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Agno Inc. | Google |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | API key | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-25 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | |\n| Popularity | 43k stars, 476k PyPI/wk | 22k stars |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**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.\n\n**Agent Development Kit (ADK).** Python, TypeScript, Go, Java and Kotlin. Two critical CVEs in 2026, one of them in tool confirmation itself.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Agno\n\n1. Set AGNO_TELEMETRY=false before the first run, and pass telemetry=False to AgentOS and to each eval, which ignore the variable\n2. 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\n3. Mark tools that write with requires_confirmation, and resume with continue_run once every requirement is resolved\n4. Set tool_call_limit on agents. The default is None\n5. Install extras for what you use, such as agno[mcp] for MCPTools and agno[os,mcp] for AgentOS with its MCP server\n\n### Agent Development Kit (ADK)\n\n1. Upgrade to 2.5.0 or later before relying on tool confirmation\n2. Always pass tool_filter to McpToolset\n3. Pin a 2.x minor and read the changelog's breaking section before each bump\n4. Install the bigquery-analytics extra if you use pyarrow, since 2.7.0\n5. Keep ADK Web off public interfaces, or run 1.28.1 or later at the least\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Agno or Agent Development Kit (ADK)?\n\nAgent 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 \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Agno and Agent Development Kit (ADK) open source?\n\nYes. Agno is open source (Apache-2.0). 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