# How Matimo compares

## Against no-code automation (Zapier, Make, n8n)

Those tools connect apps on fixed if-this-then-that rules. Matimo agents reason,
choosing a path a flowchart did not anticipate, and keep a human approval gate
on anything consequential.

## Against code-first agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen)

Frameworks give engineers full control but no governance out of the box. You
build the audit logging, approvals and multi-tenancy yourself. Matimo ships
those, and non-engineers can build the agent. You can also keep your framework
and add Matimo underneath with [Gateway](/docs/gateway) and [AGDK](/docs/agdk).

## Against enterprise suites (IBM watsonx Orchestrate, ServiceNow AI Agent Studio, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Salesforce Agentforce)

These are real products, and governed no-code is no longer unique to Matimo.
What we point to in our own evaluation:

- Per-agent cost caps that stop a run automatically.
- Agents that can propose new tools at runtime, live once a human approves.
- No lock-in to one vendor's model roster.
- Pricing that does not require an enterprise sales cycle to start.

Check these against the current versions of those products before you rely on
them. They change.

## When Matimo is not the right fit

- You want a fully autonomous agent with no human checkpoints.
- You need Matimo itself to hold a third-party security certification today. See
  [Security and trust](/docs/security).