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As of 4 November 2026, 28 llm app frameworks are named by companies instead of Semantic Kernel: LangChain by 3,507 companies, LangGraph by 2,401, LlamaIndex by 1,376.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Semantic Kernel, companies in postings
- 622
- Most used alternative
- LangChain · 3,507
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- LangChain
- Alternatives ranked
- 28
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
llm app frameworks companies choose instead of Semantic Kernel
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Semantic Kernel | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LangChainLangChain | 3,507 | 564% | 11,510 | Semantic Kernel vs LangChain → | |
| 2 | LangGraphLangChain | 2,401 | 386% | 8,028 | Semantic Kernel vs LangGraph → | |
| 3 | LlamaIndexLlamaIndex | 1,376 | 221% | 3,844 | Semantic Kernel vs LlamaIndex → | |
| 4 | CrewAICrewAI | 993 | 160% | 2,982 | Semantic Kernel vs CrewAI → | |
| 5 | AutoGenMicrosoft | 857 | 138% | 2,418 | Semantic Kernel vs AutoGen → | |
| 6 | 353 | 57% | 1,433 | Semantic Kernel vs Google Agent Development Kit → | ||
| 7 | RagasRagas | 218 | 35% | 479 | Semantic Kernel vs Ragas → | |
| 8 | OpenAI Agents SDKOpenAI | 187 | 30% | 481 | Semantic Kernel vs OpenAI Agents SDK → | |
| 9 | PydanticAIPydantic | 171 | 27% | 318 | Semantic Kernel vs PydanticAI → | |
| 10 | Claude Agent SDKAnthropic | 168 | 27% | 336 | Semantic Kernel vs Claude Agent SDK → | |
| 11 | GraphRAGMicrosoft | 157 | 25% | 498 | Semantic Kernel vs GraphRAG → | |
| 12 | DeepEvalConfident AI | 156 | 25% | 298 | Semantic Kernel vs DeepEval → | |
| 13 | Strands AgentsAmazon Web Services | 148 | 24% | 355 | Semantic Kernel vs Strands Agents → | |
| 14 | Vercel AI SDKVercel | 148 | 24% | 265 | Semantic Kernel vs Vercel AI SDK → | |
| 15 | Microsoft Agent FrameworkMicrosoft | 128 | 21% | 465 | soon | |
| 16 | Haystackdeepset | 120 | 19% | 404 | soon | |
| 17 | DSPyStanford NLP | 94 | 15% | 173 | soon | |
| 18 | MastraMastra | 61 | 10% | 85 | soon | |
| 19 | Spring AIVMware | 54 | 9% | 119 | soon | |
| 20 | AutoGPTSignificant Gravitas | 50 | 8% | 59 | soon | |
| 21 | DifyLangGenius | 47 | 8% | 82 | soon | |
| 22 | FastMCPPrefect | 43 | 7% | 82 | soon | |
| 23 | PipecatDaily | 32 | 5% | 62 | soon | |
| 24 | Deep AgentsLangChain | 31 | 5% | 148 | soon | |
| 25 | LangChain4jLangChain4j | 31 | 5% | 63 | soon | |
| 26 | Prompt FlowMicrosoft | 30 | 5% | 118 | soon | |
| 27 | AgnoAgno | 27 | 4% | 60 | soon | |
| 28 | Anthropic SDKAnthropic | 25 | 4% | 54 | soon |
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28 llm app frameworks are named by companies instead of Semantic Kernel: LangChain by 3,507 companies, LangGraph by 2,401, LlamaIndex by 1,376, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/semantic-kernel/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Semantic Kernel alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Semantic Kernel?
LangChain: 3,507 companies name it in their own job postings, against 622 for Semantic Kernel.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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