AWS Cloud9 vs Codeanywhere

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AWS Cloud9

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Codeanywhere

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Cloud9 IDE vs Codeanywhere: What are the differences?

Cloud9 IDE: Your development environment, in the cloud. Cloud9 provides a development environment in the cloud. Cloud9 enables developers to get started with coding immediately with pre-setup environments called workspaces, collaborate with their peers with collaborative coding features, and build web apps with features like live preview and browser compatibility testing. It supports more than 40 languages, with class A support for PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, and Go; Codeanywhere: Online code editor, available on iOS, Android and more. Integrates with GitHub and Dropbox. A development platform that enables you to not only edit your files from underlying services like FTP, GitHub, Dropbox and the like, but on top of that gives you the ability to collaborate, embed and share through Codeanywhere on any device.

Cloud9 IDE and Codeanywhere can be categorized as "Cloud IDE" tools.

Some of the features offered by Cloud9 IDE are:

  • Real-time collaboration and chat
  • Connect via SSH and FTP
  • Code Completion (suggestions)

On the other hand, Codeanywhere provides the following key features:

  • Code editor
  • FTP Client
  • SSH Terminal

"Easy to use" is the top reason why over 105 developers like Cloud9 IDE, while over 12 developers mention "Sleek interface" as the leading cause for choosing Codeanywhere.

LinkedIn, Heroku, and Salesforce are some of the popular companies that use Cloud9 IDE, whereas Codeanywhere is used by Techstars, Accenture, and Bameslog. Cloud9 IDE has a broader approval, being mentioned in 29 company stacks & 40 developers stacks; compared to Codeanywhere, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

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Pros of AWS Cloud9
Pros of Codeanywhere
  • 108
    Easy to use
  • 102
    Free
  • 76
    Nice UI
  • 65
    Terminal access to vm instead of simulation
  • 58
    New full ubuntu machines
  • 49
    Easy dev environment
  • 44
    Ssh access to your own machine
  • 43
    Real-time with other people
  • 43
    Free prototype hosting
  • 32
    Collaboration
  • 10
    Open Source
  • 6
    Great syntax highlighting
  • 5
    Works great
  • 4
    Nice ide
  • 4
    Better IDE than the others
  • 4
    Extremely easy setup
  • 4
    Great interface, download or upload file is nice.
  • 3
    Its easy to share code
  • 3
    You can run your project easier
  • 3
    Open-source friendly
  • 2
    Good documentation
  • 1
    Bitbucket integration
  • 1
    Versatile and robust
  • 1
    Need a credit card to get access
  • 1
    Starts a VM
  • 1
    Easy to use, seem fast, friendly ui
  • 0
    Good
  • 17
    Sleek interface
  • 16
    3rd party integration
  • 13
    Easy to use
  • 11
    Web IDE
  • 9
    FTP support
  • 9
    Fast loading
  • 7
    Emmet
  • 5
    SSH Connections for free
  • 5
    Anywhere coding
  • 5
    Full root access
  • 4
    GitHub integration
  • 4
    Preconfigured development stacks
  • 4
    SFTP support
  • 4
    Private use for free
  • 3
    Easy setup
  • 2
    Amazon S3 Integration
  • 2
    Easy Setup, Containers
  • 1
    Code directly by FTP

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Cons of AWS Cloud9
Cons of Codeanywhere
  • 6
    Not free
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    What is AWS Cloud9?

    Cloud9 provides a development environment in the cloud. Cloud9 enables developers to get started with coding immediately with pre-setup environments called workspaces, collaborate with their peers with collaborative coding features, and build web apps with features like live preview and browser compatibility testing. It supports more than 40 languages, with class A support for PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, and Go.

    What is Codeanywhere?

    A development platform that enables you to not only edit your files from underlying services like FTP, GitHub, Dropbox and the like, but on top of that gives you the ability to collaborate, embed and share through Codeanywhere on any device.

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    What are some alternatives to AWS Cloud9 and Codeanywhere?
    WebStorm
    WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.
    Red Hat Codeready Workspaces
    Built on the open Eclipse Che project, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces provides developer workspaces, which include all the tools and the dependencies that are needed to code, build, test, run, and debug applications.
    vscode.dev
    It is a lightweight version of VS code that runs entirely in the browser and does not require any installation. It lets developers view and edit local files, take notes in markdown, and build client-side HTML, JavaScript, and CSS applications in conjunction with browser tools for debugging.
    CodePen
    It is a social development environment for front-end designers and developers.. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can create code snippets, creatively named "pens", and test them.
    Gitpod
    Gitpod is an open source developer platform automating the provisioning of ready-to-code dev environments. Designed for applications running in the cloud, Gitpod frees engineering teams from the friction of manually setting-up loc
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