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LangGraph vs Rivet

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
LangGraph
Agents
Rivet
Agents
TaglineStateful, graph-based agent orchestration from LangChain.Open-source visual IDE for building and debugging LLM agent graphs.
CategoryAgentsAgents
PricingFreemium· Free open-source; LangGraph Platform paidFree· Free and open source (MIT)
ModelBYO (Claude / GPT / open)Multi-model
Editorial score8.8 / 10—
Use cases
stateful agentshuman-in-loopproduction
agent-orchestrationprompt-chainingllm-debuggingtypescript-integration
Pros
  • Reliable, debuggable agent graphs
  • Built-in persistence + HITL
  • Production-grade
  • Tight LangSmith integration
  • Fully open source with an MIT-style license and self-hostable desktop app
  • Real-time remote debugging attaches the IDE to a live Node.js process
  • Graphs serialize to YAML, so agent logic reviews cleanly in Git
  • Model-agnostic — works with OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom providers
Cons
  • Steeper learning curve than CrewAI
  • Verbose to set up
  • Node.js/TypeScript-centric; Python teams are second-class
  • No hosted runtime — you deploy and monitor it yourself
  • Visual-graph paradigm has a learning curve versus code-first frameworks
Websitewww.langchain.comrivet.ironcladapp.com
Pick LangGraph if
  • ✅ Reliable, debuggable agent graphs
  • ✅ Built-in persistence + HITL
  • ✅ Production-grade
  • ✅ Tight LangSmith integration
Pick Rivet if
  • ✅ Fully open source with an MIT-style license and self-hostable desktop app
  • ✅ Real-time remote debugging attaches the IDE to a live Node.js process
  • ✅ Graphs serialize to YAML, so agent logic reviews cleanly in Git
  • ✅ Model-agnostic — works with OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom providers
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