comparison
How Mentiko
stacks up.
An honest, feature-by-feature breakdown against the tools you're probably evaluating.
| Mentiko | CrewAI | AutoGen | LangChain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Event-driven | DAG-based | Conversation-based | Graph-based |
| Language | Any CLI | Python only | Python only | Python only |
| UI | Visual builder + monitoring | — | — | Limited |
| Self-hostable | Yes, your own instance | Open source | Open source | Open source |
| Multi-tenancy | Built-in with RBAC | — | — | — |
| Pricing | Flat-rate $29/mo | Free + $0.50/exec cloud | Free | Free |
| Agent execution | Real PTY sessions | Sandboxed Python | Sandboxed Python | Sandboxed Python |
| Scheduling | Built-in cron | External required | External required | External required |
| Decision support | AI-assisted decision flow | — | — | — |
| Debugging | grep event files | Read logs | Read logs | Read logs |
| Secrets management | AES-256 vault | Manual | Manual | Manual |
| State format | JSON files, git-able | Python objects | Python objects | Python objects |
The details
vs CrewAI
Library vs platform
CrewAI is a Python library for agent crews. Good for scripts, not production.
Mentiko is a full platform: visual builder, monitoring, scheduling, multi-tenancy.
CrewAI Cloud charges $0.50/execution. Mentiko is $29/mo flat, unlimited.
vs AutoGen
Research vs production
AutoGen is Microsoft's multi-agent conversation framework.
Great for research prototypes. No UI, scheduling, or multi-tenancy.
Mentiko provides the production infrastructure AutoGen doesn't.
vs LangChain
Framework vs orchestrator
LangChain is a comprehensive ML framework with LangGraph for orchestration.
Complex abstractions, steep learning curve, Python-only.
Mentiko: bash + events. Radically simpler for the orchestration use case.
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simpler way?
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