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Eclipse Che vs Koding

Both stand on cloud development environments. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Eclipse Che

Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb

Eclipse Che provides Kubernetes based development workspaces with several IDE and Git identity options. Teams should account for how workspace files persist when a workspace stops.

Visit Eclipse Che

Choose Koding if you need free, open source development environments on infrastructure your organization controls, with team sharing and support for developers’ local tools. Look elsewhere if an active, writable GitHub repository is important to your decision.

Visit Koding

The facts

	Eclipse Che	Koding
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Self-hosted, Web	Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Not published
Plans published	1	None
Maker	Eclipse Che	Not published
Website	eclipse.dev	koding.com
On cloud development environments	#12 of 27	#16 of 27

Eclipse Che: what it does well

Runs on public or private Kubernetes clusters
Offers Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs
Connects GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket identities
Code is cloned to persistent storage by default
Free and open source

What to know first

Workspace changes can be wiped when it stops
Changes must be stored on persistent volume to persist
Online use requires a browser

Koding: what it does well

Supports cloud-hosted, on-premises, and private cloud environments.
Teams can share environments in real time or asynchronously.
Developers can use their own IDE, editor, and terminal.
Stack scripts can be shared and version controlled.
Lists multiple cloud and infrastructure options, including AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

What to know first

The GitHub repository is archived and read-only.
Only administrators have write access to stack scripts.

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