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Public Agent Frameworks brand benchmark

Ranks a reviewed Agent Frameworks brand universe using a fixed, public set of neutral commercial prompts across 3 AI providers.

Version
4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
Published
Jul 27, 2026
Live boards
7
Method ID
public-ai-agent-frameworks

Where the facts come from

Providers
  • Provider

    openai

    Configured Model

    openai/gpt-4o-mini

  • Provider

    anthropic

    Configured Model

    anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

  • Provider

    gemini

    Configured Model

    google/gemini-2.5-flash

Provider Views
  • Provider

    openai

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-openai-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence

  • Provider

    anthropic

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-anthropic-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence

  • Provider

    gemini

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-gemini-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence

Provider Matrix Version

64232fd32583

How the order is produced

recommendation-prompt presence descending; mention coverage, engine breadth, mention share, citation share, then entity slug

When the method reruns

  • daily

Boards using this version

Only live, quality-gated boards appear. Each board opens on the exact published table and evidence path.

BoardPrimary measureRowsConfidenceFreshnessBoard versionCadenceEvidence
AI Agent Framework Rankai-agent-framework-brand-rankpublic-prompt-brand-recommendation-presence16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Brand Visibilityai-agent-frameworks-brand-visibilitypublic-prompt-brand-mention-coverage16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Citation Shareai-agent-frameworks-brand-citation-sharepublic-prompt-brand-citation-share16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Engine Breadthai-agent-frameworks-brand-engine-breadthpublic-prompt-brand-engine-breadth16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Brands in OpenAI Model API Answersai-agent-frameworks-brand-openai-visibilitypublic-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Brands in Anthropic Model API Answersai-agent-frameworks-brand-anthropic-visibilitypublic-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →
Agent Frameworks Brands in Gemini Model API Answersai-agent-frameworks-brand-gemini-visibilitypublic-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence16100% current4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583dailyOpen board →

Complete measurement ledger

These fields are stored with the methodology version. A changed contract must publish a new version before comparable movement can resume.

Prompts

  • Slug

    best-production-ai-agent-framework

    Text

    What are the best open-source frameworks for building reliable AI agents in a production application?

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    typed-python-agent-framework

    Text

    Recommend a Python-first agent framework with typed dependencies, structured outputs, tool validation, and testability.

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    typescript-streaming-agent-sdk

    Text

    Which TypeScript toolkit is best for streaming agent interfaces, tool calling, structured data, and multiple model providers?

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    multi-agent-handoffs-framework

    Text

    Recommend a framework for role-based multi-agent teams, explicit handoffs, delegation, and human approval steps.

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    durable-stateful-agent-graphs

    Text

    What is the best framework for durable stateful agent graphs with checkpointing, retries, memory, and human-in-the-loop control?

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    enterprise-dotnet-java-agent-framework

    Text

    Which enterprise agent framework is strongest for .NET or Java teams that need plugins, governance, telemetry, and orchestration?

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    cloud-native-agent-development-framework

    Text

    Recommend a cloud-native agent development framework with managed deployment, identity, security controls, and model flexibility.

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    rag-data-agent-framework

    Text

    Which agent framework is best for retrieval-heavy applications that use documents, data connectors, indexes, and citations?

    Intent

    recommendation

  • Slug

    agent-framework-portability-overhead

    Text

    How should a team compare AI agent frameworks for abstraction overhead, model portability, lock-in, and debugging complexity?

    Intent

    commercial

  • Slug

    agent-framework-reliability-criteria

    Text

    Which reliability criteria matter when choosing an agent framework, including state, retries, tracing, and deterministic tests?

    Intent

    commercial

  • Slug

    agent-framework-vs-raw-model-sdk

    Text

    When should an engineering team adopt an agent framework instead of building a tool-calling loop directly on a model API?

    Intent

    commercial

  • Slug

    agent-framework-longevity-licensing

    Text

    How should a company evaluate maintainer commitment, licensing, release stability, and migration risk in an agent framework?

    Intent

    commercial

Category

ai-agent-frameworks

Providers

  • Provider

    openai

    Configured Model

    openai/gpt-4o-mini

  • Provider

    anthropic

    Configured Model

    anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5

  • Provider

    gemini

    Configured Model

    google/gemini-2.5-flash

Cost Policy

Cost Basis

Provider-reported LLM cost returned by the existing AI Rank provider/cache layer.

Maximum Daily Billed Cost Usd

2.00

Maximum Daily Provider Calls

60

Limitations

  • This is one daily response per prompt/provider pair; model output can vary between runs.
  • The fixed 12-prompt Agent Frameworks category does not estimate general market share or brand awareness.
  • Presence share and citation share are relative only to the reviewed 16-brand universe; untracked brands are excluded from those denominators.
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are both evaluated brands and configured model providers; no self-provider bias correction is applied.

Rank Formula

recommendation-prompt presence descending; mention coverage, engine breadth, mention share, citation share, then entity slug

Answer Policy

Published Evidence

answer hashes, deterministic bounded brand counts, and deduplicated URL-derived citation counts

Full Provider Answers Published

No

Full Provider Answers Stored In Public Index

No

Corpus Version

ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27

Provider Views

  • Provider

    openai

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-openai-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence

  • Provider

    anthropic

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-anthropic-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence

  • Provider

    gemini

    Board Slug

    ai-agent-frameworks-brand-gemini-visibility

    Primary Metric Slug

    public-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence

Runner Version

4

Canonical Brands

  • Name

    LangGraph / Deep Agents

    Aliases
    • LangGraph
    • LangChain Deep Agents
    • Deep Agents
    Entity Slug

    langgraph

    Primary Domain

    langchain.com

    Citation Domains
    • langchain.com
    • docs.langchain.com
    Case Sensitive Aliases
    • Name

      LlamaIndex

      Aliases
      • LlamaIndex
      • LlamaIndex Workflows
      Entity Slug

      llamaindex

      Primary Domain

      llamaindex.ai

      Citation Domains
      • llamaindex.ai
      • docs.llamaindex.ai
      Case Sensitive Aliases
      • Name

        OpenAI Agents SDK

        Aliases
        • OpenAI Agents SDK
        Entity Slug

        openai-agents-sdk

        Primary Domain

        openai.com

        Citation Domains
        • openai.com
        • openai.github.io
        Case Sensitive Aliases
        • Name

          Claude Agent SDK

          Aliases
          • Claude Agent SDK
          • Anthropic Agent SDK
          Entity Slug

          claude-agent-sdk

          Primary Domain

          anthropic.com

          Citation Domains
          • anthropic.com
          • docs.anthropic.com
          Case Sensitive Aliases
          • Name

            Google Agent Development Kit

            Aliases
            • Google Agent Development Kit
            • Google ADK
            Entity Slug

            google-adk

            Primary Domain

            google.github.io

            Citation Domains
            • google.github.io
            • cloud.google.com
            Case Sensitive Aliases
            • Name

              Microsoft Agent Framework

              Aliases
              • Microsoft Agent Framework
              Entity Slug

              microsoft-agent-framework

              Primary Domain

              microsoft.com

              Citation Domains
              • microsoft.com
              • learn.microsoft.com
              • microsoft.github.io
              Case Sensitive Aliases
              • Name

                CrewAI

                Aliases
                • CrewAI
                Entity Slug

                crewai

                Primary Domain

                crewai.com

                Citation Domains
                • crewai.com
                • docs.crewai.com
                Case Sensitive Aliases
                • Name

                  Pydantic AI

                  Aliases
                  • Pydantic AI
                  • PydanticAI
                  Entity Slug

                  pydantic-ai

                  Primary Domain

                  pydantic.dev

                  Citation Domains
                  • pydantic.dev
                  • ai.pydantic.dev
                  Case Sensitive Aliases
                  • Name

                    Strands Agents

                    Aliases
                    • Strands Agents
                    • Strands Agents SDK
                    Entity Slug

                    strands-agents

                    Primary Domain

                    strandsagents.com

                    Citation Domains
                    • strandsagents.com
                    • aws.amazon.com
                    Case Sensitive Aliases
                    • Name

                      Mastra

                      Aliases
                      • Mastra
                      • Mastra AI
                      Entity Slug

                      mastra

                      Primary Domain

                      mastra.ai

                      Citation Domains
                      • mastra.ai
                      Case Sensitive Aliases
                      • Name

                        Vercel AI SDK

                        Aliases
                        • Vercel AI SDK
                        Entity Slug

                        vercel-ai-sdk

                        Primary Domain

                        ai-sdk.dev

                        Citation Domains
                        • ai-sdk.dev
                        • vercel.com
                        Case Sensitive Aliases
                        • Name

                          Agno

                          Aliases
                          • Agno
                          • Agno AgentOS
                          Entity Slug

                          agno

                          Primary Domain

                          agno.com

                          Citation Domains
                          • agno.com
                          • docs.agno.com
                          Case Sensitive Aliases
                          • Name

                            Hugging Face smolagents

                            Aliases
                            • Hugging Face smolagents
                            • smolagents
                            Entity Slug

                            smolagents

                            Primary Domain

                            huggingface.co

                            Citation Domains
                            • huggingface.co
                            Case Sensitive Aliases
                            • Name

                              Haystack

                              Aliases
                              • Haystack
                              • deepset Haystack
                              Entity Slug

                              haystack

                              Primary Domain

                              deepset.ai

                              Citation Domains
                              • deepset.ai
                              • haystack.deepset.ai
                              Case Sensitive Aliases
                              • Haystack
                            • Name

                              DSPy

                              Aliases
                              • DSPy
                              Entity Slug

                              dspy

                              Primary Domain

                              dspy.ai

                              Citation Domains
                              • dspy.ai
                              Case Sensitive Aliases
                              • Name

                                BeeAI Framework

                                Aliases
                                • BeeAI Framework
                                • BeeAI
                                Entity Slug

                                beeai-framework

                                Primary Domain

                                beeai.dev

                                Citation Domains
                                • beeai.dev
                                Case Sensitive Aliases

                                Benchmark Version

                                4-ai-agent-frameworks-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583

                                Evaluation Surface

                                Search

                                A common Rank.ai web-search tool is available to all three configured models.

                                Gateway

                                Rank.ai's configured OpenRouter-compatible gateway

                                Not Consumer Products

                                Results measure the configured model/API runs, not the ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini consumer application interfaces.

                                Strict Completeness

                                Prompt Count

                                12

                                Provider Count

                                3

                                Required Successful Runs

                                36

                                Measurement Semantics

                                Confidence

                                A value of 1.0 means the complete frozen cohort passed the deterministic extraction and publication gates; it is not a statistical confidence interval.

                                Citation Share Denominator

                                Distinct answer-level HTTP(S) citation URLs whose URL-derived hostname matches any reviewed brand domain.

                                Presence Share Denominator

                                The sum of reviewed-brand answer-presences. One answer may contribute presence to multiple brands.

                                Mention Coverage Denominator

                                36 answers: all 12 prompts multiplied by 3 configured providers.

                                Provider Citation Share Denominator

                                Distinct reviewed-brand-domain citations within the named configured model API provider's 20-answer cohort.

                                Recommendation Presence Denominator

                                24 answers: recommendation-intent prompts multiplied by 3 configured providers.

                                Provider Mention Coverage Denominator

                                12 prompts for the named configured model API provider.

                                Provider Recommendation Presence Denominator

                                8 recommendation-intent prompts for the named configured model API provider.

                                Provider Matrix Version

                                64232fd32583

                                Recommendation Semantics

                                Presence means mentioned or cited in an answer to a recommendation-intent prompt. It does not claim positive recommendation, endorsement, or sentiment.