Developer Tools · head to head
Cody vs Ona (formerly Gitpod)
Ona (formerly Gitpod)
Developer Tools
Cloud development environments repositioned as a control plane for software engineering agents
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Cody sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page; Ona (formerly Gitpod) acquisition risk has already materialised: the company closed a sale to OpenAI on 10 August 2026 and now sits inside the Codex team, so nothing public guarantees pricing, continuity or neutrality between model vendors beyond honouring existing commitments.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cody and Ona (formerly Gitpod) actually diverge.
| Attribute | Cody | Ona (formerly Gitpod) |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | freemium | Per month by compute unit |
| Platforms | Web | Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, AWS, Google Cloud Platform |
| Founded | 2013 | Unknown |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Developer Tools).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Cody
Nothing recorded that Ona (formerly Gitpod) does not also cover.
Only in Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Ephemeral environments
- Agent sessions
- Bring your own cloud
- Devcontainer standard
- Compute unit budgeting
- Enterprise identity
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cody
- Code completion and intelligent autocomplete in IDEsnot Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Developer chat with codebase context awarenessnot Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Automated debugging and error identificationnot Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Customizable prompts for workflow automationnot Ona (formerly Gitpod)
Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Giving a large engineering team identical, disposable environments so onboarding is a link rather than a two day setupnot Cody
- Running several coding agents in parallel against real databases and services instead of on a laptopnot Cody
- Keeping source code off contractor and offshore laptops by moving the whole environment into a controlled accountnot Cody
- Reproducing a hard-to-configure toolchain for a short-lived project without polluting anyone machinenot Cody
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Cody
- Sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page
- sourcegraph.com/cody redirects to the documentation rather than a Cody product or pricing page
- AI features are metered as credits included per user, and exceeding the allocation requires buying a higher volume bucket
- Volume credit buckets are sold as an add-on rather than included
- A customer success manager and premium support are optional paid extras on top of the Enterprise plan
- Standard support is 24x5 rather than 24x7, with round-the-clock coverage sold as an upgrade
- The published $16K figure is a starting price that scales with team size, so the actual cost is quoted rather than listed
Ona (formerly Gitpod)
- Acquisition risk has already materialised: the company closed a sale to OpenAI on 10 August 2026 and now sits inside the Codex team, so nothing public guarantees pricing, continuity or neutrality between model vendors beyond honouring existing commitments.
- Two disruptive changes of direction inside a year, from development environments to agent orchestration and then from independence to acquisition, mean the product a browser IDE buyer originally chose no longer exists in that form.
- The Gitpod Classic sunset on 15 October 2025 required manual conversion of configuration, hand-moved secrets, self-rescued workspace data and a brand new account, which is the clearest available precedent for how the vendor handles deprecation.
- Community self-hosting is finished: the AGPL-3.0 repository is deprecated by its own README, and self-hosted now means a vendor-operated install in your AWS or GCP account, with no Azure, no on-premises and no air-gapped path.
- Pricing is difficult to model because it runs on a compute unit currency where subscription credits expire at the end of the month, the mapping from units to actual compute is not published on the pricing page, and Enterprise is quotation only.
Pricing, plan by plan
Cody
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Cody review.
Ona (formerly Gitpod)
Free- FreeFree
- Up to 3 parallel environments
- Machines up to 4 vCPU, 16 GB memory and 80 GB disk
- Ona Cloud multi-tenant only
- Core$20/month
- From 20 US dollars a month, up to 100 team members
- Includes 80 to 2,200 recurring compute units a month depending on tier
- Additional units from 10 US dollars per 40 units
- Enterprise$undefined/year
- Single-tenant deployment in your own AWS or GCP account
- SAML and OIDC single sign-on
- Dedicated account management and forward deployed engineers
Which should you pick?
Choose Ona (formerly Gitpod) if
- You need ephemeral environments.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, AWS, Google Cloud Platform.
- You also want agent sessions.
Questions people ask
- Is Cody or Ona (formerly Gitpod) better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cody starts at Free and Ona (formerly Gitpod) at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cody or Ona (formerly Gitpod)?
- Cody starts at Free and Ona (formerly Gitpod) at Free.
- Does Cody or Ona (formerly Gitpod) run on more platforms?
- Cody runs on Web. Ona (formerly Gitpod) runs on Web, Linux, macOS, Windows, AWS, Google Cloud Platform.
- Can I use Cody for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Cody best used for?
- Cody is most often used for code completion and intelligent autocomplete in ides, developer chat with codebase context awareness, automated debugging and error identification, customizable prompts for workflow automation. Of those, code completion and intelligent autocomplete in ides and developer chat with codebase context awareness are not what Ona (formerly Gitpod) is typically brought in for.
- What can Cody do that Ona (formerly Gitpod) cannot?
- Ona (formerly Gitpod) covers Ephemeral environments, Agent sessions, Bring your own cloud, Devcontainer standard.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Cody: Is Cody free?
Cody offers a free tier for individual developers via VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and the web app. Unlimited free usage is available for solo developers.
SourceOna (formerly Gitpod): Is Gitpod still called Gitpod?
No. It rebranded to Ona in September 2025, and gitpod.io now redirects to ona.com. The company was acquired by OpenAI in a deal that closed on 10 August 2026.
Cody: What does Cody Enterprise cost?
Cody Enterprise pricing is custom and requires contacting Sourcegraph sales. It is available for Sourcegraph Enterprise customers and must be quoted based on your deployment and usage needs.
SourceOna (formerly Gitpod): Can I still self-host it for free?
No. The AGPL-3.0 self-hosted project is deprecated by its own README. What is offered now is a vendor-operated single-tenant install in your AWS or GCP account on the Enterprise plan.
Cody: What LLMs does Cody use?
Cody uses the latest large language models for code completions, chat, and debugging. It leverages Sourcegraph's advanced Search API to pull codebase context from local and remote repositories.
SourceOna (formerly Gitpod): What happened to Gitpod Classic?
Pay-as-you-go Classic was switched off on 15 October 2025. Migration required converting gitpod.yml to devcontainer.json, moving secrets by hand, downloading workspace data before the cutoff and creating a new account.
Ona (formerly Gitpod): What does it cost?
Core starts at 20 US dollars a month and includes a monthly allowance of Ona Compute Units, with more from 10 dollars per 40 units. Subscription credits expire monthly. Enterprise is quoted.
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