Anthropic MCP vs CrewAI

FeatureAnthropic MCPCrewAI
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Agent Frameworks
PricingFree (open standard)Free + Enterprise
GitHub Stars45,00025,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
  • ✓ Multi-agent collaboration
  • ✓ Role-based agents
  • ✓ Task delegation
  • ✓ Tool integration
  • ✓ Memory
  • ✓ Process types
Tags
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard
open-sourcemulti-agentorchestrationpythonteams