# Alternatives to Cresta > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/cresta/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Salesforce Agentforce Salesforce's platform for building, deploying and monitoring AI agents on top of CRM data. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [Writes code: yes — The Agentforce Vibes coding agent turns a natural-language description into Salesforce code and metadata.](https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/developers/vibe-coding/) - [Debugs and fixes: yes — Vibes runs the test or deployment, reads the failure and iterates toward a fix rather than stopping at the error.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/agentforcevibes/guide/afv-agentic-dev.html) - [Writes tests: yes — Apex test classes and LWC Jest tests are generated alongside the code, with a dedicated QA Validator sub-agent for coverage.](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/agentforcevibes/guide/afv-agentic-dev.html) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Agent permissions: partial — Guardrails and filters bound which topics and actions an agent may reach and data access honours existing Salesforce permissions, but an approval-before-every-action mode is documented only for the Agentforce Vibes coding agent.](https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/how-it-works/) [View Salesforce Agentforce](https://theagentsindex.com/salesforce-agentforce) ### 2. ElevenLabs Agents Hosted platform for building voice and chat agents, with telephony, SDKs and a choice of LLM. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [Claude: yes — Anthropic models are natively selectable in agent settings; a few older Claude models drop out in EU data-residency workspaces.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/customization/llm) - [GPT: yes — OpenAI models are natively supported and are the one provider family the vendor says stays fully available under EU data residency.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/customization/llm) - [Model choice: yes — You pick the model per agent, plus a backup cascade; LLM usage is billed on top of the plan and varies by model.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/customization/llm) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Admin controls: partial — Guardrails constrain what an agent may say and per-tool approval constrains what it may do, but Guardrails is in Alpha and enabling MCP servers is not restricted to admins.](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-agents/best-practices/guardrails) [View ElevenLabs Agents](https://theagentsindex.com/elevenlabs-conversational-ai) ### 3. Moveworks Enterprise AI assistant plus a low-code studio for building agents across business systems. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [GPT: yes — GPT foundation models do the reasoning and action planning, and LLM Actions default to gpt-5.4-mini with the whole gpt/o-series selectable.](https://docs.moveworks.com/agent-studio/agentic-ai/ll-ms-sl-ms) - [API access: yes — Bearer-authenticated REST APIs (Events, Conversations, Data) plus webhook listeners, with a separate base URL per data centre.](https://docs.moveworks.com/api-reference/overview) - [Audit log: yes — A JSON SIEM export over SFTP, refreshed every three hours, covers authentication, permission changes, config changes and Agent Studio actions.](https://docs.moveworks.com/agent-studio/core-platform/security-information-and-event-management-siem-logs-overview) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Claude: no — The Model Reference enumerates only OpenAI gpt-* and o-series models; Anthropic is reachable only as a customer-built HTTP Action calling the Anthropic API with your own key.](https://docs.moveworks.com/agent-studio/actions/llm-actions) [View Moveworks](https://theagentsindex.com/moveworks) ### 4. MindStudio No-code visual builder for AI agent workflows, published as web apps, APIs, webhooks or MCP servers. **Research coverage:** 33/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [Ships it: yes — Publishing and deploying agents is unlimited on both paid tiers; deployment targets include hosted web apps, website embeds, webhooks, scheduled runs and, on Business, custom domains.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic models are in the routed catalog on every plan, from Haiku through Opus, selectable per block with no Anthropic account required.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing) - [GPT: yes — OpenAI text, vision, image, transcription and speech models are in the routed catalog on every plan, billed through the Service Router at provider cost.](https://www.mindstudio.ai/pricing) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Admin controls: partial — Owner, Admin, Member and Guest roles plus per-agent Use Only or Edit Access govern who may do what, but Individual is single-user, and restricting which models and third-party services the workspace may call is Business-only.](https://university.mindstudio.ai/workspace-management/team-settings-and-access-controls) [View MindStudio](https://theagentsindex.com/mindstudio) ### 5. UiPath Agent Builder Low-code canvas in UiPath Studio Web for building AI agents that run on the UiPath automation platform. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [Ships it: yes — It does not stop at a design: the agent is published and deployed as an Orchestrator process, the CLI provisions a serverless machine and robot user for it, and Orchestrator then schedules and monitors the runs.](https://www.uipath.com/platform/agentic-automation/agentic-ai/agent-builder) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic is one of only three model providers the Agents documentation lists as selectable for an agent, served through AWS Bedrock, and you choose it per agent in the Properties panel.](https://docs.uipath.com/agents/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/analyze-files) - [GPT: yes — OpenAI is a first-class provider in the Agents model documentation and in the platform LLM configuration table, selectable per agent alongside Anthropic and Google.](https://docs.uipath.com/agents/automation-cloud/latest/user-guide/analyze-files) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Done-for-you service: no — This is licensed software the customer operates, pitched explicitly at the business user building the agent themselves; UiPath sells no build-and-run service on this page, only a trial and a demo.](https://www.uipath.com/platform/agentic-automation/agentic-ai/agent-builder) - [Admin controls: partial — Admins get Automation Ops governance policies that can override an agent's model settings, plus custom roles and access policies, but both rows carry an em dash on the Basic tier and start at Standard.](https://www.uipath.com/pricing) [View UiPath Agent Builder](https://theagentsindex.com/uipath-agent-builder) ### 6. Agno Python SDK, open-source AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and operating agents. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cresta:** - [Writes code: yes — Ships a CodingTools toolkit whose documented job is editing files and running commands in a scoped project directory.](https://docs.agno.com/use-cases/coding-agents) - [Debugs and fixes: yes — Bug fixing is a documented pattern: reproduce, patch, rerun the failing tests.](https://docs.agno.com/use-cases/coding-agents) - [Claude: yes — Native Anthropic adapter with a `Claude` model class, plus Claude via Bedrock, Vertex AI and Azure AI Foundry.](https://docs.agno.com/models/providers/native/anthropic/overview) **Trade-offs against Cresta:** - [Done-for-you service: no — You run the software in your own cloud; Enterprise adds dedicated build help, not a managed service.](https://www.agno.com/products/runtime) - [Agent permissions: partial — Runs are unattended unless a tool is marked for approval; then the run pauses in your database until an admin resolves it.](https://docs.agno.com/agent-os/approvals/overview) - [Certifications: partial — SOC 2 compliance is asserted on the homepage; Enterprise adds security reviews. No ISO 27001 or GDPR claim found.](https://www.agno.com/) [View Agno](https://theagentsindex.com/agno) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.