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CrewAI

Python framework for orchestrating role-based teams of autonomous AI agents (Crews) plus event-driven workflows (Flows).

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Where it fits

AI SDK & Agent Framework · Multi-agent orchestrationPython projects that split work across several role-based agents, like researcher, writer and reviewer.Trade-off: Multi-agent setups cost more tokens and are harder to predict than one well-prompted agent.

How CrewAI itself is built

22 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

ChromaClaudeClerkGemini APIGhostLanceDBLangChainLangSmithLiteLLMMongoDBMySQLNext.jsOpenAI APIPostgreSQLPostmarkQdrantResendSendGridSQLAlchemySQLiteVercelWeaviate

Who uses it

3 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 28 open-source projects that declare it in their code.

The maker says so 3Declared in code 28How evidence is collected →
KodosumiRuntime environment to execute agentic services at scale

“We love using CrewAI for our own agents have built Kodosumi specifically to be able to work with CrewAI and easily scale up CrewAI agents.”

AI SDK & Agent FrameworkMaker says so · source ↗
Potpie AIPrompt-To-Agent: Create custom AI agents for your code

“Stands out with its open-source, role-based multi-agent architecture that enables collaborative, autonomous workflows and fine-grained control, making it more flexible and developer-friendly than other agent frameworks”

AI SDK & Agent FrameworkMaker says so · source ↗

Open source: a project that declares CrewAI as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.

What makers say

2 makers on why they use CrewAI, in their own words on Product Hunt.

We love using CrewAI for our own agents have built Kodosumi specifically to be able to work with CrewAI and easily scale up CrewAI agents.
KodosumiSep 2026 ↗
Stands out with its open-source, role-based multi-agent architecture that enables collaborative, autonomous workflows and fine-grained control, making it more flexible and developer-friendly than other agent frameworks
Potpie AISep 2026 ↗

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Questions makers ask about CrewAI

Is CrewAI free?

Yes — there is a free tier a small product can run on; paid use starts at Contact sales. source ↗

Is CrewAI open source or self-hostable?

Open source, and you can self-host it. source ↗

Can AI coding agents work with CrewAI?

It serves an llms.txt docs index.

Who uses CrewAI?

3 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 28 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗