# guilds.run vs LangGraph (slim)

> LangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) to guilds.run's 56.5 (C) for agent frameworks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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LangGraph scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against guilds.run's 56.5 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. guilds.run leads on security & auth. Both do agent frameworks.

- guilds.run: C 56.5, rank #677 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/guilds-run.min.md
- LangGraph: BB 70.6, rank #154 of 1094 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/langgraph.min.md
- guilds.run, good for A person or small team that wants a standing, inspectable team of agents with schedules, shared tables and a web app, run on one machine, and is comfortable tracking main. Ahead on Security & auth, 68 against 60. Also Free to start without a card.
- LangGraph, good for Long-running, stateful agents that pause for people and must survive restarts. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 53; Schema & documentation, 89 against 58; Maintenance & community, 90 against 41; Transparency & trust, 79 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it.

| Category | guilds.run | LangGraph |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 53 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 70 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 60 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 41 | 90 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | guilds.run | LangGraph |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cigale AI | LangChain |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-only | MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-21 |
| Popularity | 57 stars | 42k stars, 2.3M npm/wk, 10.4M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |