# AI agents and automation

A guide to notable autonomous AI agents and agent-building platforms, grouped by how much control and coding they require.

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## General-purpose autonomous agents

- [Manus](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/manus/) (Manus AI) — AI Assistants, Freemium, launched 2025-03. General-purpose autonomous AI agent that executes multi-step tasks like research, data analysis, and web actions on its own.
- [Devin](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/devin/) (Cognition AI) — Coding & Developer Tools, Paid, launched 2024-03. Autonomous AI software engineer that plans and completes end-to-end development tasks in its own sandboxed workspace.
- [AutoGPT](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/autogpt/) (Significant Gravitas) — Agents & Automation, Open (open weights/source), launched 2023-03. Open-source framework for building and running autonomous AI agents that chain tasks toward a goal.
- [goose](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/goose/) (Block / Agentic AI Foundation) — Agents & Automation, Open (open weights/source), launched 2025-01. 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.
- [Skywork](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/skywork/) (Kunlun Tech) — Agents & Automation, Freemium, launched 2025-05. AI agent workspace from Kunlun Tech that turns prompts into documents, slides, sheets, podcasts, and web pages via deep research.

## Agent frameworks for developers

- [CrewAI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/crewai/) (CrewAI) — Agents & Automation, Open (open weights/source), launched 2023. Open-source framework for orchestrating collaborative teams of role-playing autonomous AI agents.
- [n8n](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/n8n/) (n8n) — Agents & Automation, Freemium, launched 2019. Source-available workflow automation platform with AI nodes for building agentic and integration workflows.
- [Vanna](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/vanna/) (Vanna AI) — Data & Analytics, Open (open weights/source), launched 2023. Open-source framework that generates SQL from natural-language questions over your database.

## Enterprise and no-code business agents

- [Agentforce](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/agentforce/) (Salesforce) — Agents & Automation, Paid, launched 2024-09. Salesforce's enterprise AI agent platform for building, testing, and running autonomous agents across service, sales, and employee workflows.
- [Lindy](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/lindy/) (Lindy) — Agents & Automation, Paid, launched 2023. Platform for building no-code AI agents that automate tasks across email, meetings, and business apps.
- [Relevance AI](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/relevance-ai/) (Relevance AI) — Agents & Automation, Freemium, launched 2020. Low-code platform for building AI agents and multi-agent teams that automate business workflows.
- [Motion](https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/motion/) (Motion) — Productivity, Paid, launched 2019. AI productivity tool that automatically schedules tasks and meetings on a calendar.

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