# OpenHands Cloud vs Tembo

Both run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud, open pull requests on three forges and have a sessions API. OpenHands is open source; Tembo has more harnesses.

Facts checked 17 October 2026. Prices and limits move. Read the citations.

Neither product is ours. Rush is, and it gets one paragraph below. Every cell is from the vendor's own pages.

**The short answer.** Pick OpenHands for open source and self-hosting. Pick Tembo for more harnesses, event triggers from Sentry and PagerDuty, and multi-repo pull requests.

## The useful distinction

OpenHands Cloud: the hosted version of OpenHands, an MIT-licensed coding agent platform. It works on GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repositories, and in the cloud also runs Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI.

Tembo: an agent orchestration platform that runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Amp, OpenCode or Pi in a dedicated cloud VM per session, from GitHub, Linear, Jira, Slack, Sentry or PagerDuty events, and opens pull requests.

## Buyer questions

| Question | OpenHands Cloud | Tembo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What runs | The OpenHands agent, or Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP with your own token or key. | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Amp, Pi and fx, with your subscription or key, including AWS Bedrock. |
| Isolation | Sandboxed runtime per conversation. The docs describe Docker and remote sandboxes; which one Cloud uses is not stated. | One dedicated Linux VM per session, from 2 vCPU and 2 GB up to 16 vCPU and 32 GB. Sandboxes are ephemeral; projects cache repositories and dependencies. |
| Result and pull request | Opens a pull request when it decides the issue is resolved, from an @openhands comment or an openhands label. GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket; Azure DevOps on Enterprise. | Opens pull requests on GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket, including coordinated pull requests across repositories. |
| MCP | MCP client over SSE, Streamable HTTP and stdio, including OAuth servers. Cloud keeps the OAuth credential. | Custom MCP servers, including OAuth and client-credentials authentication. |
| Team | Slack and Jira Cloud. Enterprise adds SAML, RBAC, audit logs and Jira Data Center. | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Linear, Jira, Slack, Sentry and PagerDuty events; scheduled agents. SOC 2 Type II. |
| Starting price | Individual SaaS free with your own key or their models at cost; Enterprise custom | Free trial; Pro $60 / month with $60 of usage, up to 5 users; Max $200 / month |
| Where it taps out | Older conversations pause to cap concurrency. A pull request mention works only on repositories added in the UI. Free is one user and 10 conversations a day. The GitHub token expires after 8 hours. | Pro caps at 5 users and medium sandboxes. Sandboxes are destroyed after the session. The API documents no webhooks. API keys expire after 90 days by default. |

## When each side wins

### OpenHands Cloud wins when

- You want the agent to be open source (MIT) and able to run in your own VPC.
- Your repositories are on GitLab or Bitbucket as well as GitHub.
- You bring your own model key at no markup.

### Tembo wins when

- You want Cursor, Amp or Pi as well as Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode.
- Your repositories are on GitLab or Bitbucket, or one change spans several repositories.
- You need a self-hosted or VPC option and SOC 2 Type II.

## Where Rush sits

Rush has the same request shape with a free plan, webhooks when a turn ends and runs that keep their machine between turns.

## Skip Rush if

- Rush runs three agents: Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode. It does not host an agent you wrote yourself.
- Repositories come through the Rush GitHub App. A GitLab or Bitbucket repository cannot be a run's repository yet.
- There is no self-hosted or customer-VPC deployment, and we do not publish a compliance report today.
- Compute is metered. Free includes 5 agent-hours a month and Pro 40, each with a weekly ceiling.
- You review the pull request. Rush does not merge for you.

## Questions people actually ask

### Is OpenHands Cloud cheaper than Tembo?

List prices, read off each vendor's pricing page on 17 October 2026. OpenHands Cloud: Individual SaaS free with your own key or their models at cost; Enterprise custom. Tembo: Free trial; Pro $60 / month with $60 of usage, up to 5 users; Max $200 / month. The units differ, so price the job you run, not the plan.

### Where does Rush fit next to OpenHands Cloud and Tembo?

Rush has the same request shape with a free plan, webhooks when a turn ends and runs that keep their machine between turns.

## Keep reading

- [Rush vs OpenHands Cloud](https://getrush.ai/compare/rush-vs-openhands.md)
- [Rush vs Tembo](https://getrush.ai/compare/rush-vs-tembo.md)
- [OpenHands Cloud alternatives](https://getrush.ai/compare/openhands-alternatives.md)
- [Tembo alternatives](https://getrush.ai/compare/tembo-alternatives.md)

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