Haystack (OSS) vs AutoGen
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Haystack (OSS)
Open source framework from deepset for building RAG pipelines, agents and search over private data with tracing and eval integrations.
Pricing Free
Category coding
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
AutoGen
Open source Microsoft framework for building multi agent AI apps with chat tool use function calling human in the loop and orchestration primitives for production workflows.
Pricing Free
Category coding
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in Haystack (OSS)
ragsearchpython
Shared
agentsopen-source
Only in AutoGen
frameworkorchestrationtool-calling
Key Features
Haystack (OSS)
- • Pipelines for RAG QA and agents
- • Document stores vector DBs hybrid search
- • Integration with rerankers and LLMs
- • Evaluation and tracing modules
- • Templates for chat over docs
- • Streaming chunkers and metadata filters
AutoGen
- • Agent Roles: Define planner executor critic or custom roles
- • Tool Calling: Register Python functions APIs or shell tasks
- • Conversation Loop: Coordinate agent messages tool calls and human handoffs
- • Memory and Logs: Persist conversations and tool results for debugging
- • Deterministic Scripts: Encode repeatable dialogues for reliability
- • Extensible Storage: Plug in vector stores and retrieval sources
Use Cases
Haystack (OSS)
- → Stand up chat over wikis and PDFs
- → Unify search across knowledge bases
- → Prototype agents that call tools
- → Compare retrievers and prompts
- → Build governed RAG inside VPC
- → Automate extraction and routing
AutoGen
- → Customer Support Flows: Triage issues call CRM tools summarize tickets
- → Data Processing: Pull files clean columns analyze and report
- → Developer Copilots: Draft tests refactors open PRs with approval gates
- → Research Assistants: Combine retrieval and critique roles with citations
- → Operations Runbooks: Encode dialogues that escalate to humans with logs
- → Marketing Drafts: Connect CMS analytics to propose briefs and drafts
Perfect For
Haystack (OSS)
ml engineers data platform teams enterprise architects and researchers who want a transparent OSS stack for RAG and agents
AutoGen
Software engineers, platform teams, and researchers who need a flexible open source base to prototype and run multi agent systems with tool calling logging and human oversight
Capabilities
Haystack (OSS)
Nodes and pipelines Professional
Tracing and evals Professional
Backends and stores Intermediate
APIs and templates Intermediate
AutoGen
Roles and Policies Professional
Tool Calls Professional
Memory and Traces Intermediate
Human in the Loop Intermediate
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