Mastra vs Agent Framework + Azure AI Foundry
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Two ways to build production AI agents
In recent months many frameworks for building AI agents have emerged. Two approaches I find particularly interesting are:
- Mastra, an all-TypeScript agent framework that feels natural if your stack is Node-based.
- Microsoft Agent Framework + Azure AI Foundry (Azure AI Agents), Microsoft's offering that pairs an orchestration library with a managed agent service on Azure.
At first glance they look like different worlds, but they share a similar mental model: agents that keep conversations via threads/sessions, messages, and runs.