OpenAI Agents SDK vs smolagents

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

	OpenAI Agents SDK OpenAI's official SDK with handoffs, tools, guardrails, tracing.	smolagents Hugging Face's minimalist agent library where agents act by writing and running code.
Category	framework	framework
Vendor type	commercial	open source
Pricing	free	free
Strengths	+ Deep integration with OpenAI features + Built-in handoff and guardrail primitives	+ Minimal, readable codebase with few abstractions + Code-agent approach can reduce steps and LLM calls + Model-agnostic via LiteLLM and the Hub + Sandboxed execution options (E2B, Modal, Docker)
Tradeoffs	− OpenAI-first; cross-provider use is awkward	− Minimalism means fewer built-in features for complex orchestration − Executing model-written code requires careful sandboxing − Younger, smaller ecosystem than larger frameworks
Used in stacks	3	0