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Our verdict
CrewAI’s own description: “The Leading Multi-Agent Platform.” It is built in Python. It has 57,572 stars and 304 contributors, and it was pushed to within the last few weeks. The MIT licence puts no real constraint on commercial use. The most recent tagged release is 1.15.17, from 2026-08-20. Figures come from the GitHub API on 2026-08-26 and refresh weekly.
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Repository
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Python
- Last push
- 2026-11-06
Releases
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1.15.361.15.36 -
1.15.351.15.35 -
1.15.341.15.34 -
1.15.331.15.33 -
1.15.321.15.32 -
1.15.311.15.31
Pricing
- Free tierYes
- LicenceMIT
- Self-hostYes, source is public
- Public price listYes
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Price points are recorded when a price moves, not on a schedule, so a flat run means the price held. Release cadence comes from GitHub releases. A series appears only once we have watched it for long enough to have more than one observation.
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What users actually say
- Who's using crewAI really? Reddit · 2025
- LangChain vs CrewAI - which one do you like for agent … Reddit · 2025
- How are AI startups using CrewAI if it's so slow? Can I … Reddit · 2025
- Is crewAI really an agent framework or just managed … Reddit · 2025
- CrewAI vs LangGraph Reddit · 2026
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Articles on CrewAI
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Questions
Is CrewAI free?
Yes. The framework is MIT licensed and free to self-host, and CrewAI’s hosted platform has a Basic plan at $0 a month with 50 workflow executions and 2 automations. Enterprise is priced by quote. Read on crewai.com/pricing on 2026-10-02.
How much does CrewAI cost?
The open source framework costs nothing. On crewai.com/pricing (read 2026-10-02) the hosted platform lists Basic at $0 a month with 50 workflow executions, and Enterprise as custom pricing with no published self-serve paid tier.
Is CrewAI open source?
Yes. CrewAI is a public repository released under MIT. You can self-host or inspect the source directly.
How is CrewAI scored here?
CrewAI scores 7.3 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.