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 an agent in its own Docker container 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. That verdict is the Agentic Index coverage score, graded from each vendor's own published materials.
For a framework bet in 2026, Agent Zero is the one still changing quickly; SuperAGI's OSS is the older and slower moving codebase.
On the Agentic Index self hosted platform ranking, Agent Zero and SuperAGI both clear the bar: each documents both containment capabilities in full. 165 of the 548 platforms it grades clear it. See the self hosted platform ranking
This comparison is published by Agentic Index, an independent agentic AI vendor research platform. Agent Zero and SuperAGI are each graded against the same 14 capability Agentic Index taxonomy, from the vendor's own public materials under the Agentic Index verification standard, alongside 956 researched vendors. No vendor pays for placement and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
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.
- An independent open source project matters more to you 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.
| At a glance | Agent Zero | SuperAGI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multi-agent platform | Agent builder |
| Entry price | Free and open source | OSS free · platform seat $49/user/mo |
| Free / trial | Free and open source | Free |
| Pricing confidence | public exact | public partial |
| Feature | A Agent Zero |
S SuperAGI |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Full / Explicit | 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 | Full / Explicit |
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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. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
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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 | Full / Explicit |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Partial | 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 | Partial |
| 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 | Partial |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing | A Agent Zero |
S SuperAGI |
|---|---|---|
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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 |
none (bring your own model costs) | 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 |
Free tier
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Free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Self-serve | Self-serve |
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