Google ADK vs Mastra

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	Google ADK Open-source, code-first toolkit from Google for building, evaluating, and deploying AI agents.	Mastra TypeScript-first agent framework with workflows, RAG, memory, evals.
Category	framework	framework
Vendor type	hybrid	open source
Pricing	freemium	free
Strengths	+ Code-first design with explicit control over orchestration and tools + Native multi-agent composition and delegation + Built-in evaluation and local dev CLI (adk run, adk web) + Backed by Google with paths to managed Vertex AI deployment	+ First-class TypeScript / Node ergonomics + Provider-agnostic from day one + Batteries-included (RAG, memory, evals)
Tradeoffs	− Newer framework with a smaller community than longer-established options − Strongest ergonomics within the Google/Gemini and Cloud ecosystem	− Younger ecosystem vs LangChain/LangGraph − Less Python community overlap
Used in stacks	0	4