GitHub Codespaces comparisons
GitHub Codespaces is compared head-to-head with Coder, Eclipse Che and DevPod and more: 7 head-to-heads in Cloud Development Environments, each with the specs and prices we checked.
GitHub Codespaces head-to-head
- GitHub Codespaces vs Coder
- GitHub Codespaces vs Eclipse Che
- GitHub Codespaces vs DevPod
- GitHub Codespaces vs Okteto
- GitHub Codespaces vs Codesphere
- GitHub Codespaces vs Google Cloud Workstations
- GitHub Codespaces vs Bunnyshell
GitHub Codespaces vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Workspace config | VCS hosts | Prebuilds | Persistent storage | Self-hosted option | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GitHub Codespaces | Yes | $0.07/GB usage-based | Devcontainer | Github | Yes | Yes | No | 9.2 |
| 1 | Coder | Yes | Free | Custom | Multiple | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 3 | Eclipse Che | Free | Devcontainer | Multiple | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | ||
| 4 | DevPod | Yes | Free | 8.8 | |||||
| 5 | Okteto | No | Custom | Multiple | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | ||
| 6 | Codesphere | Multiple | Yes | Yes | 8.6 | ||||
| 7 | Google Cloud Workstations | No | $0.05/unit usage-based | Dockerfile | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | ||
| 8 | Bunnyshell | No | $0.007/unit usage-based | Custom | Multiple | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
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