OpenHands review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Open-source platform for AI coding agents and automations
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OpenHands report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for running coding agents on your own machine for free
OpenHands is an open-source platform for coding agents, free to self-host on a laptop with your own LLM key. Teams is $500 a month for up to 10 users, everything is self-hosted, and the free version has one shared identity and no roles.
Who OpenHands is for
- 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
Who OpenHands is not for
- 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
Why OpenHands gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyAgent 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.
- BFree plan and trialA free open-source program you can run on a laptop, with no caps, but with your own LLM key and one shared identity.
- CFeaturesBring-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.
- DEase of useNo store rating, and the route is to self-host it on a laptop or shared VM.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with GitHub, Slack, Jira, Linear and Notion listed, plus an SDK.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from OpenHands's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/openhands#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/openhands.svg" alt="OpenHands: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where OpenHands stands among AI agents
OpenHands's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 61 of the 101 other AI agents we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 82 of 101) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $500 a month, against a middle price of $22.13 for the category: 65 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 57 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 102 AI agents we grade, cut by the letter each got. OpenHands’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 74 of 101, level with 16
- BFree plan and trialAbove 82 of 101, level with 13
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 101, level with 67
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 101, level with 13
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 101, level with 71
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 70 AI agents. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep OpenHands, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace OpenHands you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $6,000 a year. OpenHands is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. OpenHands’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is OpenHands?
OpenHands is an open platform for agentic software development. Its free, MIT-licensed Agent Canvas runs on your own machine with your own LLM key and any agent, while a Teams plan adds multi-user identity, built-in integrations and budgeting controls. Automations can start from GitHub, Slack, Jira, Linear or a schedule.
Worth knowing
- 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
- 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.
OpenHands pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, OpenHands has a free plan, and paid plans start at $500 per month for up to 10 users.
- Starts at
- $500 per month for up to 10 users
- Free 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
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Canvas | $0 | Open source (MIT), self-hosted on your laptop or a shared VM; bring your own LLM key and agent. |
| Teams | $500per month for up to 10 users | Self-hosted, multi-user RBAC, SSO/SAML, budgeting, built-in integrations; +$50 a month per extra seat. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited seats and organizations, enterprise agreement, SLA-based support and a customer success manager. |
Read from openhands.dev on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with OpenHands before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savings30-day trial of Teams
The Teams plan is listed with a 30-day trial that can be started from the pricing page.
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Common questions
Does OpenHands have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. OpenHands is listed for Web.
Does OpenHands have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. OpenHands is listed for Web.
Is OpenHands open source?
Yes. OpenHands is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.