Recursiv vs OpenAI Assistants

How Does Recursiv Compare to OpenAI Assistants?

OpenAI Assistants run on one provider. They give you an assistant with tools and a thread, but the surrounding backend is something you bring. Recursiv is model agnostic and a full backend with govern: any model, plus data, storage, auth, orchestration, deploy and the agent runtime.

The differentiator is portability and scope. With Recursiv you are not locked to a single model vendor and you get the backend and runtime around the agent, not only the assistant primitive.

Quick Comparison

Capability	Recursiv	OpenAI Assistants
Model support	Any model, swap anytime	OpenAI models
Agents and swarms	Agents and swarms	Single assistant
Memory	Brain and memory built in	Threads
Orchestration	Dispatcher and jobs	Bring your own runtime
Code execution	Managed sandboxes	Code interpreter tool
Data and storage	Postgres and object storage	Bring your own
Auth	Built in	Bring your own
Deploy	Deployments built in	Bring your own host
Integrations	Hundreds built in	Function calling and tools
Govern	Scoped identity, approvals, audit, self-eval	Build it yourself

When OpenAI Assistants Are the Better Choice

You are committed to OpenAI models and do not need model portability
You want a single assistant primitive and already have your backend
Your use case fits threads and tool calls without orchestration, memory or govern
You want to stay entirely within the OpenAI ecosystem

Get Started

If you want to stay model agnostic and get a full backend with govern around your agents, start with the quickstart.