Augment Code vs OpenHands
55 fields both were evaluated on, 29 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 26 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Audit logs offered alongside budget controls “Audit logs and budget controls”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Explainability· | “CI Failure Investigator ★ Triggered on any failed GitHub Actions run — reads the log, identifies the root-cause step, and posts a plain-English diagnosis as a PR comment with a suggested fix.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Runtime governance· | “Checkpoints are first-class. Loops pause for review, resume on reply, and consequential actions are approved by a person.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | Access controls and cost guardrails for enterprise agent use “Give teams the visibility, access controls, audit trails, and cost guardrails needed to run agents across enterprise workflows.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Permission scopes· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Fine-grained access control “Control every layer of your environment with fine-grained access control, model-agnostic architecture, and flexible self-hosted or private cloud deployment options that keep your code and data secure.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Agency
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Human oversight· | “Checkpoints are first-class. Loops pause for review, resume on reply, and consequential actions are approved by a person.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | “agents carry the repetitive middle of the SDLC, humans decide at the checkpoints, and every run sharpens the next.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Action space· | “Execute Code · Review · Triage”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | Reads and writes code, executes changes across codebases “OpenHands runs agents that complete entire engineering tasks, taking actions across entire codebases, running tasks in parallel, and executing changes in real environments.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | “Cosmos runs your software agents at scale, giving them the context, tools, and feedback loops they need to get better with every workflow.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Codebase / software development environment “It runs autonomous agents that plan, write, and apply changes across your codebase, helping teams complete complex tasks end-to-end.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Standing loops across every team. Always running, always sharing, always improving.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | Can self-initiate via scheduled or triggered workflows, not only on direct prompt “Schedule recurring tasks or trigger workflows from GitHub, Slack, or PagerDuty, even when your machine is off.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Safety
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Model or system card· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Incident reporting· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Data handling· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Self-hosted option keeps data from leaving the customer environment “Self-hosted — data never leaves your environment”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Practicality
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Availability· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Deployment options· | “Managed cloud sandboxes, your own machines for code that cannot leave the building, or pools of both.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | On-prem or private cloud, running in the customer environment “OpenHands runs in your environment, whether on-prem or private cloud, so your code never leaves your control.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Integrations· | “Native triggers for GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Linear, Jira, schedules, and typed webhooks for the rest of your stack.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools “Native integrations with GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Foundation models
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Model provider· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Model swappable· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Model-agnostic architecture “Open source, model-agnostic, and deployable in your environment, so you control how agents run, what they access, and where data stays.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Fine-tuning· | “Improve the prompt once; every future run upgrades.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Context window· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Tool use· | “Cosmos runs your software agents at scale, giving them the context, tools, and feedback loops they need to get better with every workflow.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | “Loops hand outcomes to each other: triage feeds authoring, authoring feeds review, postmortems file the next tickets.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| API access· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms “embed the OpenHands SDK into your product or internal platform.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Open source· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked “Free and open source — no infra cost”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Impact
| Field | Augment Code | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | “Cosmos is the platform built for the second.”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | 81K+ GitHub stars, active open-source ecosystem “With 81K+ GitHub stars and a thriving open-source ecosystem, OpenHands evolves through collective innovation - every contribution makes the platform faster, safer, and smarter.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Target sectors· | no public information augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases “OpenHands is used by platform teams automating engineering workflows at scale, teams building internal developer platforms or AI-powered tooling, and enterprises managing large or legacy codebases and mission-critical software systems.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| High-risk domains· | “Security Remediation From CVE alert to a reviewed fix”augmentcode.com · checked Aug 6, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Augment Code and OpenHands publish nothing on these 26 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 26 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Price point
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Open weights
- Marketplace presence
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on target sectors?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases.
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on model swappable?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Model-agnostic architecture.
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on api access?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms.
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on open source?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked.
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on data handling?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Self-hosted option keeps data from leaving the customer environment.
- How do Augment Code and OpenHands compare on audit trail?
- Augment Code: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Audit logs offered alongside budget controls.