Letta vs OpenHands (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, OpenHands grades higher than Letta: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
OpenHands grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Letta
Stateful agents with long-term memory, from the MemGPT team
OpenHands
Open-source platform for AI coding agents and automations
Which one is for you
Pick Letta if
- Fits if you are a developer who wants agents that keep their memory between runs
- Works for people who already pay for a coding plan and can bring that key
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, because there is no included model usage and 3 agents is the cap
- Pricey if you code heavily, as the pricing page says $100 to $200 a month or more of usage
- Watch out: server tool time is billed at $0.00015 a second against your credits
- Watch out: more than one person needs Teams Pro, since Pro covers a single user
Pick OpenHands if
- Fits if you can self-host and want coding agents on your own machine
- Makes sense if you already pay an LLM provider and want to use that key
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a hosted service, as the pricing page lists no vendor-hosted plan
- Tight if you grow, since Teams is capped at 10 users and 5,000 sessions a month
- Watch out: every plan needs your own LLM key and that cost is paid separately
- Watch out: SSO and roles are not in the free version
How we grade them
| 2.0GPALettaFair | 2.4GPAOpenHandsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $20 a month with $20 of credits, around the category's $21 middle. Teams Pro is $20 a seat. | BAgent Canvas is free (MIT) on your own machine, but the LLM bill is yours. Teams is $500 a month for 10 users, $50 a seat past that. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree covers 3 stateful agents but no model usage, so you bring your own keys or buy credits. | BA free open-source program you can run on a laptop, with no caps, but with your own LLM key and one shared identity. |
| Features | CPersistent memory, a coding CLI, an SDK, and Slack and GitHub channels. Memory repositories are capped at 5 MiB on Free, and web search and tools spend credits. | CBring-your-own-agent canvas, event-driven automations and team controls. The listing's gaps: no roles or SSO on the free version and no vendor-hosted plan. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating, and the main route is an npm-installed CLI and SDK, so you work from a command line. | DNo store rating, and the route is to self-host it on a laptop or shared VM. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb plus a CLI and SDK, with Slack, GitHub, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp and Signal channels. | BWeb, with GitHub, Slack, Jira, Linear and Notion listed, plus an SDK. |
| Best for | developers building agents that remember across sessions | running coding agents on your own machine for free |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Letta and OpenHands. How we grade
Price against what you get
Letta starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. OpenHands starts at $500 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and Letta starts $480 a month lower. Of the other AI agents on the chart, 17 score higher than Letta for less, and 57 score higher than OpenHands for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- OpenHands is self-hostable, according to its own site.
At a glance
| Letta | OpenHands | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month | $500 per month for up to 10 users |
| Free plan | Up to 3 stateful agents and 5 MiB per memory repository; bring your own API keys or an external coding plan. | Agent Canvas is free and open source (MIT) to self-host on a laptop or shared VM, with your own LLM key and a single shared identity. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Letta, Inc. | OpenHands |
| Price read from | docs.letta.com | openhands.dev |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Letta
- The free plan has no included model usage; you bring your own keys or buy credits.
- Credits are spent by model usage at provider-based rates, and the pricing page says heavy coding use can run $100 to $200 a month or more.
- Server-side tool time is billed at $0.00015 per second against credits, and web search and fetch tools also cost credits.
- Adding members to an organization needs Teams Pro; Pro covers a single user.
OpenHands
- You pay your LLM provider separately: every plan is bring-your-own-key.
- Teams is capped at 10 users (+$50 a month per seat) and 5,000 sessions a month.
- The free Agent Canvas has a single shared identity, with no user roles or SSO.
- Teams and Enterprise are self-hosted; the pricing page lists no vendor-hosted plan.
Key features
Letta
- Persistent agent memory
- Agents are stateful: they carry memory across sessions, and memory repositories are versioned in git so changes can be tracked.
- Letta Code CLI
- An open-source harness installed with npm for coding agents, personal assistants and agents that work on local files, with skills and schedules.
- Agent SDK and app server
- Developers can embed stateful agents in their own applications, with a self-hosting option and a protocol for external tools.
- Channels and cloud agents
- Cloud-hosted agents connect to Slack and a GitHub integration; the channels guide also lists Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp and Signal.
- Bring your own keys
- All plans accept your own model API keys, and usage then goes through your provider account instead of using Letta credits.
OpenHands
- Agent Canvas
- A workspace for chatting with coding agents, customizing them and setting automations, run locally with your own LLM key.
- Bring your own agent
- Use third-party agents such as Claude and Codex alongside OpenHands, with MCP servers and secrets on every plan.
- Event-driven automations
- Start work from GitHub, Slack, Jira, Linear, schedules or other integrations, such as PR review or CI-failure fixes.
- Team controls
- Teams adds user identity and RBAC, SSO/SAML, budgeting and usage controls, and built-in OAuth integrations.
- SDK and control plane
- The product menu lists an SDK and an Agent Control Plane for building and governing agents across an organization.
Plans
Letta
Free$0
per month
Up to 3 stateful agents; no included model usage, so bring your own keys or buy credits.
Pro$20
per month
Includes $20 of credits a month for any model and remote sandboxes, up to 20 stateful agents.
Teams Pro$20
per seat / month
Everything in Pro, plus teammates in an organization, shared agents and access control.
EnterpriseCustom
Volume-based pricing with role-based access control, SAML/OIDC SSO and dedicated support.
OpenHands
Agent Canvas$0
Open source (MIT), self-hosted on your laptop or a shared VM; bring your own LLM key and agent.
Teams$500
per month for up to 10 users
Self-hosted, multi-user RBAC, SSO/SAML, budgeting, built-in integrations; +$50 a month per extra seat.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited seats and organizations, enterprise agreement, SLA-based support and a customer success manager.
Ways to pay less
Letta
No public discounts listed.
OpenHands
- Other savings
30-day trial of Teams
The Teams plan is listed with a 30-day trial that can be started from the pricing page.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Letta or OpenHands?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Letta is cheaper to start with: $20 a month, against $500 a month for OpenHands. Letta starts at $20 per month, and OpenHands starts at $500 per month for up to 10 users.
Which has a free plan, Letta or OpenHands?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Letta and OpenHands have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.