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CrewAI vs WorkOS

Role-playing multi-agent framework — agents that work together
vs. The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS

CrewAI websiteWorkOS website

Pricing tiers

CrewAI

OSS (MIT)
MIT-licensed Python framework. Free forever.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Managed CrewAI Enterprise — deploy + monitor Crews in the cloud. Custom pricing.
Custom
CrewAI website

WorkOS

AuthKit Free
First 1M MAUs free. Unlimited organizations, user management, social OAuth, passwordless.
Free
AuthKit Scale
Per 1M additional MAUs.
$2500/mo
Enterprise / Annual Credits
Custom with 99.99% SLA, guided migration, dedicated support.
Custom
WorkOS website

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing oss on CrewAI vs authkit-free on WorkOS.

MetricCrewAIWorkOS
mau included1000000 users/month
organizationsunlimited orgs
staging environmentsfree envs

Features

CrewAI · 11 features

  • CrewAI Enterprise UIManaged cloud for deploying + monitoring crews.
  • Hierarchical ProcessManager agent delegates to workers.
  • Human Inputhuman_input=True pauses for human review/approval.
  • MCP Tool SupportConsume MCP servers as Agent tools.
  • MemoryShort-term, long-term, entity memory per Crew/Agent.
  • Observability IntegrationsLangfuse, LangSmith, AgentOps, OpenLIT.
  • Planning FeatureOptional planner agent that plans before task execution.
  • Task GuardrailsValidate task output + retry with feedback.
  • TestingTest Crews deterministically with eval metrics.
  • Tools70+ pre-built tools (search, scrape, file, vision, code exec).
  • TrainingTrain agents from feedback loops.

WorkOS · 13 features

  • Audit LogsStandardized audit log pipeline with streaming to SIEMs (Splunk, Datadog, Sumo L
  • AuthKitComplete drop-in user management UI + hosted auth flows. Built on top of WorkOS.
  • Directory SyncSCIM-based user provisioning/deprovisioning from Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspac
  • FGA (WorkOS)Fine-grained authorization based on Google Zanzibar / OpenFGA.
  • Magic AuthPasswordless email codes + links. Good alternative to password auth for B2B.
  • Multi-Factor AuthTOTP + SMS MFA enrollment and verification APIs.
  • OrganizationsMulti-tenant B2B primitive. Attach SSO/Directory/Audit to specific customer orgs
  • PasskeysWebAuthn passkeys as a first-class factor.
  • RadarFraud protection: device fingerprinting + risk scoring at signup and login.
  • Single Sign-OnPlug-and-play SAML 2.0 + OIDC SSO with 30+ identity providers pre-mapped.
  • User ManagementREST API + webhooks for user CRUD, email verification, sessions, MFA, metadata.
  • VaultSecret storage for tokens + per-tenant credentials.
  • WidgetsEmbeddable admin portals (SSO setup, directory mapping) that your customers self

Developer interfaces

KindCrewAIWorkOS
CLICrewAI CLI
SDKcrewai (Python)workos-go, @workos-inc/authkit-nextjs, workos-java, workos-node, workos-php, workos-python, workos-ruby
RESTCrewAI EnterpriseWorkOS REST API
OTHERWebhooks
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