crewAI Alternatives (2026)
The top alternatives to crewAI are ECC, langchain, ai, deepagents, llama_index, semantic-kernel, sim and dspy — ranked open-source Agent Framework agents on The Agentic Leaderboard.
Ranked by overall score on reliability, tool selection quality, autonomous iteration, efficiency, and community mindshare. Updated weekly.
| Rank | Alternative | Score | vs crewAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ECC by affaan-m | 89.2 | +4.2 |
| #9 | langchain by langchain-ai | 86.2 | +1.2 |
| #10 | ai by vercel | 86.1 | +1.1 |
| #11 | deepagents by langchain-ai | 86.1 | +1.1 |
| #19 | llama_index by run-llama | 85.4 | +0.4 |
| #29 | semantic-kernel by microsoft | 84.9 | -0.1 |
| #30 | sim by simstudioai | 84.9 | -0.1 |
| #31 | dspy by stanfordnlp | 84.8 | -0.2 |