agent · ai-coding-agents
OpenHands vs Refact.ai
55 fields both were evaluated on, 27 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 28 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Explainability· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Runtime governance· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “Autonomous AI agent Delegate your coding tasks end-to-end Just describe what you need — Refact.ai Agent plans, executes, and deploys.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Action space· | 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 | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | 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 | Runs inside the developer's IDE, working against their codebase and stack “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | 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 | On-premise deployment offered as the data-control option; no retention, training-use or deletion terms published on the page checked “On-premise deployment keeps your code private and fully under your control. It provides maximum security and complete data ownership.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price point· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Availability· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | Hosted service being discontinued - the homepage carries a banner stating Refact Cloud is shutting down soon “Refact Cloud is shutting down soon”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Deployment options· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Integrations· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Support model· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | "Priority support and onboarding" named as a paid-tier feature; no response times or remedies published “Priority support and onboarding”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “Powered by Qwen2.5-Coder model and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “Use Claude 4, GPT-4o, or GPT-4o mini with AI Agent or for chat queries. Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | 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 | “Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Fine-tuning· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “Fine-tune LLMs Train AI on your stack to customize its behavior.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Tool use· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| API access· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open source· | 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 | Self-described as open source in the homepage headline; no licence named on the page checked “Your Open-Source, Autonomous AI Agent”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | Plugins published for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, IntelliJ, CLion), Visual Studio, Neovim and Sublime Text; several marked beta “Download Refact.ai plugins: VS Code JetBrains Visual Studio beta Neovim beta Sublime Text beta PyCharm WebStorm GoLand IntelliJ CLion”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | OpenHands | Refact.ai |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Target sectors· | 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 | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both OpenHands and Refact.ai publish nothing on these 28 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 28 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Supported regions
- Open weights
- Context window
- Protocols supported
- Multi-agent
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- 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 OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on operating environment?
- OpenHands: Codebase / software development environment. Refact.ai: Runs inside the developer's IDE, working against their codebase and stack.
- How do OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on initiative?
- OpenHands: Can self-initiate via scheduled or triggered workflows, not only on direct prompt. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on deployment scale?
- OpenHands: 81K+ GitHub stars, active open-source ecosystem. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on target sectors?
- OpenHands: Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.
- How do OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on availability?
- OpenHands: no public information disclosed. Refact.ai: Hosted service being discontinued - the homepage carries a banner stating Refact Cloud is shutting down soon.
- How do OpenHands and Refact.ai compare on deployment options?
- OpenHands: On-prem or private cloud, running in the customer environment. Refact.ai: no public information disclosed.