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Google Agent Development Kit vs Otto

Google Agent Development Kit

adk.dev

Otto

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FigureGoogle Agent Development KitOtto
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial—Yes
Open sourceYes—
WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
APIYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · AI Agent Platforms8.8 (#7)8.1 (#31)
IntegrationsThe integrations catalog includes tools and connectors for MCP, Google Cloud, databases, search, observability, and third-party services.The site says Otto connects to more than 1,400 apps and is built on Workato Enterprise MCP.
PurposeADK is an open-source framework for building, debugging, evaluating, and deploying AI agents.Otto is an AI teammate for work and personal tasks that coordinates actions across apps, systems, and collaborators.
SecurityThe security guidance covers identity and authorization, input and output guardrails, sandboxed code execution, and network controls.The site says data is encrypted, Otto only accesses tools and data users authorize, and users can disconnect integrations at any time.

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Google Agent Development Kit

  • ADK frameworkFree
  • Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)Free

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Otto

  • Free 30-day trialFree

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In their own words

Google Agent Development Kit

Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) is an open-source framework for building, debugging, evaluating, and deploying AI agents. It is available in Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, and Kotlin. Graph-based workflows can combine deterministic code with adaptive AI reasoning, and hierarchical agents can delegate work to specialized agents. ADK supports Gemini and adapters for other model providers, including locally running models. Its integrations catalog includes tools and connectors for MCP, Google Cloud, databases, search, observability, and third-party services. Teams can create multi-turn evaluation datasets and run evaluations locally through the CLI or development UI. ADK also supports live agents with bidirectional text and audio streaming, manages session context, and connects to longer-term memory services. Deployment options include Google Cloud Agent Runtime, Cloud Run, GKE, container-friendly infrastructure, and local Docker or Podman environments. Security guidance covers identity, authorization, guardrails, sandboxed code execution, and network controls. ADK is free; model and cloud-service use may require separate access or billing. Agent Config is narrower: it currently supports only Gemini models and requires Python.

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