Claude Code is the fastest agent framework but costs nearly three times more than the cheapest rival

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Claude Code is identified as the fastest agent framework but comes at a significantly higher cost of $0.195 per task, compared to the cheapest option, OpenCode, at $0.073. Despite the differences in cost, success rates across various frameworks were largely similar based on a test involving 30 real-world tasks.
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Composio tested Deepseek V4 Flash across four agent frameworks on 30 real-world tasks. Success rates were mostly similar, but costs varied by nearly 3x: OpenCode came in cheapest at $0.073 per task, while Claude Code cost $0.195 despite using the fewest tool calls and output tokens. The choice of framework is mainly a question of price and speed. The article Claude Code is the fastest agent framework but costs nearly three times more than the cheapest rival appeared first on The Decoder.
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