LangGraph vs. CrewAI vs. Microsoft Agent Framework vs. n8n

Short summary

A practical comparison of four agent frameworks: LangGraph for explicit graph-based control over agent steps and retries, CrewAI for team-of-specialists abstractions, Microsoft Agent Framework for Azure-embedded enterprise consistency across Python/C#/Java, and n8n for visual workflow orchestration with broad SaaS integrations. The article recommends combining frameworks — e.g., n8n for business triggers calling LangGraph or CrewAI services for reasoning — and notes AutoGen is now in maintenance mode after merging into Microsoft Agent Framework.

• •LangGraph: explicit state-machine control for branching, retries, pause/resume
• •CrewAI: org-chart-style agent teams, readable configs, now has enterprise tier
• •Microsoft Agent Framework: unified SDK across Python/C#/Java, Azure-integrated, replaces AutoGen
• •n8n: workflow layer with 400+ integrations, best for non-engineer maintainers
• •Common pattern: n8n orchestrates triggers, calls LangGraph/CrewAI for reasoning

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