Both sit in the framework layer with similar commercial terms, so the practical split is language: LangGraph targets Python and DSPy targets Python.
Graph-shaped orchestration with checkpointing, interrupts and human-in-the-loop.
Programs, not prompts — compile and optimise the prompt against a metric.
| LangGraph | DSPy | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Python, TypeScript | Python |
| Install | pip install langgraph | pip install dspy |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both sit in the framework layer with similar commercial terms, so the practical split is language: LangGraph targets Python and DSPy targets Python. LangGraph: Graph-shaped orchestration with checkpointing, interrupts and human-in-the-loop. DSPy: Programs, not prompts — compile and optimise the prompt against a metric.
LangGraph can run on your own infrastructure. DSPy can run on your own infrastructure.
LangGraph is open source (open source). DSPy is open source (open source).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/langgraph-vs-dspy