Agentic Index
Agent Zero vs SuperAGI (2026)
Agent Zero and SuperAGI both began as open source autonomous agent platforms, and their trajectories now differ sharply: Agent Zero remains an actively evolving hacker framework where a VM dwelling agent writes its own tools and spawns subordinates, while SuperAGI's open source framework (GUI, marketplace) remains available but the company's focus has shifted to its commercial AI GTM platform at 49 dollars a seat a month. For a framework bet in 2026, Agent Zero has the momentum; SuperAGI's OSS is the more mature but slower moving codebase.
| At a glance | Agent Zero | SuperAGI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multi-agent platform | GTM / revenue agent |
| Entry price | Free and open source | OSS free · platform seat $49/user/mo |
| Free / trial | — | Free |
| Pricing confidence | public exact | public partial |
| Feature |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Partial | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Partial | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
Full / Explicit | No / Not documented |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing |
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Free and open source | OSS free · platform seat $49/user/mo |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — exact | Public — partial |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
— | per user + credits + credit packs |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
High variable cost | High variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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Free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
— | Self-serve |
Choose Agent Zero if
- An actively developed autonomy focused framework is what you are betting on.
- Self written tools and subordinate agents fit your experimentation goals.
- Community momentum matters more than corporate backing.
Choose SuperAGI if
- The GUI driven agent building and marketplace model fits how you work.
- A more established, stable codebase beats rapid iteration for your use.
- You may grow into the commercial platform's GTM automations later.