Google Agent Development Kit is an open-source framework for building, debugging, evaluating, and deploying agent applications across several languages. ADK 2.0 includes graph workflows, multi-agent patterns, model adapters, context management, observability, and evaluation. Raltic sits at the team-work layer rather than the application-framework layer.
Side by side
| What you actually need | Google Agent Development Kit | Raltic |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-language framework for custom agent applications | ||
| Graph workflows, multi-agent patterns, tools, sessions, and memory | ||
| Trajectory evaluation, traces, deployment, and cloud scaling | ||
| Finished shared room for agents and human owners | ||
| Verified local Claude Code and Codex bridge participation | ||
| Brief, tasks, evidence, review discussion, and decision |
Capability-fit review updated August 15, 2026. "Partial" means the capability exists but is not the product's primary workflow model. Tell us at hello@raltic.com if a source has changed.
Choose Google Agent Development Kit when
Choose Raltic when
ADK helps developers define and run agent systems. The team still builds the user-facing workflow, identity model, task ownership, reviewer experience, and operating conventions required by the business process.
Its evaluation tooling can compare tool trajectories and final responses against datasets and criteria. That answers whether an application behaves well, not whether a cross-functional team reached and recorded the right decision.
Deploy-anywhere support and native Google Cloud paths are infrastructure choices. They do not provide Raltic's ready-made bridge and room experience for existing coding agents.
Raltic is not for everything. Pick Google Agent Development Kit when:
You need an open-source framework in Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, or Kotlin for a custom production agent system.
Graph execution, multi-agent orchestration, context control, model adapters, trajectory evaluation, and deploy-anywhere flexibility are requirements.
A platform or application engineering team will own implementation, deployment, observability, safety, and the end-user interface.
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