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Best Agent platforms — Open models
12 of 20 researched agent platforms have a confirmed yes for Open models. Qualified, negative, and unknown answers stay distinct.
The ranking
12 of 20 agent platforms have a confirmed yes for “Open models”. 4 are qualified or tier-scoped, 1 are confirmed no, and 3 remain not established. Only confirmed yes answers appear in this set; an unknown is never treated as a negative.
How we ranked these
Projected from the live listing datasheets using the tenant’s “Can it run open-weight models?” axis. Membership requires a sourced yes; partial and unknown answers are reported above but excluded from the ranking. Entries retain the directory’s paid-tier ordering, visibly labelled on every promoted card.
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The ranking
Editor’s pick
#1
Agno
Python SDK, self-hosted AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and running agents
- #2
Botpress
Build, deploy and run AI agents from a visual studio, a TypeScript ADK, or a chat-based builder.
- #3
Dify
Open-source platform for building agentic workflows, RAG pipelines and agents, on cloud or self-hosted
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ElevenLabs ElevenAgents
Voice and chat agent platform built on ElevenLabs speech models, deployed to web, mobile and telephony.
- #5
Glean
Enterprise Work AI platform: indexes company apps into a permission-aware graph and runs agents on that context.
- #7
n8n
Workflow automation platform for building AI agents on a visual canvas, self-hosted or on n8n Cloud.
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OpenClaw
Self-hosted, MIT-licensed gateway that runs AI agents across chat apps, a browser UI, and the terminal.
- #10
Sierra
Conversational AI platform for customer-facing agents across voice, chat, email and messaging, priced per outcome.
- #11
Sim
Open-source AI workspace for building, deploying and governing AI agents across 1,000+ integrations.
- #12
Vellum
Personal AI assistant with its own identity, memory and installable skills; open-source runtime, cloud or self-hosted
Side by side
All 12 compared. Scroll the table sideways, the fact column stays pinned →
| Feature | Agno | Botpress | Dify | ElevenLabs ElevenAgents | Glean | MindStudio | n8n | OpenClaw | Relevance AI | Sierra | Sim | Vellum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Python SDK, self-hosted AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and running agents | Build, deploy and run AI agents from a visual studio, a TypeScript ADK, or a chat-based builder. | Open-source platform for building agentic workflows, RAG pipelines and agents, on cloud or self-hosted | Voice and chat agent platform built on ElevenLabs speech models, deployed to web, mobile and telephony. | Enterprise Work AI platform: indexes company apps into a permission-aware graph and runs agents on that context. | Visual builder for AI agents, with a typed SDK, CLI and MCP server over 200+ models | Workflow automation platform for building AI agents on a visual canvas, self-hosted or on n8n Cloud. | Self-hosted, MIT-licensed gateway that runs AI agents across chat apps, a browser UI, and the terminal. | Enterprise platform for building, running and governing teams of specialist AI agents | Conversational AI platform for customer-facing agents across voice, chat, email and messaging, priced per outcome. | Open-source AI workspace for building, deploying and governing AI agents across 1,000+ integrations. | Personal AI assistant with its own identity, memory and installable skills; open-source runtime, cloud or self-hosted |
| Category | Agent platforms, Agent frameworks | Agent platforms | Agent platforms | Agent platforms, Voice agents | Agent platforms | Agent platforms | Agent platforms | Agent platforms | Agent platforms | Agent platforms, Support agents | Agent platforms | Agent platforms |
| Pricing | Free | $0 | Free | $0 / mo | Custom | $0 / month | Free | $20 trial credit / monthly | $0/month | Custom | $0 / forever | $0 / month |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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