# Agno Alternatives: Features, Pricing and Comparison

*Developer Frameworks*

Looking for an alternative to Agno? Compare features, pricing, and fit to choose the right platform.

Agno vs Sistava

Agno is a Python platform for building, running, and managing a fleet of agents. Its documentation covers agents, teams, workflows, AgentOS, storage, memory, tracing, schedules, role based access, and audit trails. It serves a different buyer from a packaged employee platform: engineering teams building their own agent product or internal platform.

> **Bottom line:** Sistava is an operating product for business roles. Agno is a framework and runtime for teams that want to build their own agent platform.

## Profile

- **Pricing:** Open source framework. Running agents requires the model, database, and infrastructure costs chosen by the customer; managed platform terms should be confirmed with Agno.
- **Founded:** Not published on the reviewed product pages.
- **Funding:** Not published in the reviewed official documentation.
- **Focus:** Python agent platform for building, running, and managing agent fleets

## Why choose Sistava as an alternative to Agno

- Sistava is an operating product for business roles. Agno is a framework and runtime for teams that want to build their own agent platform.
- Sistava includes a workspace, employee catalogue, task board, and user experience. Agno gives engineers the primitives to make those decisions themselves.
- Agno can run customer controlled infrastructure and work with the team chosen model and data store. Sistava is managed for faster use by operators.
- Agno is the better choice when the goal is to embed or operate custom agents inside an existing software product.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Agno | Sistava |
|---|---|---|
| Product shape | Agent framework and runtime | Business AI employee platform |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Self managed deployment | ✓ | ✗ |
| Agents, teams, and workflows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Persistent storage and memory | Customer configured storage and memory | Managed employee memory |
| Tracing, schedules, access control, and audit trails | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-built business employees | ✗ | ✓ |
| Model and infrastructure costs | Customer managed | Included plan credits |