> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://allhandsai-alona-budget-error-retry-20260924.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Enterprise vs. Open Source

> Compare OpenHands Enterprise and Open Source offerings to choose the right option for your team

This page describes the key differences between **OpenHands Agent Canvas** (open source) for individual developers and small teams running the Agent Canvas on their own machines, and **OpenHands Enterprise** for organizations that need advanced collaboration, integrations, and management capabilities.

## Feature Comparison

The table below highlights the key differences between the OpenHands Agent Canvas and OpenHands Cloud / Enterprise offerings.

| Feature | Agent Canvas (Local Backend) | Agent Canvas (VM Backend) | OpenHands Cloud (Hosted) | OpenHands Enterprise (Self-hosted) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| **CORE** | | | | |
| Works on your local projects | ✓ | — | — | — |
| One-off agents | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secrets, MCP, skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LLM Profiles | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| [**AUTOMATIONS**](/openhands/usage/automations/overview) | | | | |
| Scheduled automations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Polling automations (w/ conditional logic) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Event-driven automations | — | ✓ VM must be reachable | ✓ | ✓ |
| **SANDBOXING & SCALE** | | | | |
| Isolated sandboxes | — | On Roadmap | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scalable, always-on agents | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| **INTEGRATIONS & ADMIN** | | | | |
| Use OpenHands in Slack, GitHub, GitLab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click integrations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Authentication & authorization | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Role-based access control | — | — | ✓ | ✓ Keycloak |
| [Multi-user organizations](/openhands/usage/cloud/organizations/overview) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enforce default LLMs | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| **ENTERPRISE** | | | | |
| SAML | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Custom runtime images | — | — | — | ✓ |
| LLM gateway & budgeting | — | — | — | ✓ LiteLLM |
| [Observability](/enterprise/analytics) | — | — | — | ✓ Laminar |
| [Plugin marketplace](/enterprise/plugin-marketplace) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| **License** | Open Source | Open Source | Commercial SaaS | Commercial |

## When to Choose Each Option

### OpenHands Agent Canvas

The OpenHands Agent Canvas is ideal for:

* Individual developers exploring AI-assisted coding
* Small teams with basic requirements
* Self-hosted environments where you manage your own infrastructure
* Running OpenHands locally on your own machine using the Agent Canvas

### OpenHands Enterprise

OpenHands Enterprise is the right choice when you need:

* **Multi-use RBAC** — Manage multiple users from a single platform
* **Platform integrations** — Invoke OpenHands directly from Slack, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
* **Scalability** — Run unlimited parallel agent conversations without local resource constraints
* **Enterprise security** — SAML authentication, RBAC, and centralized audit logs
* **Usage Monitoring** — Track and enforce budgets; monitor usage across all users

## Getting Started

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  <Card title="Try Agent Canvas" icon="desktop" href="/openhands/usage/agent-canvas/setup">
    Install Agent Canvas locally with npm, npx, Docker, or a source checkout.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contact Enterprise Sales" icon="envelope" href="https://openhands.dev/contact">
    Discuss your organization's requirements and get a customized deployment plan for OpenHands Enterprise.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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