CrewAI
byCrewAIlisted Jun 3, 2026
CrewAI is the fastest-growing multi-agent orchestration framework, enabling developers to build teams of specialized AI agents that collaborate to complete complex tasks through role-based coordination. Its intuitive Python API has made it the most popular framework for enterprise multi-agent applications, with over 25 million agent runs per month across its cloud platform. CrewAI's "Crews" model maps naturally to business workflows where different agents handle research, writing, coding, and review.
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- Pricing
- Open-source framework (free); CrewAI+ cloud platform with free and paid tiers
- Model backbone
- GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Ollama (user-configurable)
- Setup complexity
- Moderate setup
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