Best Cloud Development Environments in 2026
26 cloud development environments ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
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12free plans on this page
$0.03/molowest paid tier
2 Oct 2026last checked
#1 Coder Top pick · 9.5 Free plan · Free
#2 GitHub Codespaces Runner-up · 9.2 Free plan · $0.07/mo
#3 Okteto Also great · 8.5 Free plan · Free
- Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- github
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.07/mofirst paid tier About GitHub CodespacesVisit site - Free plan apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan LinuxmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Workspace config
- dockerfile
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan WebiOS
- Free plan
- Yes
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- github
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - apiLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- dockerfile
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.05/mofirst paid tier About Google Cloud WorkstationsVisit site - Free planFree trial apiLinuxmacOSself-hostedWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- 29 /user/mo
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$29/mofirst paid tier About KloudliteVisit site - AndroidiOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebLinux
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WindowsmacOSLinux
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- github
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan WebLinux
- Free plan
- Yes
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.03/mofirst paid tier About RunCode.ioVisit site - Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$9.80/mofirst paid tier About PaizaCloud Cloud IDEVisit site - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- VCS hosts
- multiple
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- No
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebmacOSLinux
- Workspace config
- devcontainer
- VCS hosts
- github
- Prebuilds
- Yes
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - WebmacOSLinux
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- multiple
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Web
- Free plan
- No
- Workspace config
- custom
- VCS hosts
- github
- Persistent storage
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$5/mofirst paid tier About SourceLairVisit site - RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms
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Questions about this list
Which cloud development environment is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
Coder is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 9.5. GitHub Codespaces is second and Okteto third.
How many of these have a free plan?
12 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, RunCode.io has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.03/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.
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