# CrewAI vs Pydantic AI (slim)

> Pydantic AI has a score of 80 (A) against CrewAI's 67 (B). Both do agent frameworks. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 21 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Pydantic AI has a score of 80 (A) against CrewAI's 67 (B). Both do agent frameworks. The largest gap is schema & documentation, 21 points.

- CrewAI: B 67, rank #149 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crewai.min.md
- Pydantic AI: A 80, rank #7 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pydantic-ai.min.md
- Pick CrewAI for nothing in particular. Pick Pydantic AI for reliability (+5), schema & documentation (+21), agent ergonomics (+5), security & auth (+15), payments & pricing (+20), transparency & trust (+5).

| Category | CrewAI | Pydantic AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 78 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 74 | 95 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 85 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 80 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 88 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 77 |