Pydantic AI vs Mastra
Mastra is a TypeScript agent framework with step workflows, memory, processors, evals, a local playground and a hosted Studio. Pydantic AI is that stack in Python, composed from capabilities rather than fixed constructs: a typed Agent, memory, guardrails, Pydantic Evals and a web chat UI.
Pydantic AI is one part of a stack: the Harness SDK for capabilities and complete agents, Pydantic Evals for evaluation, Pydantic Graph for graph-based workflows, Pydantic Logfire for observability, and Pydantic itself for validation. The tables below cover the whole of it.
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| Mastra | Pydantic AI and Harness SDK | |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | Apache-2.0 (core); EE for some features | MIT |
| Model providers | Many | Many |
| Extensibility | Tools, processors, scorers, workflows | Capabilities and toolsets; 50+ with the Harness SDK |
| Harnesses | Mastra Code, or your own | Built-in Coder and Researcher, or compose your own |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry | OpenTelemetry, including Pydantic Logfire |
| Durable execution | Yes | Seven integrations |
| Interfaces | Playground, Studio, GitHub PR signals | CLI, web chat, AG-UI, Vercel AI, ACP (experimental), GitHub Agentic Workflows |
| Realtime voice | Yes | Realtime |
| Evals | Yes | Pydantic Evals |
| Image generation | No | Image Generation |
| Mastra | Pydantic AI and Harness SDK | |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-agent | Yes | Subagents, delegation, or pydantic-graph |
| Planning | Yes | Planning |
| Skills | Yes | Skills |
| Memory | Yes | Memory |
| Compaction | Token limit: truncate or abort | Compaction |
| Guardrails | Yes | Guardrails |
| Code sandboxes | Yes | Execution environments |
| Browser use | Yes | Web & research |