AgentGPT vs AutoGPT

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: AgentGPT — $40/mo vs $42.50/mo for AutoGPT
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: AutoGPT has one; not confirmed by us for AgentGPT
Higher Trust score: AutoGPT — 88 vs 83 for AgentGPT
Best fit: AgentGPT: Trying the autonomous-agent loop concept with zero setup · AutoGPT: Teams that want to self-host an agent platform and own the infrastructure

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AgentGPTBrowser-based autonomous agent that splits a written goal into tasks and runs them in a loop

AutoGPTOpen-source agent platform now sold as a team of AI specialists coordinated in chat, with a visual workflow builder underneath.

Side by side

Fact	AgentGPT	AutoGPT
Category	AI Agents & Autonomous Workers	AI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$40/mo	$42.50/mo
Public API	Not confirmed	Yes
Trust score	83 / 100	88 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, API, Linux, macOS, Windows
Company	Reworkd	Determinist Ltd
Launched	2023	2023
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

AgentGPT

AgentGPT is the quickest way to watch goal-decomposition agents work without installing anything, and the GPL-3.0 source makes it a useful teaching artifact. The catch is that it is frozen in time: the repo was archived in January 2026 and the hosted app is still wired to 2023-era models.

Pros

Runs in the browser with no install or API key wrangling for the free tier
Full source under GPL-3.0, so it can be forked and self-hosted
Templates make the goal-to-task pattern easy to see
Clear published plan page rather than sales-call-only pricing

Cons

GitHub repository archived in January 2026; last code push was April 2025
Pricing page still sells GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 era capabilities
Reworkd sunset its commercial data-extraction product, so the company's focus has moved on

AutoGPT

The project that started the autonomous-agent wave is now sold as a roster of named AI specialists you brief in chat, with the low-code workflow builder still underneath. Self-hosted it remains a strong, free agent platform for internal use; the cloud version is expensive once you add the credits that actual workflow runs consume.

Pros

Open source outside the platform directory, with a very large contributor community
Self-hosting is free for internal use and runs on Linux, macOS or Windows through WSL 2
Prebuilt Experts plus a visual block builder and marketplace lower the starting effort
Public REST API, MCP tool support and per-Expert spending caps on the cloud plans

Cons

Cloud Pro at $42.50 to $50 a month still needs pay-as-you-go credits for workflow runs
Polyform Shield on the platform directory rules out commercial redistribution
Cloud pricing jumps from Pro to $272 or more for Max with nothing in between, and the Team plan is still marked coming soon

Which one fits

Choose AgentGPT if you need

Trying the autonomous-agent loop concept with zero setup
Students and educators who want readable open-source agent code
Teams self-hosting a simple agent runner they intend to fork

Choose AutoGPT if you need

Teams that want to self-host an agent platform and own the infrastructure
Solo operators who would rather brief a prebuilt specialist in plain English than design an automation
Developers who want workflows they can also create and trigger through a REST API