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Ona
What Ona is
Ona is an enterprise software factory for running governed background agents in cloud environments. Agents work with a task’s toolchain, dependencies, and test suite, and users can pick up work from a phone. Workflows combine prompts, scripts, and integrations, running on schedules or events across one repository or thousands. Triggers can come from GitHub, Linear, Slack, or schedules. Each agent receives an isolated, ephemeral development environment with required tools, permissions, dependencies, and network access. Ona says kernel-level policies control executable use, files, network connections, and secrets, while execution logs record what ran, changed, when, and why. Its Trust Center lists GDPR, SOC 2, and EU AI Act compliance. Ona says customer data and code are not used to train models, and generated code remains the customer’s property. Core costs $20 a month; Enterprise uses custom pricing and can be self-hosted in an Ona-managed VPC.
Who it suits
Ona suits teams coordinating cloud-based development agents, scheduled automations, and repository workflows with isolated environments and audit trails. It is also aimed at organizations needing governed security controls, compliance listings, or self-hosted deployment.
What it does well
- Triggers agents from GitHub, Linear, Slack, or schedules
- Isolated ephemeral environments include task-specific tools
- Kernel-level controls govern files, network, and secrets
- Execution logs record actions and reasons
- Supports self-hosting in an Ona-managed VPC
What to know first
- No free plan
- Core environments delete after seven inactive days
- Core monthly credits expire each billing month
- Persistent storage is not available
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Core | from $20/month · Up to 100 team members · 80–2,200 monthly recurring OCUs · 50 automations · up to 10 parallel actions · environments auto-delete after 7 days of inactivity | $20 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing · Custom credits · self-hosted in an Ona-managed VPC · unlimited automations · up to 25 parallel actions · custom inactive environment deletion policy | On request |
As ona.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Ona combines background agents, event-driven workflows, isolated development environments, and execution auditing. Core starts at $20 a month, while Enterprise adds custom deployment and support options at custom pricing.
Facts from Ona's own pages
- Audit trails
- Ona logs what ran, what changed, when it happened, and why for agent executions. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Automations
- Workflows can combine prompts, scripts, and integrations, run on schedules or events, and operate across one repository or thousands. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Background agents
- Ona runs tasks in cloud environments with the full toolchain, test suite, and dependencies, and says users can pick up work from a phone. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Company
- Ona identifies Johannes Landgraf as CEO and co-founder and Christian Weichel as CTO and co-founder. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Ona’s Trust Center lists GDPR, SOC 2, and EU AI Act under Compliance. · trust.ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Core limits
- Core environments auto-delete after seven days of inactivity, and monthly subscription credits expire at the end of each billing month. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Data use
- Ona says it does not use customer data or code to train models, and that code generated by Ona remains the customer’s property. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Environments
- Each agent gets an isolated, ephemeral development environment with the tools, dependencies, permissions, and network access required for its task. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Kiel, Germany · ona.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Model integrations
- The Core plan can connect an existing Codex subscription; Claude Code can be installed and authenticated in an Ona environment, with model billing handled by Anthropic. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Ona describes itself as an enterprise software factory for running orchestrated, governed, secured background agents in the cloud. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Ona says it enforces policies at the kernel level, controlling executable use, file access, network connections, and access to secrets. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Core includes docs and basic support, while Enterprise includes dedicated support, a dedicated account manager, and a forward deployed engineer. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Triggers
- Background agents can be triggered from GitHub, Linear, Slack, or schedules. · ona.com, 7 Oct 2026
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