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Google ADK
Google's open-source code-first Python toolkit for building and evaluating AI agents
Deployment
Self-Hosted
Pricing
Free/OSS
Privacy
Medium
Channels
2 supported
Why teams pick it
- Official Google backing
- Built-in evaluation framework
- Multi-agent orchestration
Trade-offs to know
- Python-only
- Development framework, not ready-to-use assistant
- Google Gemini API dependency
How it feels in practice
Deployment
Self-Hosted
Pricing
Free to use, with optional model or infrastructure costs if you self-host.
Privacy
Some privacy controls exist, but vendor-hosted infrastructure still handles a meaningful share of the data flow.
Channels supported
WebCLI
Gotchas
Before you commit
- You should expect ongoing hosting, uptime, and secret-management work if you deploy it for real users.
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