Agent frameworks reviewed: LangGraph, CrewAI, plain orchestration — pick one

Tried all three on the same workflow (extract + classify + summarise + email).

– LangGraph: powerful, brutal learning curve.
– CrewAI: easy, breaks at scale.
– Plain Python with the SDK directly: most code, easiest to debug.

For production: plain code. For demos: CrewAI. For complex workflows you’ll maintain for years: LangGraph. Don’t pick a framework before you know which of these you’re building.