Compare Forge
When agents move from desktop tasks to production services, the runtime layer changes everything. Forge is the open-source agent runtime built on Anthropic's Agent Skills standard — designed for the agent that runs next to a service, in your environment, on infrastructure you already operate. See how Forge compares across three categories: managed cloud runtimes, agent frameworks, and the personal-agent ecosystem.
Managed cloud runtimes
Hyperscalers and Anthropic each ship a managed agent runtime. They run in their own clouds and bill through their own platforms. Forge runs in yours.
Forge vs AWS Bedrock AgentCore
How Forge compares to AWS Bedrock AgentCore — cross-cloud portability, on-prem deployment, and open-standard skill format vs AWS-native managed runtime.
Read comparisonForge vs Microsoft Foundry Agent Service
How Forge compares to Microsoft Foundry Agent Service — open standard, identity neutrality, and cross-cloud deployment vs the Microsoft-integrated agent platform.
Read comparisonForge vs Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
How Forge compares to Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI) — open Agent Skills standard, model neutrality, and cross-cloud deployment vs the Gemini-first GCP agent platform.
Read comparisonForge vs Claude Managed Agents
How Forge compares to Claude Managed Agents — same Agent Skills standard, different deployment locus. Self-hosted, multi-model, on-prem capable vs Anthropic-hosted sessions.
Read comparisonAgent frameworks
Frameworks give you Python or TypeScript abstractions to build an agent. Forge gives you a runtime to deploy one — and the frameworks below can run inside it as scripts within a SKILL.md.
Forge vs LangChain
How Forge compares to LangChain for building AI agents — security model, skill portability, and deployment.
Read comparisonForge vs CrewAI
How Forge compares to CrewAI — portable skills vs Python orchestration.
Read comparisonRunning Agent Skills: DIY vs Forge
What you get with Forge compared to building your own SKILL.md runtime from scratch.
Read comparisonPersonal vs enterprise agents
Some agent runtimes target one user on one machine. Forge targets one service in your infrastructure. Different blast radius, different security model, different operational shape.