Agentic Index
Composio vs Toolhouse (2026)
Choose Composio for a dedicated integration and tool calling layer under your own agent framework, and choose Toolhouse to build and run complete agents from a prompt with tools, RAG, and MCP connectivity included. Composio starts free with 20,000 tool calls a month and plans from 29 dollars a month, while Toolhouse offers a free tier and Pro at 10 dollars a month. Composio is a component in your stack; Toolhouse is closer to the stack itself for small teams.
| At a glance | Composio | Toolhouse |
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| Category | Agent infrastructure | Agent infrastructure |
| Entry price | Free (20K tool calls/mo) · from $29/mo (200K calls) | Free (50 runs/mo) · Pro $10/mo (1,000 runs) · Enterprise custom |
| Free / trial | Free plan, no card (20K tool calls/mo) | Free Sandbox tier: 50 agent runs/month, unlimited MCP calls, for public projects. |
| Pricing confidence | public exact | public exact |
| 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. |
Partial | Partial |
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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. |
No / Not documented | 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. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Partial |
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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 | Partial |
| 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. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| 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. |
No / Not documented | 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. |
No / Not documented | 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 (20K tool calls/mo) · from $29/mo (200K calls) | Free (50 runs/mo) · Pro $10/mo (1,000 runs) · Enterprise custom |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — exact | Public — exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
usage | Subscription tiers metered by agent runs per month (each run = 1 credit, includes default model LLM usage and unlimited MCP executions) |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Medium variable cost | Low 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 |
Mixed | Self-serve |
Choose Composio if
- You have an agent framework and only need the tool and auth layer
- Published per call economics let you model cost at scale
- Premium tool metering and rate limits are acceptable structure for your volume
Choose Toolhouse if
- Going from prompt to deployed agent with minimal assembly is the goal
- Built in RAG and one link MCP connectivity cover your integration needs
- A 10 dollars a month entry point suits prototyping and small production loads