Claude Agent SDK vs OpenAI Agents SDK

Pick two tools from the same category to compare side-by-side.

	Claude Agent SDK Anthropic's official SDK for building production agents on Claude.	OpenAI Agents SDK OpenAI's official SDK with handoffs, tools, guardrails, tracing.
Category	framework	framework
Vendor type	commercial	commercial
Pricing	free	free
Strengths	+ First-class Claude features (prompt caching, extended thinking) + Designed around production agent patterns + Compatible with the Skills standard	+ Deep integration with OpenAI features + Built-in handoff and guardrail primitives
Tradeoffs	− Claude-only (cross-provider needs a gateway like Portkey)	− OpenAI-first; cross-provider use is awkward
Used in stacks	9	3