Agno vs Mastra (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mastra grades higher than Agno: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Mastra grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Agno
Open-source agent runtime with a hosted control plane
Mastra
TypeScript framework for building and running AI agents
Which one is for you
Pick Agno if
- Fits if you want agents running in your own cloud with a console to watch them
- Works for teams that already have infrastructure and want a control plane on top
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want a live control plane, at $150 a month for 1 connection and 3 seats
- Skip it if you do not want to host a runtime and pay for infrastructure
- Tight if you grow: extra seats are $30 and extra connections $95 a month
- Watch out: SAML SSO is a $300 a month add-on on Pro
- Watch out: end-user audit logs and custom RBAC need Enterprise
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
| 2.2GPAAgnoFair | 2.8GPAMastraGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $150 a month, the start of the category's dearest tenth, for one live connection and three seats. The runtime is free but you host it. | 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 | BThe free plan has no usage cap and a control plane for a local AgentOS. Going live is the paid step. | BFree cloud plan: unlimited agents, users and deployments, 100K observability events and 15-day trace retention. A solo developer can live on that. |
| Features | BRuntime, agents, teams, workflows, traces, evals and approvals. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. | 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 | DNo rating on record. You run the runtime on your own infrastructure and write code. | DNo store rating, and building an agent means writing TypeScript and running it yourself. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb control plane and API or MCP serving, with Slack, Discord, ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor links. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb with deployment to Vercel, Netlify and Cloudflare, and Next.js, React, Hono and Express listed. |
| Best for | self-run agent runtime with paid control plane | 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: Agno and Mastra. How we grade
Price against what you get
Agno starts at $150 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 $125 a month lower. Of the other AI agents on the chart, 36 score higher than Agno 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 also covers workflow automation.
At a glance
| Agno | Mastra | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $150 per month for the Pro control plane | $25 per workspace / month |
| Free plan | $0 a month, unlimited usage and retention, and a control plane for a local AgentOS. | Unlimited agents, users and deployments, 100K observability events, 1 GB egress, 5 connections and 15-day trace retention. |
| Free trial | Free trial of Pro offered; length not stated on the page | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Agno | Mastra |
| Price read from | agno.com | mastra.ai |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Agno
- The paid Pro plan covers one live AgentOS connection and three seats; more cost $95 and $30 a month each.
- SAML SSO is a $300 a month add-on on Pro.
- You run the runtime on your own infrastructure, so hosting and model costs are yours.
- Governance features such as end-user audit logs and custom RBAC need Enterprise.
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
Agno
- AgentOS runtime
- A runtime that serves agents as an API for your product and as an MCP server that ChatGPT and Claude can connect to.
- Control plane
- A web console for chat, sessions, traces, memory, knowledge, metrics, evaluations, approvals and a scheduler.
- Agents, teams and workflows
- The demo environment shows single agents, teams of agents and step-based workflows, such as an invoice flow with an approval gate.
- Runs in your own cloud
- The vendor says you own your data and compute, so it does not meter usage, storage or egress.
- Works with other frameworks
- The Free plan's control plane accepts agents built with the Agno SDK, LangGraph or Claude Code.
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
Agno
Free$0
Control plane for a local AgentOS with chat, traces, memory, evaluations and templates, plus community support.
Pro$150
per month for 1 live AgentOS connection and 3 seats
Control plane for a live AgentOS, basic role-based access and email support. Extra seats $30, extra connections $95 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
End-user management and audit logs, custom RBAC, Slack Connect, an SLA and security reviews.
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, Agno or Mastra?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mastra is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $150 a month for Agno. Agno starts at $150 per month for the Pro control plane, and Mastra starts at $25 per workspace / month.
Which has a free plan, Agno or Mastra?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Agno 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.