DSPy vs Mastra

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	DSPy Open-source Python framework for programming, rather than prompting, language models.	Mastra TypeScript-first agent framework with workflows, RAG, memory, evals.
Category	framework	framework
Vendor type	open source	open source
Pricing	free	free
Strengths	+ Declarative, modular programs replace brittle prompt strings + Automatic prompt optimization against a defined metric + Portable across models and providers (uses LiteLLM under the hood) + Research-backed, with an active academic and OSS community	+ First-class TypeScript / Node ergonomics + Provider-agnostic from day one + Batteries-included (RAG, memory, evals)
Tradeoffs	− Optimizer-driven workflow has a distinct learning curve − Compilation and optimization can add cost and iteration time − Less of a turnkey agent runtime than orchestration-focused frameworks	− Younger ecosystem vs LangChain/LangGraph − Less Python community overlap
Used in stacks	0	4