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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.
Pros of AWS Cloud9
- Easy to use108
- Free102
- Nice UI76
- Terminal access to vm instead of simulation65
- New full ubuntu machines58
- Easy dev environment49
- Ssh access to your own machine44
- Real-time with other people43
- Free prototype hosting43
- Collaboration32
- Open Source10
- Great syntax highlighting6
- Works great5
- Nice ide4
- Better IDE than the others4
- Extremely easy setup4
- Great interface, download or upload file is nice.4
- Its easy to share code3
- You can run your project easier3
- Open-source friendly3
- Good documentation2
- Bitbucket integration1
- Versatile and robust1
- Need a credit card to get access1
- Starts a VM1
- Easy to use, seem fast, friendly ui1
- Good0
Pros of Codeanywhere
- Sleek interface17
- 3rd party integration16
- Easy to use13
- Web IDE11
- FTP support9
- Fast loading9
- Emmet7
- SSH Connections for free5
- Anywhere coding5
- Full root access5
- GitHub integration4
- Preconfigured development stacks4
- SFTP support4
- Private use for free4
- Easy setup3
- Amazon S3 Integration2
- Easy Setup, Containers2
- Code directly by FTP1
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Cons of AWS Cloud9
- Not free6