Pick OpenHands if
teams who want a coding agent on a repo, locally or as hosted SaaS, and will bring a model key.
Read the OpenHands pageOpenHands vs SWE-agent
Our take
Pick OpenHands if teams who want a coding agent on a repo, locally or as hosted SaaS, and will bring a model key. Pick SWE-agent if researchers and platform engineers who want to run and inspect coding-agent trajectories on their own machines. Skip OpenHands if people who want an IDE fork with Tab (Cursor) or a browser app builder (Replit).
Best for
OpenHands An agent that writes, tests, and watches repos
SWE-agent A research-grade agent you run yourself
Free plan
OpenHands No free plan
SWE-agent $0 · mIT. You install and run it
Lowest paid
OpenHands Not published by the vendor
SWE-agent Not published by the vendor
Coding agent
OpenHands
SWE-agent CLI agent
Runs where
OpenHands Hosted
SWE-agent Hosted
Watch out
OpenHands Free SaaS is not free tokens
SWE-agent $0 is the software
Last checked
OpenHands 2026-10-19 · all-hands.dev/pricing
SWE-agent 2026-10-22 · swe-agent.com
Which one, then?
Pick SWE-agent if
researchers and platform engineers who want to run and inspect coding-agent trajectories on their own machines.
Read the SWE-agent page