LangChain
Open-source orchestration for chains, agents and retrieval, plus hosted tracing.
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LangChain vs LangGraph
LangChain (LangChain) and LangGraph (LangChain) both sit in Agents & Automation. LangGraph is the cheaper entry point at Free and open-source under MIT license.. LangGraph shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (5 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | LangChain LangChain | LangGraph LangChain |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Agents & Automation | Agents & Automation |
| Version | LangSmith Cloud | Open Source |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $39/mo | Free and open-source under MIT license. |
| Pricing tiers | Developer free · Plus $39 · Enterprise free | Open Source free |
| Model stack | Bring your own key · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Luna · GPT-6.1-Sol · LLM Gateway (supports various model providers) | any model provider · Model-agnostic |
| Context window | Depends on chosen model | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 5 |
| Origin | Global | United States |
| Capabilities | Agent abstractions, LangGraph orchestration, LangSmith tracing, Evaluations, Deployment, Tracing, Monitoring, Evaluation | Durable execution, Human-in-the-loop, Checkpointing, Managed deployment, Agent Orchestration, Stateful multi-actor applications, Human-in-the-loop controls, Built-in memory |
LangGraph
Graph-based framework and managed platform for long-running, durable agents.
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