JADE	RETSINA	Bee-gent
Objective	FIPA-Standard	Middle agents allow heterogeneous agent types to interoperate successfully.	To provide a coordination mechanism for already-existing applications and databases
Version	JADE 2.4 and LEAP 2.0	AFC SDK 1.15	Bee-gent 2.1
Organization	CSELT and LEAP Project	Robotics Institute, CMU	TOSHIBA Corp.
Language	Java	C++,C,Java	Java
Platform / OS	Any platform where Java VM is available	Windows, SunOS, Linux	Any platform where Java VM is available
Agent Intelligence
Interaction Protocol	Useful behavioral patterns are provided. Also, FIPA-defined protocols are implemented in advance.	A specific Interaction Protocol handling module cannot be found.	IPs are described in UML state diagram and sequence diagram in the visual editor. Also, some patterns are provided.
Planning facility	Provided by JESS (Java shell of CLIPS)	Generic planning facilities are provided	Provided. It's similar to JACK.
Reasoning facility	Provided by JESS (Java shell of CLIPS)	It seems to be there, but not in AFC SDK.	Provided. It's similar to JACK.
BDI model	Agents' mental states are implicitly expressed at the execution of Interaction Protocol.	Belief DB is present for agents and developers to use.	Provided. It's similar to JACK.
Agent utilities / tools
Naming / Directory  Service	Federated FIPA-DF with GUI	ANS (currently not federated), UPnP discovery as alternative to ANS	LDAP wrapper is provided.
Others	JSP support	Matchmaker, User profile management, GPS tool, NLP, Grid display, Decision-making for route planning and team coordination, Mail, Speech, Movie	Servlet support
System features
Message format	FIPA ACL S-expression, XML representation, and Bit-efficient encoding (for wireless). As a content language, SL0 is supported.	KQML is the current ACL used by AFC agents. XML support is under development.	FIPA ACL XML representation. But any specific content language is not provided.
Message transport	IIOP (CORBA), Http (SOAP is not yet), TCP/IP socket for inter-platforms. RMI for intra-platform. SMTP and WAP are under development.	TCP/IP socket	Http (SOAP is not yet)
Security feature (tampering and leakage of communication)	" Today no security aspect has been implemented in JADE. Good work is however ongoing and we expect to introduce security at the end of 2001. "	No specific security component implemented. Provisions are present for future implementations.	SSL for agent messages and Toshiba's own  encryption algorithm for mobile agents (not released to public).
Safety feature	I cannot find the description about safety.	I cannot find the description about safety.	Snapshots of agents to be taken at any time
Mobility support	Possible within a platform	Planned in future versions	Possible
Device support	LEAP (a subset of JADE) is for J2ME-CLDC and pJava.	Smallest agent ever built: 32K for PalmOS	Now implementing for cellar phones which installed J2ME-CLDC
Architectural feature	FIPA architecture, i.e., AMS, DF, MTP, etc.	Containment of Agent Shell, Agent Container and Modules. Pre-defined Agent Shells are shipped with AFC.	Wrapper architecture. Stationary agents can wrap the applications and mobile agents go around them.
Standard spec.	FIPA	None	FIPA (agent message only)
Development, Monitoring and Management
Development tools	The following monitoring agents can be also used for debugging use.	Integrated into Visual C++ 6.0 for Windows	Interaction Protocol and Rules for Planning and Reasoning can be described in the visual editor.
Monitoring tools	Platform administration agent, message inspection agent, and message tracking agent with a graphical interface.	- MessageCenter allows you to send custom messages, debug ACL messages, and interact with an ANS. DemoDisplay allows visualization of agent interaction. MatchMaker Tools allow investigation of middle agents	Web browsers-based monitoring and management tool for agent current status and messages  (not released to public).
Documents	Administrator's Guide, Programmer's Guide, (lots of) Tutorials, Java API document, FAQ, etc.	AFC Developers Guide	Getting Started, Tutorial, Tools Manual, Java API document, FAQ, etc.
Source code	Yes	No	No
Samples	14 examples (Ping to JESS)	16 example (GUI agent to Matchmaker to Auction to Planning)	11 examples (Hello world to Planning)