Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Github Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces clearly comes out ahead of Gitpod on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Gitpod's paid plans start at $20/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | GitHub (Microsoft) | Gitpod GmbH |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Development | Development |
| Categories | developer-tools | developer-toolscollaboration |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Github Codespaces
freemium
per user
custom
| Feature | github-codespaces | gitpod |
|---|---|---|
| 120 Core-Hours Compute | ||
| Access To Ona'S Background Agents | ||
| 15 Gb Storage | ||
| Bank-Grade Vpc Deployment | ||
| 180 Core-Hours Compute | ||
| Basic Support | ||
| 20 Gb Storage | ||
| Complete Network Control Over Load Balancer, Domain And Certificates | ||
| No Free Usage Quota | ||
| Control Over Mcp Usage | ||
| Custom Org-Wide Commands And Deny Lists | ||
| Dedicated Account Manager, Forward Deployed Engineer And Premium Support | ||
| Detailed Audit Trails On Every Human And Ai Action | ||
| Environment Lifecycle Management | ||
| Everything In Core | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Fine Grained Organizational Roles, Permissions And Policies | ||
| Gpu Support | ||
| Http Proxy Support | ||
| Mcp Server Support | ||
| One-Click Transition To Desktop Ide | ||
| Org-Wide Engineering Productivity Insights | ||
| Org-Wide Secrets | ||
| Prebuilds For Faster Environment Starts | ||
| Professional Edit/Review With Vs Code Web | ||
| Programmatic Access Via Sdk And Api | ||
| Project Sharing And Collaboration | ||
| Role Based Access Management | ||
| Sandboxed Ona Environments With 4 Cores, 16Gb Ram, 80Gb Disk | ||
| Sso And Oidc Identity And Access Controls |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, GitHub Codespaces comes out ahead overall, though Gitpod can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both GitHub Codespaces and Gitpod offer a free tier.
GitHub Codespaces scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Gitpod is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
