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## Comparison

Please file [an issue](https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/new) if any information is out of date. Also refer to: [What Coder is not](https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/index#what-coder-is-not).

| Tool | Type | Delivery Model | Cost | Environments |
| :---------------------------------------------------------- | :------- | :----------------- | :---------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Coder](https://github.com/coder/coder) | Platform | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | All [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/registry/providers) resources, all clouds, multi-architecture: Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 |
| [code-server](https://github.com/cdr/code-server) | Web IDE | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 |
| [Coder (Classic)](https://coder.com/docs) | Platform | Self-Managed | Pay your cloud + license fees | Kubernetes Linux Containers |
| [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces) | Platform | SaaS | 2x Azure Compute | Linux Virtual Machines |

---

_Last updated: 5/27/22_
Please file [an issue](https://github.com/coder/coder/issues/new) if any information is out of date. Also refer to:

- [What Coder is not](https://coder.com/docs/coder-oss/latest/index#what-coder-is-not).
- [The Self-Hosting Paradox](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox).
- [How our development team shares one giant bare metal machine](https://coder.com/blog/how-our-development-team-shares-one-giant-bare-metal-machine).

| Tool | Type | Delivery Model | Cost | Internet Access Required | Latency and Data Sovereignty | Security isolation model | Product quality | Service Availability | Environments | IDE |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Coder](https://coder.com/blog/how-our-development-team-shares-one-giant-bare-metal-machine?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | No | Self-Hosted | Unopinionated (whatever/wherever you choose to deploy thus 100% configurable) | [Defect history](https://github.com/coder/coder/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Abug) | Self-hosted | All [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/registry/providers) resources, all clouds, multi-architecture: Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | Anything (vim, emacs, theia, code-server, openvscode-server, entire jetbrains suite inc gateway remote development, visual studio code desktop, visual studio for mac, visual studio for windows) you choose to install and deploy |
| [code-server](https://coder.com/blog/code-server-multiple-users?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Web IDE | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | No | Self-Hosted | Self-Hosted docker container | [Defect history](https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Abug) | Self-hosted | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64, arm64 | [code-server](https://github.com/coder/code-server) (VSCode MIT) [with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture) |
| [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) | Web IDE | OSS + Self-Managed | Pay your cloud | No | Self-Hosted | Self-Hosted docker container | [Defect history](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) | Self-hosted | Linux, Mac, Windows, containers, VMs, amd64 | [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) (VSCode MIT) [with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture) |
| [Amazon CodeCatalyst](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS | Pay AWS | Yes | US West (Oregon) | ["all customer multi-tenancy isolation is done through virtual machines" for security reasons](https://devclass.com/2022/12/05/interview-why-aws-prefers-vms-for-code-isolation-and-tips-on-developing-for-lambda/) | N/A | [Service Health](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status) | Linux Virtual Machines | Cloud9, Eclipse Theia and JetBrains Gateway |
| [GitHub Codespaces](https://coder.com/blog/github-codespaces-coder-and-enterprise-customers?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS | 2x Azure Compute | Yes | Four regions (US West, US East, Europe West, Southeast Asia) | ["two codespaces are never co-located on the same VM"](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/codespaces-reference/security-in-github-codespaces) | N/A | [Incident History](https://www.githubstatus.com/history) | Linux Virtual Machines, [GPUs supported](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/developing-in-codespaces/getting-started-with-github-codespaces-for-machine-learning) | Visual Studio Code ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway |
| [Gitpod](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | [SaaS](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33907897) | [Credits](https://www.gitpod.io/pricing) | Yes | Two regions (Europe, US) | [All customers intermixed on the same machine isolated via runc](https://kinvolk.io/blog/2020/12/improving-kubernetes-and-container-security-with-user-namespaces/) | [Defect history](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22type%3A+bug%22+sort%3Aupdated-desc+) | [Incident history](https://www.gitpodstatus.com/history) | Basic Linux containers, [GPUs](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10650) and [kubernetes/k3s](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/4889) is not yet possible | [openvscode-server](https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server) (VSCode MIT) [with restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture) inhibiting usage of [.NET](https://www.isdotnetopen.com), [Python](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/11/05/vscode-python-nov21.aspx), [C](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-vscode.cpptools/license), [C++](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/ms-vscode.cpptools/license), [Jupyter](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/11/05/vscode-python-nov21.aspx) and [GitHub Co-pilot](https://github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/issues/10032). JetBrains and Visual Studio Code Desktop ([no restrictions](https://ghuntley.com/fracture)) and JetBrains Gateway supported |
| [JetBrains Spaces](https://coder.com/blog/the-self-hosting-paradox?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder?utm_source=github.com/coder/coder&utm_medium=github&utm_campaign=readme.md) | Platform | SaaS + On-Prem ([Dev environments are not supported](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/space/space-on-premises-installation.html#overview)) | Pay JetBrains | Yes | EU Ireland region (eu-west-1) | EC2 | N/A | [Service Health](https://status.jetbrains.space/) | Linux Virtual Machines | JetBrains Suite |

_Last updated: 12/12/2022_

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