What are the best alternatives to ray?

The top alternatives to ray are OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Pipecat, ranked by real usage data on Unfragile.

Are there free alternatives to ray?

Yes, 19 free alternatives to ray exist, including OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Pipecat.

20 alternatives ranked by real usage data. ray scores 25/100 — 20 tools score higher.

Originalray

Ray provides a simple, universal API for building distributed applications.

20 alternatives

19 free options

20 score higher

OpenAI's official agent framework — agents, handoffs, guardrails, sessions, built-in tracing.