CrewAI
by CrewAI
At a glance
Open-source framework for orchestrating collaborative teams of role-playing autonomous AI agents.
multi-agent orchestration open-source
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Agents & Automation
- Business model
- Open (open weights/source)
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2023
Overview
CrewAI is an open-source Python framework for orchestrating teams of role-playing autonomous AI agents that collaborate on tasks. Each agent has a role, goal, and tools, and crews coordinate them through sequential or hierarchical processes. The framework is free and open source, with a paid enterprise platform for deployment and monitoring.
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Key features
- Role-based multi-agent orchestration
- Sequential and hierarchical process flows
- Tool use and memory for agents
- Enterprise platform for deployment and monitoring
Use cases
- Automating research and analysis with agent teams
- Multi-step content and data pipelines
- Prototyping collaborative agent workflows
Pricing
The framework is free and open source; the CrewAI enterprise platform is a paid product.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-09
- Pricing
- crewai.com ↗
- Documentation
- docs.crewai.com ↗
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- US
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/crewai/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Automation agents
Derived from the record: category "agents".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Self-run service
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- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
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Suggest a correction - Licence
- MIT
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Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Permitted
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Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Billing
- Open source Free Free allowance: Yes Subscription required: No
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
- Our inference
- Runs on
- Our inference
- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
- Verified 2026-10-09 docs.crewai.com ↗
- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
- Our inference
- Interface languages
- Unknown
Key facts and their evidence
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API: Public API documented Verified 2026-10-09 docs.crewai.com ↗
Applies to: As stated on docs.crewai.com on 2026-10-09
Matched on the vendor page: “rch... Navigation Welcome CrewAI Documentation Home Documentation AMP API Reference Examples Changelog Website Forum Blog CrewGPT Welcome CrewAI Documentation Welcome Cre”
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Frequently asked questions
Is CrewAI open source?
Yes. CrewAI is an open-source Python framework; a separate enterprise platform is paid.
What is a crew in CrewAI?
A crew is a team of role-based agents that collaborate on a task through a defined process.
What language is CrewAI in?
CrewAI is a Python framework for building multi-agent systems.
What does CrewAI not establish?
The vendor pages fetched did not state licence terms or deployment, so commercial-use rights and any self-hosted or offline option are not established for CrewAI.
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