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Microsoft AutoGen
Microsoft AutoGen scores low across the board in the AI agent builders category, landing an overall 8 out of 100, with Gemini rating it highest at 12 and ChatGPT lowest at 6. It shows up in just 10 of 71 answers overall. It does best on open-source questions, named in all 3 of 3 answers for "best open-source AI agent frameworks," and 3 of 4 for "best platforms for building AI agents." It's also named in 2 of 4 answers for "best AI agent builder in 2026" and 2 of 3 for framework choice. It never comes up for MCP tools, voice agents, non-technical founders, startups, or self-hosted privacy setups.
Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 6 | 10% of answers | #5.5 |
| Claude | 9 | 20% of answers | #9.5 |
| Gemini | 12 | 17% of answers | #3.5 |
| Perplexity | 7 | 11% of answers | #5.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best open-source AI agent frameworks? | 3 of 3 | #6 |
| What are the best platforms for building AI agents? | 3 of 4 | #4 |
| Which AI agent framework should a developer choose? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI agent builder in 2026? | 2 of 4 | #3 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best no-code tool to build an AI agent? | n8n, Zapier Agents, Relevance AI |
| What's the best platform to build and deploy AI agents for a startup? | LangChain, OpenAI AgentKit, CrewAI |
| Which AI agent platform is best for a non-technical founder? | Zapier Agents, Gumloop, Lindy |
| What's the best tool for building multi-agent systems? | LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI AgentKit |
| Which AI agent platform has the best pricing for a small team? | Taskade Genesis, Microsoft Copilot Studio, n8n |
| What's the most reliable platform to run AI agents in production? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, xpander.ai |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that answers customer emails? | Voiceflow, Relevance AI, Lindy |
| What's the best platform to build an AI agent that connects to my company's data? | Microsoft Copilot Studio, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore |
| What's the best tool to automate a business workflow with AI agents? | Zapier Agents, n8n, Make |
| What's the best platform to build a voice AI agent? | Vapi, Retell AI, Voiceflow |
| What's the best tool to build an AI agent that browses the web and does research? | LangChain, CrewAI |
| What's the best way to give an AI agent memory across sessions? | LangChain, Letta |
| What's the best platform to build AI agents that use MCP tools? | OpenAI AgentKit, LangChain, Microsoft Agent Framework |
| What's the best self-hosted platform for running AI agents privately? | Dify, LangChain, Flowise |
| What's the best tool to monitor and debug AI agents in production? | LangChain |
| What's the best platform for an agency building AI agents for clients? | LangChain, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Botpress |
Assistants cited 11 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. See all sources for AI agent builders.
In their words
- ChatGPT“AutoGen | Existing AutoGen applications | Strong multi-agent architecture | Now in maintenance mode”
- Claude“AutoGen (Microsoft) — Conversational multi-agent framework with a research pedigree.”
- Gemini“AutoGen 0.4+ / Semantic Kernel (Microsoft)”
Closest rivals
- Microsoft AutoGen vs Mastra8
- Microsoft AutoGen vs Amazon Bedrock AgentCore9
- Microsoft AutoGen vs Flowise7
- Microsoft AutoGen vs LlamaIndex7
- Microsoft AutoGen vs Microsoft Agent Framework9
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