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Cloud Development Environments (CDE)

Browser-based or remote development workspaces that provide ready-to-code environments, dependencies, terminals, and IDE access for software teams. Includes ephemeral workspaces, standardized dev environments, and remote coding platforms; excludes general virtual desktops, traditional local-only IDEs, and IT-managed endpoint virtualization.

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Cloud Development Environments (CDE) product list

7 published tools. Filter the complete list below.

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Coder

Coder is a self-hosted development workspace platform for provisioning standardized remote cloud development environments across an organization's infrastructure.

86Strong pick

Pricing

Free plan available — see plan limits
Custom quote required for some paid plans
Per-developer pricing
Free plan — check scope

Best for

Enterprise
Small business
Developer self-service

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GitHub Codespaces

GitHub Codespaces is GitHub's cloud development environment product for instant, repository-configured development workspaces hosted in the cloud.

84Strong pick

Pricing

Paid · GitHub Codespaces · $0.18 USD · per codespace · per hour · 2-core compute · usage based · billed monthly · 2-core machine
Paid · GitHub Codespaces · $0.36 USD · per codespace · per hour · 4-core compute · usage based · billed monthly · 4-core machine
Compute-based pricing

Best for

Developer self-service

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Cloud Workstations

Cloud Workstations is Google Cloud's managed development environment product for secure, reproducible remote developer workstations running on Google Cloud.

83Strong pick

Pricing

Paid · Cloud Workstations · $0.16701142 USD · per workstation · per hour · e2-standard-2 / hour / Default · usage based · e2-standard-2; Default consumption model
Paid · Cloud Workstations · $0.148248226 USD · per workstation · per hour · e2-standard-2 / hour / 1-year CUD · discounted · one-year commitment · e2-standard-2; eligible Compute Flexible CUD - 1 Year usage; opt-in may be required
Compute-based pricing

Best for

Developer self-service

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Okteto

Okteto is a development environment platform for creating standardized, production-like remote development and testing environments on Kubernetes.

82Strong pick

Pricing

Custom quote required for some paid plans
Per-developer pricing

Best for

Enterprise
Small business
Developer self-service

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Kloudlite

Kloudlite is a cloud development environment platform for remote developer workspaces, cloud-native service access, and standardized development infrastructure.

80Consider

Pricing

Free plan available — see plan limits
Custom quote required for some paid plans
Per-developer pricing
Free plan — check scope

Best for

Small business
Enterprise
Developer self-service

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces is Red Hat's Kubernetes-based cloud development environment product for standardized enterprise developer workspaces on OpenShift.

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Pricing

Paid pricing not verified — see full pricing details

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PaizaCloud

PaizaCloud is a browser-based cloud IDE and development environment that provides ready-configured Linux workspaces with editor, terminal, servers, databases, and common development stacks.

75Consider

Pricing

Free plan available — see plan limits
Some paid plan amounts are unverified — check official pricing
Free plan — check scope

Best for

Developer self-service