Agents & Automation

AutoGPT alternatives

Explore 8 options alongside AutoGPT (Significant Gravitas), a product in Agents & Automation.

Candidates share an existing guide group, a comparison, or specific tags within the same category. This shortlist is not a ranking or a test result.

goose

Listed together in guide “AI agents and automation”

Open-source, extensible AI agent from Block that runs on your machine as a desktop app, CLI, and API, using any LLM and MCP extensions.

Open (open weights/source) Apache-2.0

Use cases

  • Local coding, research, and automation without a locked-in cloud agent
  • Connecting internal tools through MCP servers
  • Running an open agent in CI or custom distributions

Pricing: goose itself is free and open source under Apache-2.0. Usage cost depends on the model provider you configure, including free local models.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.

Skywork

Listed together in guide “AI agents and automation”

AI agent workspace from Kunlun Tech that turns prompts into documents, slides, sheets, podcasts, and web pages via deep research.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Producing research-backed reports and presentations
  • Turning briefs into multi-format content packages
  • Automating routine office document creation

Pricing: Skywork provides free daily credits; paid subscriptions add more agent runs and higher output limits.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Manus

Listed together in guide “AI agents and automation”

General-purpose autonomous AI agent that runs multi-step tasks and now ships as Manus 2.0 with its own cloud computer.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Research reports compiled from many web sources
  • Data collection, cleaning, and analysis tasks
  • Generating documents, slide decks, and simple sites end to end

Pricing: A free tier with daily credits is available; paid plans add more credits and concurrent tasks. Manus Flex lets paid users run the workspace on their own API key, and there are separate Team and API offerings.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Devin

Listed together in guide “AI agents and automation”

Autonomous AI software engineer that plans and completes end-to-end development tasks in its own sandboxed workspace.

Paid

Use cases

  • Clearing well-scoped tickets and bug fixes autonomously
  • Code migrations and dependency upgrades
  • Prototyping features that engineers then review and refine

Pricing: Devin is a paid product with subscription plans; usage is metered by agent working time.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Lindy

Related: shares the task Automation agents

Platform for building no-code AI agents that automate tasks across email, meetings, and business apps.

Paid

Use cases

  • Automating inbox triage and reply drafting
  • Lead qualification and CRM data entry
  • Meeting scheduling and note-taking workflows

Pricing: Lindy plans are per user and credit-based, with a shared workspace credit pool; new users start with a free trial.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

Relevance AI

Related: shares the task Automation agents

Low-code platform for building AI agents and multi-agent teams that automate business workflows.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Automating sales prospecting and outreach
  • Running research and enrichment workflows
  • Building support and operations agents without engineers

Pricing: Relevance AI has a free tier with monthly credits; paid plans scale credits, agents, and team features.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Activepieces

Related: shares the task Automation agents

Workspace combining AI agents, visual flows, tables and application connections.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Combine agents and automation flows in one workspace
  • Route support triage, invoice intake and lead handling through flows

Pricing: Free lists 1,000 monthly credits and up to five users. Paid plans add credits and controls; own model keys, overage pricing and self-hosted enterprise options have separate terms.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-03.

Agenta

Related: shares the task Automation agents

Team workspace for creating AI coworkers and scheduled or event-triggered automations through chat.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Development of tool-using agents
  • Construction of retrieval-augmented applications

Pricing: Hobby gives 75 daily free credits on up to 10 days per month, plus a one-time 500-credit signup bonus. Starter is USD 29 per month with 2900 credits; credits cover included models and runtime, and paid plans do not charge per seat.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-03.

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