By César Murga · Facts verified 26 October 2026 · Prices checked against vendor pages
CrewAI: Enterprise agent build and runtime platform with a free tier and centrally governed multi-agent workflows.
CrewAI is an enterprise agent build and runtime platform for creating and governing multi-agent workflows. It offers a free Basic plan with 50 workflow executions per month and a custom-priced Enterprise plan that adds SSO, RBAC and deployment on CrewAI cloud, your own VPC or your own infrastructure. CrewAI says it is used by 65% of the Fortune 500.
What is CrewAI?
CrewAI describes itself as 'The Enterprise Agent Build & Runtime for the work your business runs on', aimed at both business teams and engineers under central governance. Its Studio visual editor and AI copilot let users build agents with prompts and a canvas, exportable to Python, while a code-first API gives engineers control. A Control Plane sits in the execution path of every workflow for tracing, RBAC, audit trails, human-in-the-loop approvals and PII redaction. The pricing page lists two plans: a free Basic tier and a custom Enterprise tier.
How much does CrewAI cost?
Here are CrewAI’s plans as published on its pricing page on 26 October 2026.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Visual editor and AI copilot, GitHub integration, 50 workflow executions/month, 2 automations, community support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Free, plus SSO, RBAC, workload identity, PII redaction, deploy on CrewAI cloud, your own VPC or your own infrastructure, 45-day onboarding, dedicated support and training. |
What are CrewAI’s key facts?
- The free Basic plan includes 50 workflow executions per month and 2 automations.
- Enterprise customers can deploy on CrewAI cloud, their own VPC, or their own infrastructure.
- Enterprise adds SSO (MS Entra, Okta) and role-based access control, which the free plan lacks.
- CrewAI says it is 'Used by 65% of the Fortune 500.'
- The Enterprise plan includes a 45-day onboarding and forward deployed engineering and training, available a la carte.
Who is CrewAI best for — and who should skip it?
Good fit
- Enterprise teams that need governed, auditable agent workflows
- Teams wanting both a no-code visual builder and a code-first API
- Organizations that need VPC or on-infrastructure deployment
Look elsewhere if you need
- Teams needing a published, predictable monthly price for paid tiers
- Solo users who only need simple single-step automations
Our verdict on CrewAI
CrewAI is a strong fit for enterprises that want to build multi-agent workflows on a governed platform with self-hosting options, but buyers who need transparent paid pricing will have to talk to sales.
Hands-on note: this profile is built from CrewAI’s own published pages. Our hands-on test notes will be added here after testing.
Categories: Enterprise agent platforms, Open-source & self-hosted, Workflow automation agents
