Agent Orchestration Frameworks 2026: OpenAI SDK Ships, Multi-Agent Systems Show 80x Improvement Over Singles
OpenAI shipped its production Agents SDK replacing experimental Swarm, while Ruflo and DeerFlow hit major GitHub milestones. Comparative data shows multi-agent systems deliver 100% actionable recommendation rates versus 1.7% for single agents in incident response — an 80x improvement. Token costs run 5x-20x higher for multi-agent configurations.