Codeanywhere

RATING:

4.4

(20)

About Codeanywhere

Codeanywhere is a Cloud IDE having all the features of Desktop IDE. With additional innovations that only a cloud application can give you, Codeanywhere is very flexible, where you can set up your workflow any way you want it. The elegant development environment will let you focus on building great applications quicker. All the features you will need for any coding task are built into Codeanywhere, making development more productive and fun. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. Languages included are all the most popular programming ones such as C, C#, C++, CSS, HTTP, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL.

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Codeanywhere Pricing

Additional features available, connections, custom domains, containers, RAM, via self-service or reaching out to support@codeanywhere.com or Live Chat Widget

Starting price: 

$12.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

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Codeanywhere Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Codeanywhere

1 - 5 of 20 Reviews

Anonymous

1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2021

Feasible convenience

I can go to work and develop my personal site during my break times. Or be anywhere in the world and access to a computer, then i can edit my site. With the built in ssh console this is just so useful.

PROS

I stopped development for nearly a year but i kept my subscription because the price is so reasonable i felt it holds value to keep it. I started development again and this service is fantastic for what i need

CONS

Sometimes the auto text is annoying but i should find the setting to turn it off. Also tbe auto indentation doesnt seem to work well when i have a custom 2 line indent. But these things are not seriois issues since the other features are just so good.

Reason for choosing Codeanywhere

The price and how well it works

Justin

Higher Education, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2021

Codeanywhere anytime with anyone

I use codeanywhere to collaborate and push out small websites with distributed teams. I also teach our bootcampers how to use CA. Final projects are built and deployed using CA.

PROS

IDE, git support, custom stacks and ability to provide licenses to our students

CONS

lack of Python/Django support, switch from previous IDE to the new environment had a few pain points

Reason for choosing Codeanywhere

ease of use and customer service

Reasons for switching to Codeanywhere

It was too difficult for beginning developers.

Vendor Response

Hi Justin, Thanks! We are supporting Python container stack out of the box - create a container, and select Pyhton! If you have any additional questions, please reach out to support@codeanywhere.com or directly via the new Live Chat Widget - on the website and in the dashboard! Codeanywhere Support

Replied July 2021

Joseph

Computer Software, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2021

Decent, but not worth the cost

Codeanywhere has made it convenient for me to work on projects when I am away from my main machine, particularly when I am using a device that isn't capable of running developer software. I used it until they changed their pricing model to charge all users, since I can't justify paying per-month for an online editor, especially since I don't use the container functionality that much.

PROS

It is decent as an editor and allows for connections to different remote sources, as well as its own built-in development container system. It works fairly well in different browsers (although some keybinds might interfere).

CONS

The interface isn't particularly great, and it seems unreasonable for them to charge to access remote servers (at least for a student). The built-in preview panel also can be clunky, and sometimes the container system can be temperamental with regards to proxying a running dev server.

Reasons for switching to Codeanywhere

AWS acquired it

Kathleen

Computer Software, 1 employee

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2021

Big improvements in recent updates

I like having an "always on" container so that I can show my work to someone. plus codeanywhere is handy for spinning up and destroying sites that I only need for a short time.

PROS

I like that it's very simple to set up a WordPress site. I'm a WordPress plugin developer, I don't want to be a linux system admin.

CONS

For the longest time, I could not COPY and PASTE in the terminal when using Firefox. This was infuriating, but does seem to be resolved with their recent updates. While support is generally pretty helpful, I have had instances of waiting several weeks for a response too.

Reason for choosing Codeanywhere

I still use Local a lot. However, local runs pretty slowly on Windows and the number of times I need to code but am not connected to the internet is pretty low. If the git GUI supported staging lines/chunks I would probably ditch Local entirely

Reasons for switching to Codeanywhere

when cloud 9 was bought out by amazon it became completely unusable. It became a complex task to create a new WordPress container/site.

Vendor Response

Dear Kathleen, Thanks for the review and feedback. Since our new platform release in May 2021, there are no issues in regards to your review. We also have additional support agents waiting to reply and resolve all your questions and issues! If you have any additional questions, please reach out to support@codeanywhere.com or directly via the new Live Chat Widget - on the website and in the dashboard! Codeanywhere Support

Replied July 2021

Graham

Information Technology and Services, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed June 2021

Has some good and not so good features.

I am building mainly Wordpress websites at the moment, and I like to use codeanywhere to test updates on sites, so the containers must be able to be easily restarted after not being used for a while.

PROS

I like that clients can view my websites as I build them. Very easy set up of wordpress containers.

CONS

Doesn't allow the upload of large files, over 6gb. Containers all too frequently fail to load.

Reasons for switching to Codeanywhere

Amazon took over Cloud 9 and made it impossible to use, no matter how I tried could not load wordpress. Amazon also had a very hard to understand pricing model.

Vendor Response

Hi Graham, Thanks! You can install large file support extensions from the extensions marketplace! We also offer different plans with regards to memory management (SSD and RAM). If you have any additional questions, please reach out to support@codeanywhere.com or directly via the new Live Chat Widget - on the website and in the dashboard! Codeanywhere Support

Replied July 2021