Side by side
Ona vs Orchard
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.
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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.
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Choose Orchard if you want a self-hosted environment for creating and managing isolated development workspaces from Git repositories. Look elsewhere if your deployment needs CLI commands to stop or start groves immediately, or if you cannot address the API access risk when OAuth2 is disabled.
Visit OrchardThe facts
| Ona | Orchard | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Not published |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Core: $20 a month | Not published |
| Plans published | 2 | None |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | ona.com | orchardcde.org |
| On cloud development environments | #22 of 27 | #26 of 27 |
Ona: 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
Orchard: what it does well
- Creates isolated virtual-machine workspaces from Git repositories.
- Supports devcontainer.json and Devfile environment specifications.
- Connects to groves over SSH, including VS Code Remote SSH.
- Offers dashboard, CLI, and REST API management.
- QEMU and AWS EC2 are available VM providers.
What to know first
- Self-hosting requires at least 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM, and 20 GB disk.
- Authentication is disabled by default, with an API access caveat.
- CLI commands to stop and start groves are coming soon.