Agentic Index
LabWired vs Wokwi (2026)
Both are browser simulators with a CI runner and an MCP server for coding agents, so the choice comes down to how deep the agent surface goes and which boards you build on. That verdict is the Agentic Index coverage score, graded from each vendor's own published materials.
LabWired's hosted MCP server compiles, runs, inspects and verifies firmware, its YAML test runner returns pass, fail or error with JUnit output, runs are deterministic, and it ships a firmware agent of its own, on plans from free to $39 a month. Wokwi has been running since 2019 and is used in university classrooms as well as commercial projects; it simulates ESP32, Arduino, STM32 and Pico boards with simulated WiFi, its experimental MCP server runs locally through the CLI, and Pro costs €20 per seat a month billed yearly. LabWired suits teams building an agent loop around simulation, and Wokwi suits teams already on ESP32 or Arduino who want CI in a tool they know.
This comparison is published by Agentic Index, an independent agentic AI vendor research platform. LabWired and Wokwi 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 955 researched vendors. No vendor pays for placement and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Choose LabWired if
- Agents need more than a run: hosted compiles, saved snapshots to inspect and a verify step that returns pass or fail.
- You want self hosted or air gapped deployment with SSO and an audit log on an enterprise plan.
- A digital twin of your own board, built to a locked scope for $4,900, would save months waiting on hardware.
- Your boards include Nordic nRF52 through nRF54 parts, which LabWired models and Wokwi does not list.
Choose Wokwi if
- Your team already prototypes in Wokwi on ESP32, Arduino or Pico and wants the same projects in CI.
- Automation scenarios that set sensor values, check pins and compare screenshots fit how you test.
- Custom parts written in C through the Chips API matter for the peripherals on your board.
- Simulated WiFi, with a private gateway to your local network, matters for the IoT firmware you test.
| At a glance | LabWired | Wokwi |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Agent infrastructure | Agent infrastructure |
| Entry price | Free $0 · Hobby $9/mo · Pro $39/mo · Enterprise through sales · digital twin package $4,900 one time | Community free · Hobby €5.6/mo · Hobby+ €8.1/mo · Pro €20 per seat/mo, all billed yearly · Classroom by quote |
| Free / trial | Free plan at $0 with the Playground, public labs and MCP access, no card required | Community plan free for open source projects, with unlimited simulations and public projects and 50 CI minutes a month |
| Pricing confidence | public exact | public partial |
| Feature | L LabWired |
W Wokwi |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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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. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
| 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 | No / Not documented |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | 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. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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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. |
Partial | 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 | No / Not documented |
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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. |
Full / Explicit | 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. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing | L LabWired |
W Wokwi |
|---|---|---|
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Free $0 · Hobby $9/mo · Pro $39/mo · Enterprise through sales · digital twin package $4,900 one time | Community free · Hobby €5.6/mo · Hobby+ €8.1/mo · Pro €20 per seat/mo, all billed yearly · Classroom by quote |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public, exact | Public, partial |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
Monthly plans with a monthly allowance of AI tokens for LabWired hosted inference; yearly billing gives two months free | Per account on Hobby and Hobby+, per seat on Pro, with CI simulation minutes capped per rolling 30 days |
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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 | Mixed |
A single founder, Andrii Shylenko, runs LabWired, and its engine is open source under the MIT license. Wokwi labels its MCP server experimental, and its automation scenarios are alpha.
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