A LangGraph alternative that runs your agents and everything around them.
LangGraph is free and open source, but running it in production usually means LangSmith, where one bill combines seats at $39 each on Plus, trace volume, deployment compute, and usage units on top. Self-hosting waits behind the Enterprise plan, and every graph is defined in code.
Unmeshed counts one flat number per workflow execution, runs agents next to deterministic steps in the same workflow, and self-hosts completely.
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Overview
About Unmeshed
Unmeshed is a workflow orchestration platform built by the team behind Netflix Conductor. You define workflows in JSON or YAML, with code-based workers in Java, Go, TypeScript, or Python. AI agents run as steps beside plain code steps; retries, waits, and durable state come built in, and a single workflow execution costs the same flat number no matter what runs inside it.
About LangGraph
LangGraph is an MIT-licensed, open-source agent runtime and low-level orchestration framework from LangChain. You define agents as graphs in code, with durable execution, memory, streaming, and human-in-the-loop built in. The library is free, and teams that want hosting, tracing, and deployment add LangSmith, which is priced by seat, trace, and metered usage.
Comparison
Unmeshed vs LangGraph.
| Unmeshed | LangGraph | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | ||
| Built for | Workflow orchestration where AI agents are one kind of step | Agent orchestration for building LLM agents in code |
| Workflow definitions | JSON, YAML, or code | Code only, graphs defined in a programming language |
| Visual designer | Included | |
| Deterministic steps and AI steps in one workflow | Included | |
| Resiliency and operations | ||
| Durable execution | Included | Included |
| Human-in-the-loop approvals | Included | Included |
| Hold, skip, rollback, restart as direct commands | Included | |
| Self-hosted deployment of the full platform | Included | |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Flat, predictable plans | Seats, plus traces, deployment compute, and usage units |
| Billed across multiple meters | Not included | Included |
| Free tier usable in production | Included | |
| Upgrade without a sales call | Included | Included |
| Security, compliance, and governance | ||
| Role-based access control | Included | |
| SSO / SAML | ||
| Self-hosted / on-premises deployment | Included |
One flat number, agents included.
Start building workflows where an agent costs the same flat number as any other step, on a free tier; you sign up for yourself.
Pricing
LangGraph pricing is a stack of meters. Ours is one number.
The LangGraph library costs nothing, but the platform around it does. LangSmith adds a per-seat fee, then bills traces, deployment compute, and usage units on top of it. Unmeshed counts one flat number: a workflow execution, no matter how many people use it or what runs inside.
Free forever
For solo builders exploring workflow orchestration.
$0/month
No credit card required
Get Started Free- 2,000 workflow executions a month
- Unlimited steps per workflow
- Community support
Premium
For individuals and small teams ready to orchestrate at scale.
$20/month
Billed monthly. Annual billing available, saves 2 months
Get Started- 10,000 workflow executions a month
- Batch job scheduling
- Email support
Enterprise
For organizations with scale, compliance, and infrastructure requirements.
Custom pricing
Tailored to your scale and compliance requirements
Contact Sales- Unlimited executions, workflows, and seats
- SSO/SAML and role-based access control
- Dedicated support with SLAs
LangSmith pricing, for reference
See LangChain's pricing pageDeveloper, $0/seat
1 seat, 5k base traces a month, community support
Plus, $39/seat/mo
10k base traces, one free small serverless deployment, more deployments metered by compute and memory
Enterprise, custom
Self hosted and hybrid options, custom SSO, RBAC and ABAC, support SLA
Usage units, $1 each
All plans bill pay as you go in usage units on top, covering deployments, Fleet, Engine, and Sandboxes
Pricing details change often, treat this as a quick reference and confirm current numbers on LangChain's site before publishing.
Agentic AI
AI agent orchestration, with the rest of the workflow built in
LangGraph
LangGraph is strong at what it was built for. Durable execution, memory, streaming, and human-in-the-loop approvals are all part of the framework, which makes it a serious option for agent loops. The trade-off is that your control flow lives in code, and the framework centers on the agent.
Unmeshed
Unmeshed treats an agent as one step in a larger workflow, so deterministic steps and AI steps run together in one place, code steps cost nothing extra, and AI steps are priced individually.
Cost and infrastructure
LangGraph self-hosted is free. The platform around it is not.
LangGraph
You can run the LangGraph library anywhere, and that freedom is real. But hosting, tracing, and deployment come from LangSmith, where self-hosted and hybrid options sit on the Enterprise plan and Plus is fully managed cloud.
Unmeshed
Unmeshed self-hosts the whole platform on your own VM or Kubernetes cluster, control plane included, without an Enterprise conversation first.
Feature comparison
LangGraph makes you plan for this. Unmeshed already did.
The stuff you won't have to build yourself.
Pricing predictability
One number, not five meters.
Unmeshed
Workflow executions are counted flat, no matter how many people use the platform or what runs inside a workflow.
LangGraph
LangSmith Plus is $39 per seat per month, then traces, deployment compute, and usage units are billed on top.
Self-hosting
Run it yourself without an Enterprise deal.
Unmeshed
Self-host on your own VM or Kubernetes cluster, or use Unmeshed Cloud, control plane included. On-premises deployment is included on the Enterprise plan.
LangGraph
The library is free to run anywhere, but self-hosted and hybrid platform deployment are Enterprise options, and Plus is cloud-only.
Governance
Access control before the custom deal.
Unmeshed
Role-based access control is available as a baseline platform capability, not held for a custom conversation.
LangGraph
Plus offers User and Admin organization roles, while custom SSO, RBAC, and ABAC sit on Enterprise.
Workflow definitions
Define it your way, not only in code.
Unmeshed
Workflows are defined in JSON, YAML, or code, with a visual designer for the team members who prefer one.
LangGraph
Agents are graphs defined in code, with no JSON or YAML definition path.
Code sample
Just functions, with or without an agent inside.
Workers are plain functions. Register them, start a process, and the platform takes care of the durable execution machinery, whether a step calls a model or just moves data.
from unmeshed.sdk.configs.client_config import ClientConfig
from unmeshed.sdk.unmeshed_client import UnmeshedClient
from unmeshed.sdk.decorators.worker_function import worker_function
client_config = ClientConfig()
client_config.set_client_id("your-client-id")
client_config.set_auth_token("your-auth-token")
client = UnmeshedClient(client_config)
@worker_function(name="charge-order", namespace="default", max_in_progress=100)
def charge_order(input: OrderInput) -> ChargeResult:
# your business logic — the engine handles
# state, retries, and observability
return charge_card(input)
client.start()Frequently asked questions
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