Mastra vs OpenAI Agents SDK

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

	Mastra TypeScript-first agent framework with workflows, RAG, memory, evals.	OpenAI Agents SDK OpenAI's official SDK with handoffs, tools, guardrails, tracing.
Category	framework	framework
Vendor type	open source	commercial
Pricing	free	free
Strengths	+ First-class TypeScript / Node ergonomics + Provider-agnostic from day one + Batteries-included (RAG, memory, evals)	+ Deep integration with OpenAI features + Built-in handoff and guardrail primitives
Tradeoffs	− Younger ecosystem vs LangChain/LangGraph − Less Python community overlap	− OpenAI-first; cross-provider use is awkward
Used in stacks	4	3