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CrewAI
CrewAI ranks #4 of 38 in ai agent builders in the week of 19 October 2026, with a visibility score of 24 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 43% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
CrewAI lands a 22 out of 100 overall, with ChatGPT giving it 27, Gemini 26, Perplexity 21, and Claude the most cautious 17. It shows up in 25 of 71 answers across the category. It does best on broad, builder-focused questions: named in 4 of 4 answers for "best platforms for building AI agents," 3 of 3 for "best open-source AI agent frameworks," "best tool for building multi-agent systems," and "which AI agent framework should a developer choose," plus 3 of 4 for "best AI agent builder in 2026." It's never named for voice agents, non-technical founders, production reliability, monitoring/debugging, or connecting to company data.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 29 | 45% of answers | #4.3 |
| Claude | 20 | 40% of answers | #5.8 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 24 | 44% of answers | #5.6 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What are the best alternatives to OpenAI AgentKit? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| What are the best alternatives to Pydantic AI? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| What are the best alternatives to LangChain? | 3 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | 2 of 3 | #5 |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | 2 of 3 | #6 |
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | 2 of 3 | #7 |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | 1 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | 1 of 3 | #6 |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | 1 of 3 | #8 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Make |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | Zapier Agents, Lindy, Relevance AI |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | n8n, Zapier Agents |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | Microsoft Copilot Studio, Vertex AI Agent Builder |
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | Vapi, Retell AI |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain |
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | Dify, Langflow, n8n |
| What are the best alternatives to n8n? | Make, Zapier Agents |
Assistants cited 11 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- ChatGPT“| CrewAI | Teams of collaborating agents | Intuitive role-based agent model | Coordination can add complexity and model costs |”
- Claude“CrewAI — Role/goal/backstory-based "crews." Fast to prototype, quite opinionated, can get awkward when you need fine control.”
- Perplexity“| CrewAI | Role-based multi-agent systems | Clear abstractions for agents, tasks, crews, and collaborative workflows.”
Closest rivals
- CrewAI vs n8n25
- CrewAI vs OpenAI AgentKit25
- CrewAI vs Pydantic AI17
- CrewAI vs Zapier Agents16
- CrewAI vs Microsoft Copilot Studio13
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