# Alternatives to Mastra > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/mastra/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. n8n Workflow automation platform for building and running AI agents on a visual canvas, with code where needed. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [In your pipeline: yes — Git source control with workflow diffs gates what reaches production, the n8n CLI page names CI/CD pipeline integration as a fit, and the GitHub Trigger node fires on pull request events.](https://n8n.io/enterprise/) - [Admin controls: yes — RBAC at instance and project level (project roles on all Cloud plans, custom roles on Enterprise), plus instance policies to enforce 2FA and block specific nodes.](https://n8n.io/enterprise/) - [Data residency: yes — n8n Cloud holds data in the EU, in Frankfurt, with no alternative region published; self-hosting puts it in whichever jurisdiction you deploy to.](https://n8n.io/pricing/) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [Done-for-you service: no — Every plan is software you operate, on n8n Cloud or your own infrastructure; the only vendor-delivered service on the pricing page is support, dedicated with an SLA on Enterprise.](https://n8n.io/pricing/) - [Open source: partial — Source-available under the fair-code Sustainable Use License: free to use, modify and redistribute for internal business purposes, but not to resell or host for others. Files named .ee. sit under a separate enterprise licence.](https://docs.n8n.io/privacy-and-security/sustainable-use-license) [View n8n](https://theagentsindex.com/n8n) ### 2. Agno Python SDK, self-hosted AgentOS runtime and hosted control plane for building and operating agent platforms. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [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) - [Seat model: yes — Pro bundles three seats into the $150 and charges $30 per month for each extra one; no ceiling is published, and live connections are a second, separately priced unit.](https://www.agno.com/pricing) - [Admin controls: yes — Roles, per-agent and per-tool scopes, guardrails and admin approvals are enforced by the runtime; Pro gives basic RBAC and per-resource scoping is Enterprise.](https://www.agno.com/) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [In your pipeline: no — The enumerated serving surfaces are REST, MCP in Claude/ChatGPT and chat apps; no pull-request or CI surface appears.](https://www.agno.com/) - [Open source: partial — The SDK and AgentOS runtime are Apache-2.0 on GitHub, while the control plane is a hosted product whose self-hosted variant is quoted per deal on Enterprise.](https://github.com/agno-agi/agno) - [Pooled budget: partial — There is no metered balance to pool; seats share access to the same connected runtimes and usage inside a connection is unlimited.](https://www.agno.com/pricing) [View Agno](https://theagentsindex.com/agno) ### 3. LangChain Open source agent frameworks plus LangSmith, a hosted platform to trace, evaluate, deploy and govern agents. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [Writes code: yes — The vendor ships dcode, a free open-source terminal coding agent that writes and runs code from a prompt; it is a separate package from the paid LangSmith platform.](https://www.langchain.com/dcode) - [In your pipeline: yes — The vendor documents a GitHub Actions pipeline that runs tests and offline evals on a pull request, then promotes preview deployments to production through the control-plane API.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/cicd-pipeline-example) - [Seat model: yes — Seats are counted per person including pending invitations, the free plan is capped at one seat, and Plus has no seat floor or ceiling at $39 each per month.](https://www.langchain.com/pricing) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [Self-hosted: partial — The open source frameworks run anywhere, but self-hosting or hybrid-hosting the LangSmith platform on Kubernetes is an Enterprise-plan option; Developer and Plus are cloud-only.](https://www.langchain.com/pricing) - [Open source: partial — The frameworks and the dcode coding agent are MIT-licensed and free, while the LangSmith platform that carries the price, seats and governance is proprietary and hosted.](https://www.langchain.com/langchain) - [Bring your own key: partial — You can bring your own provider keys through the gateway on every plan, or buy inference as Gateway Credits, but Engine refuses your keys and bills its model use as compute units.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/engine) [View LangChain](https://theagentsindex.com/langchain) ### 4. LangGraph Open-source orchestration framework and runtime for stateful, long-running LLM agents, from LangChain. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [In your pipeline: yes — The vendor publishes a CI/CD reference pipeline with a companion repository: tests and offline evals on a PR, then quality-gated preview and production deploys via the Control Plane API.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/cicd-pipeline-example) - [Seat model: yes — Floor of one seat, no ceiling: Developer is capped at a single free seat, Plus adds unlimited seats at 39 dollars each per month, Enterprise is custom.](https://www.langchain.com/pricing) - [Certifications: yes — SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA, with annual third-party audits and penetration testing; data encrypted AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2 or higher in transit.](https://docs.langchain.com/langsmith/shared-responsibility-model) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [Done-for-you service: no — You run the software. On selected annual contracts LangChain assigns an AI engineer, but the published scope is advisory - best practices, guidelines, troubleshooting and reviews.](https://www.langchain.com/support-plans) - [Agent permissions: partial — There are no preset permission tiers: you decide where the agent must stop by placing interrupt() calls, which pause the graph and wait for approval before continuing.](https://www.langchain.com/langgraph) [View LangGraph](https://theagentsindex.com/langgraph) ### 5. Letta Stateful agent harness, cloud and SDK for agents with persistent, git-versioned memory. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [Writes code: yes — Agents edit and create files in your repository, including from GitHub issues and PRs.](https://docs.letta.com/platform/github-action/index.md) - [In your editor: yes — The letta-acp adapter runs Letta as a custom agent in Zed, JetBrains IDEs and Obsidian.](https://docs.letta.com/platform/acp/index.md) - [In your pipeline: yes — A GitHub Action triggers agents from issues and PR comments, or automatically on pull_request events.](https://docs.letta.com/platform/github-action/index.md) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [MCP server: no — MCP runs inbound only: Letta sessions consume stdio, HTTP and SSE MCP servers; no Letta MCP server is published.](https://docs.letta.com/agent-sdk/mcp/index.md) - [Pooled budget: no — Quota attaches to each purchased Pro seat; unpaid seats get no Letta-hosted inference at all.](https://docs.letta.com/teams/quickstart/index.md) - [Audit log: no — No administrative audit log is published; the Enterprise list stops at RBAC, SSO, quotas and dedicated support.](https://docs.letta.com/pricing/index.md) [View Letta](https://theagentsindex.com/letta) ### 6. CrewAI Open-source multi-agent framework with a managed platform for deploying and governing agent workflows. **Research coverage:** 34/35 criteria **Where it improves on Mastra:** - [Certifications: yes — The trust centre publishes a SOC 2 Type 2 programme with reports on request, plus a HIPAA audit report and pen test, and Enterprise adds FedRAMP High and SAM deployment options.](https://trust.crewai.com/) **Trade-offs against Mastra:** - [Agent permissions: partial — Code execution is off by default in the framework and the platform adds human-in-the-loop checkpoints and guardrails, but the governance layer described here is an Enterprise plan feature.](https://www.crewai.com/agent-management-platform) - [How it meters: partial — Metering is per workflow execution rather than per seat, and the free tier states its allowance, but Enterprise volumes are sized case by case with unpriced overage.](https://www.crewai.com/pricing) - [Pooled budget: partial — The published allowance is stated per plan per month rather than per member, so usage is drawn from one plan-level pool, but no per-seat or per-team budget split is documented.](https://www.crewai.com/pricing) [View CrewAI](https://theagentsindex.com/crewai) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.