Claude Code vs OpenHands
Claude Code is a terminal agent by Anthropic. OpenHands is a cloud agent by OpenHands. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.
 Claude Code |  OpenHands | |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Layer | Terminal agent, Editor extension, Cloud agent | Cloud agent, Orchestrator |
| Vendor | Anthropic | OpenHands |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | Web, macOS, Linux, Windows |
| License | Proprietary Proprietary | MIT Open source |
| Status | active | active |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry price | $20/mo | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | Free |
| Team seat | $25/user/mo | Contact sales |
| Included usage | — | — |
| Beyond the plan | API list price | API list price |
| Part of a plan | Claude | — |
| Models | ||
| Providers | Anthropic | Vendor models, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google |
| Bring your own key | BYOK | BYOK |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Features | ||
| Parallel agents | Yes | No |
| Subagents | Yes | No |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| ACP client | No | Yes |
| ACP agent | Yes | No |
| Browser automation | Yes | Yes |
| Sandboxing | Yes | Yes |
| Remote execution | Yes | No |
| Mobile companion | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled tasks | Yes | Yes |
| Checkpoints | Yes | No |
| Plugins | Yes | Yes |
| Hooks | Yes | Yes |
| Works with | ||
| Runs | — | Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI |
| Runs inside | Claude desktop app, Claude Squad, cmux, Conductor, dmux, Emdash, goose, Herdr, JetBrains AI, Nimbalyst, opcode, OpenHands, Orca, Paseo, Sculptor, Superset, T3 Code, Vibe Kanban, Vibe Notch, Visual Studio Code, Warp, Xcode, Zed | — |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-23 | 2026-08-23 |