# Types of agentic AI platforms
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Agentic AI platforms typically fall into one or more of the following categories:
+ **Managed agent** – Fully managed platforms provide built-in infrastructure, memory, and orchestration capabilities. They reduce operational overhead and accelerate time to production. 
+ **Open source orchestration** – Open-source agentic platforms offer flexibility and transparency for organizations that prefer customizable environments or on-premises deployment. 
+ **Hybrid enterprise** – Hybrid platforms integrate managed and self-hosted components, combining the scalability of cloud-managed services with the control of enterprise systems.