
Generative AI vs Agentic AI: The Difference That Changes Everything
Generative AI vs Agentic AI: The Difference That Changes Everything Companies are spending $30,000 to $150,000 on agentic AI systems for problems that a $50/month generative AI API subscription would have solved. The reverse happens too: teams settle for a ChatGPT wrapper on a process that runs 500 times a day with 12 external system dependencies – and wonder why it never scales. The gap between generative AI and agentic AI is specific and technical. It is also consistently misrepresented. According to Gartner, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI by 2028, up from less than 1% in 2024 – but a significant portion of current “agentic AI” pitches are generative AI with a better interface. Buying the wrong category costs you either budget or months of engineering time. ...
