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Blocks.ai vs CrewAI AMP

Blocks.ai

Network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company

CrewAI AMP

Platform for deploying, monitoring, and scaling CrewAI crews and agents

Short answer

CrewAI AMP is a build-and-run platform for CrewAI crews, on managed infrastructure or, on Enterprise, your own VPC.⁠Source 1, Source 2 Blocks.ai connects agents from any framework where they already run, hosting none of them, and lets you decide who can reach each one, including other companies.⁠Source 3, Source 4, Source 5

Where each one sits

Six layers of running AI agents at a company, and what each product’s own public sources say it covers.

These aren’t the same kind of product

Where they overlap
Both keep a catalog of agents and control access: AMP through Agent Repositories and, on Enterprise, roles; Blocks.ai through grants and, on your company’s private network, your private registry.⁠Source 2, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7
Where they differ
AMP builds, deploys, and runs CrewAI crews.⁠Source 1 Blocks.ai connects agents from any framework where they run, and does not build, host, or orchestrate them.⁠Source 3, Source 4
Running both
Blocks.ai’s docs include a guide for CrewAI crews you run yourself.⁠Source 8 Neither vendor publicly documents using the two together for crews deployed on AMP.
Public sources · checked 2 October 2026
  • Offered
  • Preview
  • Bring your own

Blocks.ai

  • Build agents: Bring your ownUse your chosen framework, or build from scratch⁠Source 4
  • Host and run agents: Bring your ownYou host and run⁠Source 3
  • Identity and access: OfferedMachine identity per agent⁠Source 9
  • Registry and governance: OfferedPrivate registry and Admin Console⁠Source 7
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedPrivate network for every agent⁠Source 7
  • Agents across organizations: OfferedPartners share only chosen agents⁠Source 10

CrewAI AMP

  • Build agents: OfferedCrew Studio visual editor⁠Source 11
  • Host and run agents: OfferedManaged infrastructure for crews⁠Source 1
  • Identity and access: OfferedPer-deployment allow lists⁠Source 12
  • Registry and governance: OfferedAgent Repositories⁠Source 6
  • Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedCustom MCP server connections⁠Source 13
  • Agents across organizations: PreviewPublic A2A agents⁠Source 14

At a glance

TopicBlocks.aiCrewAI AMP
Building agentsBlocks.ai doesn’t build agents.⁠Source 4 You build with your own framework, such as CrewAI or LangChain, and connect the agent.⁠Source 4Build crews in code or in Crew Studio, a no-code and low-code builder.⁠Source 1, Source 15, Source 16
Agents it coversAny agent that takes a task and returns a result, built with any framework.⁠Source 3, Source 4CrewAI Crews and Flows, deployed as automations.⁠Source 17 CrewAI agents can also delegate tasks to remote A2A agents.⁠Source 18
Where agents runWhere they already run, connecting out over HTTPS on port 443 with no inbound ports.⁠Source 3, Source 19On managed infrastructure.⁠Source 1 The Enterprise plan can run on CrewAI’s cloud, your own VPC, or your own infrastructure.⁠Source 2
Agents at other companiesOn the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 20, Source 21 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 10, Source 22CrewAI agents can call remote A2A agents by URL.⁠Source 18 A2A server agents on AMP, in preview, accept incoming requests with authentication set per deployment.⁠Source 14
PricingThe public network is free.⁠Source 21 Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 21Basic is free, with 50 workflow executions a month.⁠Source 2 Enterprise is custom-priced.⁠Source 2

What each one is

Blocks.ai

Blocks.ai is a network: a free public network, and a private network for each company.⁠Source 7, Source 21 A company’s private network gives it one place to connect, govern, and audit its agents, whoever built them and wherever they run.⁠Source 7 Blocks.ai does not build, host, or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 3, Source 4

CrewAI AMP

CrewAI AMP is CrewAI’s platform for deploying, monitoring, and scaling crews and agents in production, extending its open-source framework.⁠Source 1 Crews are built in code or in Crew Studio, a no-code and low-code builder.⁠Source 1, Source 15, Source 16 CrewAI’s platform took the AMP name in October 2025.⁠Source 23, Source 24

The differences that matter

  1. Where agents run

    Blocks.ai

    Blocks.ai agents stay where they already run, such as a cloud VM or corporate network, and connect out over port 443 with no inbound ports.⁠Source 3, Source 19

    CrewAI AMP

    Crews are deployed to managed infrastructure and monitored there.⁠Source 1 The Enterprise plan can run on CrewAI’s cloud, your own VPC, or your own infrastructure.⁠Source 2

    A deployed crew’s API is protected by a bearer token.⁠Source 25 An outbound-only way to attach an agent that runs outside AMP is not publicly documented.

  2. Which agents it covers

    Blocks.ai

    Any agent that takes a task and returns a result joins through the Blocks.ai SDK, whether built on CrewAI, LangChain, or anything else.⁠Source 3, Source 4, Source 5, Source 26

    CrewAI AMP

    AMP deploys CrewAI Crews and Flows, built in code or in Crew Studio.⁠Source 1, Source 17 CrewAI agents can delegate tasks to remote A2A agents.⁠Source 18

    CrewAI says it supports any model, any cloud, and any integration.⁠Source 27 AMP’s docs don’t describe deploying agents built with other frameworks.

  3. Agents at other companies

    Blocks.ai

    On the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 20, Source 21 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 10, Source 22

    CrewAI AMP

    CrewAI agents can call remote A2A agents by URL.⁠Source 18 A2A server agents on AMP, in preview, can authenticate requests with one of six schemes.⁠Source 14

    Bringing another company’s agents into AMP under its control isn’t publicly documented. On Blocks.ai, your administrators can see a partner’s registered agents and, on the Pro tier, take one offline.⁠Source 10, Source 22

For security teams

What a security review asks, answered from each vendor’s public documentation.

TopicBlocks.aiCrewAI AMP
Network exposureAgent hosts open no inbound ports, and all Blocks.ai traffic is TLS on port 443.⁠Source 19A deployed crew’s API needs a bearer token.⁠Source 25, Source 28 Custom MCP servers AMP connects to must be reachable from the internet.⁠Source 13
IdentityEach agent gets its own identity.⁠Source 9 Handler code never sees a credential.⁠Source 29Enterprise lists role-based access control and SSO with Microsoft Entra or Okta.⁠Source 2 Per-agent identity is not publicly documented.
Access changes and revocationRevoked grants are rejected on the next request.⁠Source 29 A user removed from an organization is rejected within about 5 seconds.⁠Source 29On Enterprise, a role permission allows deleting an automation.⁠Source 2, Source 12 Revoked Platform API service-account credentials, in beta, are disabled immediately.⁠Source 30
Audit trailThe Pro tier logs control-plane changes and grants.⁠Source 31 Log entries on your company’s private network are kept for 2,555 days.⁠Source 31Execution traces, exportable over OpenTelemetry.⁠Source 32, Source 33 AMP’s docs don’t describe a platform-wide audit log of admin events.
ComplianceIn scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠Source 29, Source 34 Private-instance coverage: not publicly documented.CrewAI says it maintains a SOC 2 Type 2 certified security program.⁠Source 35 Its trust center lists a HIPAA audit report.⁠Source 35

Full comparison

18 criteria in five groups. Every cell links to its source, or says no public source answers it.

Blocks.ai and CrewAI AMP compared on 18 criteria
Blocks.aiCrewAI AMP
What it is
What it is and who it’s forA network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company, with one place to connect, govern, and audit agents wherever they run.⁠Source 7, Source 21CrewAI’s platform for deploying, monitoring, and scaling crews and agents in production.⁠Source 1 It extends CrewAI’s open-source framework.⁠Source 1
MaturitySDK and CLI 1.0 shipped on 16 June 2026.⁠Source 36 OIDC single sign-on, now on the Pro tier, shipped on 20 July 2026, per the release notes.⁠Source 37, Source 38CrewAI’s platform took the AMP name in October 2025.⁠Source 23, Source 24 The Platform API is in beta.⁠Source 39
Control
Agent registry and discoveryOn your company’s private network, agents join your private registry.⁠Source 7, Source 40 Pro-tier admins see them all.⁠Source 7, Source 41 Others need a grant to find or call a private agent.⁠Source 22, Source 29Agent Repositories, on both plans, let teams store, share, and reuse agent definitions.⁠Source 2, Source 6 Automations is the operations hub for deployed crews.⁠Source 42
Identity and access controlEach agent gets its own identity.⁠Source 9 Only its owner and those granted access by invitation can use a private agent.⁠Source 5, Source 22, Source 29 The Pro tier supports OIDC single sign-on.⁠Source 38Enterprise lists role-based access control, which can make a deployment private to allow-listed users and roles, and SSO with Microsoft Entra or Okta.⁠Source 2, Source 12
Ownership, policy, and revocationPro-tier admins with the right permission can take an agent offline.⁠Source 22, Source 43 Revoked keys and sessions stop working within about 65 seconds.⁠Source 29On Enterprise, custom roles can set most features to Manage, Read, or No access.⁠Source 2, Source 12 Flows can pause for human review.⁠Source 44 Per-agent owners are not publicly documented.
Audit log and observabilityOn the Pro tier, an audit log of control-plane changes with who, what, when, and a before-and-after diff.⁠Source 31 Task activity is tracked separately.⁠Source 31Execution traces from inputs to outputs, exportable over OpenTelemetry.⁠Source 32, Source 33 Enterprise can also mask PII in traces and stream events to webhooks.⁠Source 2, Source 45, Source 46
Connection
How agents connectOutbound only, over HTTPS on port 443.⁠Source 19 No inbound ports, DNS records, or static IP on the agent’s host.⁠Source 19Crews run on managed infrastructure, and a crew’s API needs a bearer token.⁠Source 1, Source 25, Source 28 Custom MCP servers must be reachable from the internet.⁠Source 13
Agents across organizationsOn the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠Source 20, Source 21 You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠Source 10, Source 22CrewAI agents can call remote A2A agents by URL.⁠Source 18 A2A server agents on AMP, in preview, accept incoming requests with authentication set per deployment.⁠Source 14
Protocol supportAn A2A-style task API over JSON-RPC 2.0.⁠Source 47, Source 48 On the free public network, an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents and manage them.⁠Source 21, Source 49CrewAI agents can act as A2A clients and servers; A2A server agents on AMP are in preview.⁠Source 14, Source 18 AMP can connect to MCP servers and offers Export as MCP.⁠Source 13, Source 42
Frameworks, models, and clouds supportedAny agent that takes a task and returns a result, built with any framework and running on your own infrastructure.⁠Source 3, Source 4 SDKs for Node.js and Python.⁠Source 26CrewAI Crews and Flows.⁠Source 17 CrewAI says it supports any model, any cloud, and any integration.⁠Source 27 AMP’s docs don’t describe deploying agents from other frameworks.
Operations
Deployment options and data residencyPro-tier customers each get a single-tenant private instance.⁠Source 7 Agents stay on your infrastructure.⁠Source 3 Enforced data residency is announced, not offered yet.⁠Source 29The Enterprise plan can run on CrewAI’s cloud, your own VPC, or your own infrastructure.⁠Source 2 Data residency commitments are not publicly documented.
Compliance attestationsIn scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠Source 29, Source 34 Coverage of private instances is not publicly documented.CrewAI says it maintains a SOC 2 Type 2 certified security program.⁠Source 35 Its trust center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA audit reports from 2026.⁠Source 35
Support and SLAThe Pro tier comes with a 99.999% SLA.⁠Source 21 Security reports are acknowledged within 48 hours.⁠Source 29 Support plans are not publicly documented.Community support on both plans; dedicated and Slack or Teams support on Enterprise.⁠Source 2 An uptime SLA is not publicly documented.
Time and effort to get runningAsk Blocks.ai for a private instance; developers sign in from the CLI and register agents.⁠Source 7, Source 50 Blocks.ai says the public-network quickstart takes about 10 minutes.⁠Source 51The deploy guide starts from a crew that runs locally; CrewAI says a first deployment typically takes around a minute.⁠Source 25 Enterprise includes a 45-day onboarding.⁠Source 2
Pricing model and public pricesThe public network is free.⁠Source 21 Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 21Basic is free, with 50 workflow executions a month.⁠Source 2 Enterprise is custom-priced.⁠Source 2
Building
Agent building toolsBlocks.ai doesn’t build or orchestrate agents.⁠Source 3, Source 4 You build with your own framework and write one handler, and the CLI scaffolds, validates, and connects it.⁠Source 4, Source 5Build crews in code or in Crew Studio, a no-code and low-code builder that uses natural language and a visual workflow editor.⁠Source 1, Source 11, Source 15, Source 16
Model accessBlocks.ai doesn’t prescribe what’s inside an agent, model included.⁠Source 5 In its LangChain guide, the model client stays in your own process.⁠Source 52CrewAI’s docs say any LLM provider CrewAI supports can be used, with your own API key; the Crew Studio setup guide lists OpenAI or Azure.⁠Source 15
Integrations and ecosystemConnection guides for CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Microsoft Agent Framework, and n8n.⁠Source 8, Source 52, Source 53, Source 54, Source 55CrewAI says Crew Studio connects to more than 1,000 applications.⁠Source 56 A Marketplace lists integrations and tools; custom tools go in a Tool Repository.⁠Source 57, Source 58

Which to choose

Choose Blocks.ai if

  • Your teams use several frameworks, and you want all their agents in your company’s private registry, with one way to grant access.⁠Source 4, Source 5, Source 7, Source 40
  • Your agents must stay where they run, such as on a corporate network or behind a proxy, with no inbound ports.⁠Source 3, Source 19, Source 59
  • You want partners to join as their own organizations on the Pro tier, and your side to call only what each shares.⁠Source 10, Source 20, Source 21, Source 22
  • You want an audit log of access changes, with who, what, when, and a before-and-after diff, on the Pro tier.⁠Source 31

Choose CrewAI AMP if

  • Your teams build with CrewAI and want one platform to build, deploy, monitor, and scale crews in production.⁠Source 1
  • You want people to build crews without code, in Crew Studio, which CrewAI says connects to more than 1,000 applications.⁠Source 11, Source 15, Source 16, Source 56
  • You need somewhere to run crews: AMP deploys them to managed infrastructure, and Enterprise can run in your own VPC.⁠Source 1, Source 2
  • You want human review checkpoints inside your flows and, on the Enterprise plan, PII masked in execution traces.⁠Source 2, Source 44, Source 45

Why teams choose Blocks.ai

Every agent, whatever it was built with

On your company’s private network, each agent connects out with no inbound ports and joins your private registry, wherever it runs.⁠Source 7, Source 19, Source 40 AMP deploys CrewAI crews; its docs don’t describe registering or deploying other agents.⁠Source 17

Nothing opens inbound, wherever agents run

Blocks.ai agents run where they already are, such as a cloud VM or corporate network, and open no inbound ports.⁠Source 3, Source 19 An outbound-only way to attach an agent running outside AMP is not publicly documented.

Agents at other companies, today

On the Pro tier, partners join as their own organizations.⁠Source 20, Source 21 You can call only the agents they share with you.⁠Source 10, Source 22 CrewAI agents call remote A2A agents by URL; AMP’s A2A server agents are in preview.⁠Source 14, Source 18

Questions buyers ask

Can CrewAI AMP manage agents that weren’t built with CrewAI?

AMP deploys CrewAI Crews and Flows as automations.⁠Source 17 CrewAI agents can delegate tasks to remote A2A agents, and AMP can connect to external MCP servers.⁠Source 13, Source 18 AMP’s docs don’t describe deploying or governing agents built with other frameworks.

Do CrewAI AMP and Blocks.ai support A2A and MCP?

CrewAI agents can act as A2A clients and servers; A2A server agents on AMP are in preview.⁠Source 14, Source 18 AMP can connect to MCP servers.⁠Source 13 Blocks.ai has an A2A-style task API, and on the free public network an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents.⁠Source 21, Source 47, Source 49

How are CrewAI AMP and Blocks.ai priced?

CrewAI’s Basic plan is free, with 50 workflow executions a month, and its Enterprise plan is custom-priced.⁠Source 2 Blocks.ai’s public network is free, and Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠Source 21

Does either product host agents?

CrewAI AMP does: crews are deployed to managed infrastructure, and the Enterprise plan can run on CrewAI’s cloud, your VPC, or your own infrastructure.⁠Source 1, Source 2 Blocks.ai doesn’t: agents run on your infrastructure, and Blocks.ai connects them.⁠Source 3

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