Blocks.ai vs IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Blocks.ai

Network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company

IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Agent management platform to build, deploy, orchestrate, and govern AI agents

IBM describes watsonx Orchestrate as a platform to build, run, and orchestrate agents, and says its control plane also observes and governs agents built elsewhere.⁠^{Source 1, Source 2, Source 3} Blocks.ai doesn’t build or host agents: it is a network they join by connecting out, with no inbound ports; on the Pro tier, partners join as their own organizations.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5, Source 6, Source 7, Source 8, Source 9}

By Blocks.ai teamLast checked 2 October 2026

Where each one sits

Six layers of running AI agents at a company, and what each product’s own public sources say it covers.

These aren’t the same kind of product

Where they overlap: Both govern agents built elsewhere: IBM says its Agentic Control Plane does, and a company’s Blocks.ai private network connects, governs, and audits agents wherever they run.⁠^{Source 3, Source 10}
Where they differ: IBM says watsonx Orchestrate is also for building and orchestrating agents; ADK-configured agents run on it.⁠^{Source 1, Source 2} On Blocks.ai, agents stay where they already run.⁠^{Source 5}
Running both: Neither vendor publicly documents using the two together.

Public sources · checked 2 October 2026

Offered
Preview
Not included

Blocks.ai

Build agents: Not includedUse LangChain or CrewAI⁠^{Source 4}
Host and run agents: Not includedYou run your agent⁠^{Source 5}
Identity and access: OfferedMachine identity per agent⁠^{Source 11}
Registry and governance: OfferedPrivate registry and Admin Console⁠^{Source 10}
Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedPrivate network for every agent⁠^{Source 10}
Agents across organizations: OfferedPartners share only chosen agents⁠^{Source 12}

IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Build agents: OfferedVisual builder and ADK⁠^{Source 13}
Host and run agents: OfferedAgents run on watsonx Orchestrate⁠^{Source 2}
Identity and access: PreviewAgent identity⁠^{Source 14}
Registry and governance: OfferedAgentic Control Plane⁠^{Source 3}
Traffic between agents, tools, and models: OfferedA2A calls to agent endpoints⁠^{Source 15}
Agents across organizations: OfferedPartner A2A agents in catalog⁠^{Source 15}

At a glance

Blocks.aiIBM watsonx Orchestrate

Builds and runs agentsNo. You build with your own framework, and the agent runs on your own infrastructure.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5}Yes: the Agent Development Kit (ADK) configures agents that run on watsonx Orchestrate.⁠^{Source 2} IBM says it also offers a drag-and-drop visual builder.⁠^{Source 13}

How agents connectOutbound HTTPS on port 443.⁠^{Source 7} No inbound ports.⁠^{Source 7}IBM watsonx Orchestrate reaches an external agent at its endpoint URL.⁠^{Source 15} IBM lists a running, accessible endpoint as a prerequisite.⁠^{Source 16}

Agent identityEach agent gets its own identity from Blocks.ai.⁠^{Source 11} Pro-tier private instances support OIDC single sign-on for people.⁠^{Source 17}Existing authentication types use an impersonation model.⁠^{Source 14} Agent identity through IBM Verify or Microsoft Entra is in private preview.⁠^{Source 18}

Agents at other companiesOn the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠^{Source 8, Source 9} You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠^{Source 12, Source 19}Except on-premises, agents IBM’s partners list in its catalog can be added as A2A collaborators, reached at each agent’s API URL.⁠^{Source 15, Source 20}

PricingThe public network is free.⁠^{Source 9} Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠^{Source 9}Essentials from $530 and Standard from $6,360 USD a month; Premium on request.⁠^{Source 21} A 30-day free trial.⁠^{Source 21}

What each one is

Blocks.ai

Blocks.ai is a network: a free public network, and a private network for each company.⁠^{Source 9, Source 10} A company’s private network gives it one place to connect, govern, and audit its agents, whoever built them and wherever they run.⁠^{Source 10} Blocks.ai does not build, host, or orchestrate agents.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5}

IBM watsonx Orchestrate

IBM describes watsonx Orchestrate as an agent management platform to build, deploy, orchestrate, and govern agents, as SaaS on AWS and IBM Cloud or on premises.⁠^{Source 1, Source 22, Source 23} IBM said its unified release was generally available in January 2024; the Agentic Control Plane came in June 2026.⁠^{Source 24, Source 25}

The differences that matter

How agents connect
Blocks.ai
Every Blocks.ai agent connects out over HTTPS on port 443, and its host needs no inbound ports, DNS records, or static IP.⁠^{Source 7}
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
IBM watsonx Orchestrate reaches an external agent at its endpoint URL, and IBM lists a running, accessible endpoint as a prerequisite.⁠^{Source 15, Source 16}
Behind a firewall, IBM documents outbound IPs to allowlist and, on IBM Cloud, a TLS tunnel via IBM Cloud Satellite.⁠^{Source 22, Source 26} An agent dialing out instead is not publicly documented.
Agents at other companies
Blocks.ai
On the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠^{Source 8, Source 9} You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠^{Source 12, Source 19}
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Except on-premises, agents IBM’s partners list in its catalog can be added as A2A collaborators.⁠^{Source 15, Source 20}
On Blocks.ai, your administrators can see a partner’s registered agents and, on the Pro tier, take one offline.⁠^{Source 12, Source 19}
Which agents it covers
Blocks.ai
Any agent that takes a task and returns a result joins the same way, through the Blocks.ai SDK, whatever its framework, model, or cloud.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5, Source 27, Source 28, Source 29}
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Native agents, and external agents that speak A2A or offer an OpenAI-style chat completions endpoint.⁠^{Source 30, Source 31} Python LangGraph agents can be imported.⁠^{Source 31}
IBM says AI Gateway, in preview, discovers agents in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and Azure AI Foundry.⁠^{Source 32, Source 33, Source 34} Blocks.ai does not publicly document finding agents that haven’t connected.

For security teams

What a security review asks, answered from each vendor’s public documentation.

Blocks.aiIBM watsonx Orchestrate

Network exposureAgent hosts open no inbound ports, and all Blocks.ai traffic is TLS on port 443.⁠^{Source 7}Outside agents need an accessible endpoint.⁠^{Source 16} IBM documents a Satellite TLS tunnel and private endpoints on IBM Cloud.⁠^{Source 26, Source 35}

IdentityEach agent gets its own identity.⁠^{Source 11} Handler code never sees a credential.⁠^{Source 36}Existing authentication types use an impersonation model.⁠^{Source 14} Agent identity through IBM Verify or Microsoft Entra is in private preview.⁠^{Source 18}

Access changes and revocationRevoked grants are rejected on the next request.⁠^{Source 36} A user removed from an organization is rejected within about 5 seconds.⁠^{Source 36}IBM Cloud tracks undeploying a released agent version.⁠^{Source 37} Agents removed from AI Gateway’s directory (preview) can’t be collaborators.⁠^{Source 38}

Audit trailThe Pro tier logs control-plane changes and grants.⁠^{Source 39} Log entries on your company’s private network are kept for 2,555 days.⁠^{Source 39}Audit events can be routed to destinations you choose on IBM Cloud, or your S3 and CloudWatch on AWS.⁠^{Source 40, Source 41}

ComplianceIn scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠^{Source 36, Source 42} Private-instance coverage: not publicly documented.IBM says watsonx Orchestrate is FedRAMP authorized on AWS GovCloud (US).⁠^{Source 43} The Premium plan lists a HIPAA-ready option.⁠^{Source 21}

Full comparison

18 criteria in five groups. Every cell links to its source, or says no public source answers it.

Blocks.ai and IBM watsonx Orchestrate compared on 18 criteria
What it is
	Blocks.ai	IBM watsonx Orchestrate
What it is and who it’s for	A network for AI agents: a free public network, and a private network for each company, with one place to connect, govern, and audit agents wherever they run.⁠^{Source 9, Source 10}	IBM describes an agent management platform to build, deploy, orchestrate, manage, and govern AI agents, for IT, security, and AI leaders.⁠^{Source 1}
Maturity	SDK and CLI 1.0 shipped on 16 June 2026.⁠^{Source 44} OIDC single sign-on, now on the Pro tier, shipped on 20 July 2026, per the release notes.⁠^{Source 17, Source 45}	IBM said its unified release was generally available in January 2024; the control plane, June 2026.⁠^{Source 24, Source 25} In preview: AI Gateway, agent identity, some dashboards.⁠^{Source 18, Source 46, Source 47}
Control
Agent registry and discovery	On your company’s private network, agents join your private registry.⁠^{Source 10, Source 28} Pro-tier admins see them all.⁠^{Source 10, Source 48} Others need a grant to find or call a private agent.⁠^{Source 19, Source 36}	IBM says its searchable catalog holds prebuilt and custom agents from IBM and partners.⁠^{Source 49} In preview, AI Gateway’s agent directory lists imported external agents.⁠^{Source 38}
Identity and access control	Each agent gets its own identity.⁠^{Source 11} Only its owner and those granted access by invitation can use a private agent.⁠^{Source 19, Source 27, Source 36} The Pro tier supports OIDC single sign-on.⁠^{Source 17}	Platform SSO over OIDC or SAML; user, builder, and admin roles.⁠^{Source 50, Source 51} Agent identity is in private preview; existing authentication uses impersonation.⁠^{Source 14, Source 18}
Ownership, policy, and revocation	Pro-tier admins with the right permission can take an agent offline.⁠^{Source 19, Source 52} Revoked keys and sessions stop working within about 65 seconds.⁠^{Source 36}	On SaaS outside AWS GovCloud, controls can block unsafe content, protect data, govern model traffic, and limit network access.⁠^{Source 53} Agent controls cover A2A agents.⁠^{Source 53}
Audit log and observability	On the Pro tier, an audit log of control-plane changes with who, what, when, and a before-and-after diff.⁠^{Source 39} Task activity is tracked separately.⁠^{Source 39}	Traces give a high-level view of a request; registered outside agents can export theirs.⁠^{Source 54, Source 55} Audit events can go to IBM Cloud targets, or S3 and CloudWatch on AWS.⁠^{Source 40, Source 41}
Connection
How agents connect	Outbound only, over HTTPS on port 443.⁠^{Source 7} No inbound ports, DNS records, or static IP on the agent’s host.⁠^{Source 7}	Agents hosted elsewhere need a running, accessible endpoint.⁠^{Source 16} IBM’s outbound IPs can be allowlisted; IBM Cloud adds a Satellite TLS tunnel and private endpoints.⁠^{Source 22, Source 26, Source 35}
Agents across organizations	On the Pro tier, a partner company joins your private network as its own organization.⁠^{Source 8, Source 9} You can call only the agents it shares with you.⁠^{Source 12, Source 19}	Agents IBM’s partners list in its catalog can be A2A collaborators, except on-premises.⁠^{Source 15, Source 20}
Protocol support	An A2A-style task API over JSON-RPC 2.0.⁠^{Source 56, Source 57} On the free public network, an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents and manage them.⁠^{Source 9, Source 58}	Supports A2A for calling external agents (over JSON-RPC 2.0 only) and for exposing its own.⁠^{Source 31, Source 59} Imports tools from MCP servers; OAuth 2.1 isn’t supported there.⁠^{Source 60}
Frameworks, models, and clouds supported	Any agent that takes a task and returns a result, built with any framework and running on your own infrastructure.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5} SDKs for Node.js and Python.⁠^{Source 29}	IBM says it supports native, Langflow, LangGraph, and A2A agents.⁠^{Source 61} Also OpenAI-style chat endpoints, Agentforce agents, and Copilot Studio via Direct Line.⁠^{Source 30, Source 31}
Operations
Deployment options and data residency	Pro-tier customers each get a single-tenant private instance.⁠^{Source 10} Agents stay on your infrastructure.⁠^{Source 5} Enforced data residency is announced, not offered yet.⁠^{Source 36}	Managed SaaS in AWS and IBM Cloud regions, or installed on-premises on IBM Cloud Pak for Data or IBM Software Hub.⁠^{Source 22, Source 23}
Compliance attestations	In scope under PubNub’s SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA) and ISO/IEC 27001.⁠^{Source 36, Source 42} Coverage of private instances is not publicly documented.	IBM says watsonx Orchestrate is FedRAMP authorized on AWS GovCloud (US).⁠^{Source 43} IBM says the company holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.⁠^{Source 62} Premium lists HIPAA-ready.⁠^{Source 21}
Support and SLA	The Pro tier comes with a 99.999% SLA.⁠^{Source 9} Security reports are acknowledged within 48 hours.⁠^{Source 36} Support plans are not publicly documented.	On AWS, IBM states a 99.9% availability SLA; on IBM Cloud, it points to the base IBM Cloud Service Description.⁠^{Source 63, Source 64} Support cases can be opened.⁠^{Source 65}
Time and effort to get running	Ask Blocks.ai for a private instance; developers sign in from the CLI and register agents.⁠^{Source 10, Source 66} Blocks.ai says the public-network quickstart takes about 10 minutes.⁠^{Source 67}	An admin guide covers setup and user access; platform SSO is set up with IBM.⁠^{Source 50, Source 68} IBM says its Day 0 control plane walkthrough takes under 15 minutes.⁠^{Source 69}
Pricing model and public prices	The public network is free.⁠^{Source 9} Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠^{Source 9}	Essentials from $530 and Standard from $6,360 USD a month, sized by active users and messages; Premium on request.⁠^{Source 21} A 30-day free trial.⁠^{Source 21}
Building
Agent building tools	Blocks.ai doesn’t build or orchestrate agents.⁠^{Source 4, Source 5} You build with your own framework and write one handler, and the CLI scaffolds, validates, and connects it.⁠^{Source 4, Source 27}	IBM says builders can use drag-and-drop, the ADK, Python, APIs, or open-source frameworks.⁠^{Source 2, Source 13} It says Langflow workflows can become tools.⁠^{Source 13}
Model access	Blocks.ai doesn’t prescribe what’s inside an agent, model included.⁠^{Source 27} In its LangChain guide, the model client stays in your own process.⁠^{Source 70}	IBM-hosted and third-party models, varying by cloud and region.⁠^{Source 71} The default in most regions is GPT-OSS 120B via Groq.⁠^{Source 71} Other providers can be added.⁠^{Source 72}
Integrations and ecosystem	Connection guides for CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Microsoft Agent Framework, and n8n.⁠^{Source 70, Source 73, Source 74, Source 75, Source 76}	IBM says its catalog shows how each IBM and partner agent connects to systems such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, SAP, and Workday.⁠^{Source 49} Sold on AWS Marketplace too.⁠^{Source 21}

Which to choose

Choose Blocks.ai if

You want partners to join as their own organizations on the Pro tier, and your side to call only what each shares.⁠^{Source 8, Source 9, Source 12, Source 19}
Your agents run where opening inbound ports is hard or not allowed, such as corporate networks or behind proxies.⁠^{Source 5, Source 7, Source 77}
Your teams use many frameworks, models, and clouds, and you want every agent in your company’s private registry, with grants, without re-platforming.⁠^{Source 4, Source 10, Source 27, Source 28}
You want each agent to have its own machine identity now; in watsonx Orchestrate, agent identity is a private preview.⁠^{Source 11, Source 18}

Choose IBM watsonx Orchestrate if

You want one platform to build, run, and orchestrate agents, with the Agent Development Kit and, IBM says, a drag-and-drop builder.⁠^{Source 1, Source 2, Source 13}
You want controls, on SaaS outside AWS GovCloud, that can block unsafe content, protect data, govern model traffic, and restrict network access.⁠^{Source 53}
You need watsonx Orchestrate on premises or in AWS GovCloud (US), though some controls aren’t available on premises or in GovCloud.⁠^{Source 22, Source 23, Source 53, Source 78}
You want published starting prices for paid plans and a 30-day free trial.⁠^{Source 21}

Why teams choose Blocks.ai

One registry, and an owner for each agent

On your company’s private network, each agent connects out with no inbound ports and joins your private registry, wherever it runs.⁠^{Source 7, Source 10, Source 28} In watsonx Orchestrate, AI Gateway’s agent directory of imported external agents is in preview.⁠^{Source 38, Source 46}

Agent sprawl

Nothing opens inbound, wherever agents run

Blocks.ai agents run where they already are and open no inbound ports.⁠^{Source 5, Source 7} watsonx Orchestrate needs an accessible endpoint for an outside agent; IBM documents a Satellite TLS tunnel and private endpoints on IBM Cloud.⁠^{Source 16, Source 26, Source 35}

Distributed agents

Agents at other companies, today

On the Pro tier, partners join as their own organizations.⁠^{Source 8, Source 9} You call only the agents they share.⁠^{Source 12, Source 19} How a partner controls access to its watsonx Orchestrate agents, beyond issuing credentials, is not publicly documented.

Partner networks

Questions buyers ask

Can IBM watsonx Orchestrate manage agents built outside it?

Yes. IBM says its control plane observes and governs agents wherever they were built or run.⁠^{Source 3} External agents can join over A2A or an OpenAI-style chat completions endpoint; Python LangGraph agents can be imported.⁠^{Source 31} AI Gateway’s discovery of agents on other platforms is in preview.⁠^{Source 46}

Do Blocks.ai and IBM watsonx Orchestrate support A2A and MCP?

Blocks.ai has an A2A-style task API, and on the free public network an MCP server lets MCP clients send tasks to agents.⁠^{Source 9, Source 56, Source 58} IBM watsonx Orchestrate calls external agents and exposes its own over A2A, and imports tools from MCP servers.⁠^{Source 31, Source 59, Source 60}

How are IBM watsonx Orchestrate and Blocks.ai priced?

IBM’s Essentials plan starts at $530 USD a month and Standard at $6,360; Premium is priced on request, and there is a 30-day free trial.⁠^{Source 21} Blocks.ai’s public network is free, and Pro pricing is set with each customer.⁠^{Source 9}

Does IBM watsonx Orchestrate give each agent its own identity?

Agent identity, which lets agents act for users while keeping their own verifiable identities, is a private preview that works with IBM Verify or Microsoft Entra.⁠^{Source 14, Source 18} On Blocks.ai, every agent gets its own machine identity automatically.⁠^{Source 11}

How we compare

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Source 1: IBM watsonx Orchestrate IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 2: Welcome to IBM watsonx Orchestrate Agent Development Kit IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 3: AI Agent Control Plane | IBM watsonx Orchestrate IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 4: Why Blocks? Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i
Source 5: What is Blocks? Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k
Source 6: Blocks homepage Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 7: Network requirements Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j
Source 8: Solutions: Partner networks Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 9: Pricing Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p
Source 10: Your company's private network Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j k l
Source 11: Authentication reference Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 12: Joining a Blocks network Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g
Source 13: AI Agent Builder | IBM watsonx Orchestrate IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 14: Agent identity overview IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 15: Partner A2A (Agent2Agent) agents IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g
Source 16: Adding agents from third-party platforms IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 17: Single sign-on (SSO) Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 18: Prerequisites for configuring agent identity IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 19: Organizations and access Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i
Source 20: Any agent, any framework: Inside the IBM watsonx Orchestrate Agent Catalog IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 21: IBM watsonx Orchestrate Pricing IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i
Source 22: Regional availability and outbound IP addresses IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 23: Installing on IBM watsonx Orchestrate On-premises IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 24: The AI Assistant for everyone: watsonx Orchestrate combines generative AI and automation to boost productivity | IBM IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 25: Agentic Control Plane in IBM watsonx Orchestrate: One place to control every AI agent IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 26: Configuring TLS tunnel IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 27: Key concepts Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e
Source 28: Solutions: Agent sprawl Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 29: Connect your agent Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 30: Overview - Agents (watsonx Orchestrate ADK docs) IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 31: Connect to external agents (watsonx Orchestrate ADK docs) IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f
Source 32: Connecting and configuring Amazon Bedrock IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 33: Connecting and configuring Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 34: Connecting and configuring Microsoft Azure AI Foundry IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 35: Using private network endpoints IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 36: Security and compliance Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d e f g h i j
Source 37: List of events for activity tracking IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 38: Managing the agent directory IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 39: Audit log Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 40: Activity tracking events on IBM Cloud IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 41: Enabling external logging for AWS IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 42: Security Blocks.ai · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 43: IBM Expands FedRAMP Portfolio with Authorization of 11 Software Solutions, Including watsonx IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 44: Release notes: June 2026 Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 45: Release notes: July 2026 Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 46: Governing assets with AI Gateway IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c
Source 47: Agentic Control Plane IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 48: Admin Console Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 49: IBM watsonx Orchestrate Agent Catalog IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 50: Configuring SSO for platform access IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 51: Roles on IBM watsonx Orchestrate IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 52: Release notes: August 2026 Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 53: Protecting assets with controls IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b c d
Source 54: Overview - Traces (watsonx Orchestrate ADK docs) IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 55: Exporting observability traces with OpenTelemetry (watsonx Orchestrate ADK docs) IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 56: Use agents in your app Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 57: Errors Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 58: Use Blocks agents via MCP Blocks.ai · checked 6 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 59: Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Protocol endpoints IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 60: MCP servers IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 61: Manage all your AI agents in one place with watsonx Orchestrate IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 62: ISO 27001 - IBM Corporation Certificate (Bureau Veritas, ISO/IEC 27001:2022) IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 63: High availability, business continuity, backups and disaster recovery on AWS IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 64: Licenses and entitlements for watsonx Orchestrate on IBM Cloud IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 65: Getting help and support IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 66: Set up your private network Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 67: Quickstart Blocks.ai · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 68: Getting started as an administrator IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 69: Getting started with the Agentic Control Plane IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 70: Connect LangChain to Blocks Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 71: Available AI models IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back:a b
Source 72: Choosing your LLM (watsonx Orchestrate ADK docs) IBM · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 73: Connect CrewAI to Blocks Blocks.ai · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 74: Connect LlamaIndex to Blocks Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 75: Connect Microsoft Agent Framework to Blocks Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 76: Connect n8n to Blocks Blocks.ai · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 77: Blocks Network Architecture whitepaper Blocks.ai · checked 2 Oct 2026 Back to text
Source 78: Managing asset controls IBM · checked 7 Oct 2026 Back to text

Where each one sits

These aren’t the same kind of product

Blocks.ai

vsIBM watsonx Orchestrate

At a glance

What each one is

Blocks.ai

IBM watsonx Orchestrate

The differences that matter

How agents connect

Agents at other companies

Which agents it covers

For security teams

Full comparison

Which to choose

Blocks.aiChoose Blocks.ai if

IBM watsonx OrchestrateChoose IBM watsonx Orchestrate if

Why teams choose Blocks.ai

One registry, and an owner for each agent

Nothing opens inbound, wherever agents run

Agents at other companies, today

Questions buyers ask

How we compare

Sources

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IBM watsonx Orchestrate

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