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LangGraphvsClaude Agent SDK
Graph-based stateful agent orchestration versus Anthropic's official agent SDK
Compare interactively in Explore →Choose LangGraph when…
- •You need stateful, graph-based agent control flow
- •Complex branching or retry logic is required
- •You're building production agents that need observability
Choose Claude Agent SDK when…
- •You are building Claude-first production agents
- •You want native MCP and sub-agent primitives
- •You want a first-party Anthropic SDK with prompt caching
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LangGraph
Claude Agent SDK
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Agent Frameworks
Agent Frameworks
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Open Source
Open Source
Free Tier
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Pricing Plans
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OSS: Free
GitHub Stars
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LangGraph
Build stateful multi-actor applications as directed graphs. Part of the LangChain ecosystem. Strong for complex agentic workflows.
Claude Agent SDK
Anthropic's first-party agent SDK for building production agents on top of Claude. Native MCP support, sub-agents, tool use, and prompt caching out of the box. Routinely benchmarked alongside Strands, LangGraph, and the OpenAI Agents SDK in 2026 framework comparisons.
Shared Connections2 tools both integrate with
Only LangGraph (28)
CrewAICursorLangSmithLiteLLMLlamaIndexSweep AILangfuseQdrantE2Bpgvector
Only Claude Agent SDK (3)
LangGraphAnthropic APIMCP SDK (Python)
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