AgentOps vs Mastra (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mastra grades higher than AgentOps: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
AgentOps grades higher on ease of use. Mastra grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AgentOps
Tracing, debugging and cost tracking for AI agents
Mastra
TypeScript framework for building and running AI agents
Which one is for you
Pick AgentOps if
- Fits if you build agents in Python or TypeScript and want runs traced and replayed
- Works for a developer who wants LLM spend tracked across 400+ models
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you run real traffic: Basic stops at 5,000 events
- Watch out: Pro is pay as you go and the per-event rate sits behind a pricing calculator
- Not for you if you need self-hosting, custom SSO or SOC-2 listings, which are Enterprise with no published price
- Watch out: the /pricing address returns a 404, so prices are on the home page
Pick Mastra if
- Fits if you write TypeScript and want to build your own agents
- Works for teams that want to deploy agents on Vercel or Cloudflare
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want no-code, since building an agent means writing TypeScript
- Pricey if you grow, as past the allowance egress is $0.10 a GB and events $10 per 100K
- Watch out: RBAC, SSO and audit logs are Enterprise only, and the SOC 2 report starts at Team at $250
- Watch out: some repository folders (ee/) sit under a separate enterprise licence
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAgentOpsFair | 2.8GPAMastraGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $40 a month pay as you go, just above the $37 where the dearer quarter of AI agent tools starts. | AThe framework is open source and the cloud has a free plan. Starter is $25 a workspace a month and Team $250. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free Basic plan with 5,000 events, which a real project will outgrow. | BFree cloud plan: unlimited agents, users and deployments, 100K observability events and 15-day trace retention. A solo developer can live on that. |
| Features | CTracing, replay, cost tracking for 400+ models and an audit trail, but self-hosting, SSO and compliance listings are Enterprise. | BAgents, workflows, memory, evals, MCP servers and deployment to many hosts. Nothing in the listing is missing for code-first agent work. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A short SDK setup in Python or TypeScript, so it takes code in your project. | DNo store rating, and building an agent means writing TypeScript and running it yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb dashboard with Python and TypeScript SDKs, 8 framework integrations and a GitHub project. | BWeb with deployment to Vercel, Netlify and Cloudflare, and Next.js, React, Hono and Express listed. |
| Best for | tracing and cost tracking for AI agents | TypeScript developers building their own agents |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AgentOps and Mastra. How we grade
Price against what you get
AgentOps starts at $40 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mastra starts at $25 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Mastra starts $15 a month lower. Of the other AI agents on the chart, 29 score higher than AgentOps for less, and 20 score higher than Mastra for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Mastra is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- AgentOps also covers reports and dashboards.
- Mastra also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| AgentOps | Mastra | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $40 per month, pay as you go | $25 per workspace / month |
| Free plan | Basic plan: free up to 5,000 events, with the agent-agnostic SDK, LLM cost tracking for 400+ LLMs and replay analytics. | Unlimited agents, users and deployments, 100K observability events, 1 GB egress, 5 connections and 15-day trace retention. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AgentOps | Mastra |
| Price read from | agentops.ai | mastra.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AgentOps
- The Basic plan stops at 5,000 events.
- Pro is billed pay as you go; the homepage points to a pricing calculator rather than listing the per-event rate.
- Self-hosting, custom SSO and the compliance listings are on the Enterprise plan, which has no published price.
- The /pricing address on the site returns a 404; the prices are on the homepage.
Mastra
- It is a code framework, so building an agent means writing TypeScript; there is no no-code builder.
- Cloud usage past each plan's allowance is billed separately, for example $0.10 per GB of egress and $10 per 100K observability events.
- RBAC, SSO and audit logs are Enterprise only, and the SOC 2 report starts at the Team plan.
- Some directories in the repository are under a separate enterprise license (ee/), so not every file carries the main open-source terms.
Key features
AgentOps
- Agent tracing
- LLM calls, tool use and multi-agent interactions are recorded as traces and shown visually in a dashboard.
- Time-travel debugging
- Past agent runs can be rewound and replayed to a specific point.
- Cost and token tracking
- Token counts and spend are tracked across agents, with pricing for more than 400 LLMs.
- Framework integrations
- The docs list integrations with CrewAI, AutoGen, LangChain, OpenAI, Anthropic and other frameworks and model providers.
- Audit trail
- Logs, errors and prompt-injection attempts are kept as a data trail from prototype to production.
- Python and TypeScript SDKs
- The Python SDK is set up with an install and an init call, and a TypeScript and JavaScript SDK is also available.
Mastra
- Agents
- Typed agents are defined in code with instructions, a model, tools and runtime behavior in one place.
- Workflows
- Typed steps can be chained with retries and branches into workflows that a team can inspect.
- Memory
- Agents can keep durable context through thread-aware storage, semantic recall and an observational memory option.
- Observability and evals
- Traces, metrics and logs sit alongside evaluation tools such as scorers, datasets and experiments.
- MCP servers
- Agents, tools and other resources can be exposed as Model Context Protocol servers that any MCP-capable system can call.
- Deploy anywhere
- A Mastra app runs on any Node.js host or as a standalone server, with optional deployers for Vercel, Netlify and Cloudflare, or on Mastra Cloud.
Plans
AgentOps
Basic$0
Free up to 5,000 events, with LLM cost tracking for 400+ LLMs and replay analytics.
Pro$40
per month, pay as you go
Everything in Basic plus unlimited events and log retention, session and event export, role-based permissions and dedicated Slack and email support.
EnterpriseCustom
Everything in Pro plus SLA, Slack Connect, custom SSO, on-premise and self-hosted deployment, custom data retention and SOC-2, HIPAA and NIST AI RMF.
Mastra
Free$0
Unlimited agents, users and deployments, 100K observability events, 1 GB egress, 5 connections and 15-day trace retention.
Starter$25
per workspace / month
One small dedicated project, usage alerts, 250K observability events, 10 GB egress, 10 connections and 60-day trace retention.
Team$250
per workspace / month
One small and two medium dedicated projects, a SOC 2 report, 10M observability events, 100 GB egress, 50 connections and 180-day trace retention.
EnterpriseCustom
RBAC, SSO, audit logs, custom allowances and connections, and dedicated support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AgentOps or Mastra?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mastra is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $40 a month for AgentOps. AgentOps starts at $40 per month, pay as you go, and Mastra starts at $25 per workspace / month.
Which has a free plan, AgentOps or Mastra?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both AgentOps and Mastra have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.
