Enterprise vs. Open Source

Feature Comparison

The table below highlights the key differences between the OpenHands Agent Canvas and OpenHands Cloud / Enterprise offerings.

Feature	Agent Canvas (Local Backend)	Agent Canvas (VM Backend)	OpenHands Cloud (Hosted)	OpenHands Enterprise (Self-hosted)
CORE
Works on your local projects	✓	—	—	—
One-off agents	✓	✓	✓	✓
Secrets, MCP, skills	✓	✓	✓	✓
LLM Profiles	✓	✓	✓	✓
AUTOMATIONS
Scheduled automations	✓	✓	✓	✓
Polling automations (w/ conditional logic)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Event-driven automations	—	✓ VM must be reachable	✓	✓
SANDBOXING & SCALE
Isolated sandboxes	—	On Roadmap	✓	✓
Scalable, always-on agents	—	—	✓	✓
INTEGRATIONS & ADMIN
Use OpenHands in Slack, GitHub, GitLab	✓	✓	✓	✓
One-click integrations	—	—	✓	✓
Authentication & authorization	—	—	✓	✓
Role-based access control	—	—	✓	✓ Keycloak
Multi-user organizations	—	—	✓	✓
Enforce default LLMs	—	—	✓	✓
ENTERPRISE
SAML	—	—	—	✓
Custom runtime images	—	—	—	✓
LLM gateway & budgeting	—	—	—	✓ LiteLLM
Observability	—	—	—	✓ Laminar
Plugin marketplace	—	—	—	✓
License	Open Source	Open Source	Commercial SaaS	Commercial

When to Choose Each Option

OpenHands Agent Canvas

The OpenHands Agent Canvas is ideal for:

Individual developers exploring AI-assisted coding

Small teams with basic requirements

Self-hosted environments where you manage your own infrastructure

Running OpenHands locally on your own machine using the Agent Canvas

OpenHands Enterprise

OpenHands Enterprise is the right choice when you need:

Multi-use RBAC — Manage multiple users from a single platform

Platform integrations — Invoke OpenHands directly from Slack, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket

Scalability — Run unlimited parallel agent conversations without local resource constraints

Enterprise security — SAML authentication, RBAC, and centralized audit logs

Usage Monitoring — Track and enforce budgets; monitor usage across all users

Discuss your organization’s requirements and get a customized deployment plan for OpenHands Enterprise.

Feature Comparison