Week 45
Latest
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Verified
ToolMarketCap
JulesGoogle · Background agents
Entry price
Not yet verified
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
0/100

Cloud agents vs agent platform

2Verified differences1Shared4Not yet verified
OpenHandsBackground agents
Entry price
Not yet verified
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
38/100

Jules vs OpenHands

2Verified differences1Pricing differences · 1 not verified for both0Jules · verified changes 30d1OpenHands · verified changes 30d
Free tierBoth offer a verified free tier.
DeliveryDelivery differs: Jules — Cloud agents; OpenHands — Agent platform.
Last 30 daysJules logged 0 verified changes, OpenHands 1 verified change.
Evidence3 of 7 compared facts are verified for both; 2 only for OpenHands and 2 for neither.

At a glance

Verified values · no winner is picked
Jules and OpenHands: price, free tier, licence, self-hosting, enterprise
DimensionJulesOpenHands
Entry priceNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Free tierYesYes
Open sourceNot yet verifiedYes
Self-hostingNot yet verifiedYes
Enterprise (SSO + offering)Not yet verifiedYes
Switch from JulesSwitch from OpenHandsAdd Jules to a stackAdd OpenHands to a stack

Where they differ

2
Delivery
JulesCloud agents — works on GitHub repositories in a cloud VM and opens pull requests
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google: "Jules fetches your repository, clones it to a Cloud VM, and develops a plan"; "Jules creates a PR of the changes"; "Use the "jules" label in an issue to assign a task directly in GitHub."

https://jules.google ↗
OpenHandsAgent platform — web GUI, terminal UI, and CLI; runs locally, in the cloud, or self-hosted
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: "Run locally, in our cloud, or self-host"; Open Source includes "Web-based GUI, Terminal UI, and CLI".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗
Business model
JulesFreemium — higher task limits with Google AI Pro and Ultra
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google plans: "Jules in Pro" — "100 tasks per day", "15 concurrent tasks"; "Jules in Ultra" — "300 tasks per day", "60 concurrent tasks".

https://jules.google ↗
OpenHandsOpen source — free locally and in the cloud with BYOK or at-cost models; custom Enterprise
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: "BYOK or use OpenHands models at-cost"; Enterprise "Custom pricing".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

Pricing face-off

USD list price · monthly billing
JulesFree tier: Yes
No paid price verified yet
OpenHandsFree tier: Yes
No paid price verified yet
Individual (cloud)$0/mo
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page
https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

Where they match

1Toggle
Free tier
JulesYes — 15 tasks per day, 3 concurrent
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official site

jules.google plans: Jules — "Get started with real coding tasks." "15 tasks per day", "3 concurrent tasks".

https://jules.google ↗
OpenHandsYes — open source locally, and a free cloud Individual plan with your own key
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing: Open Source "Free"; SaaS Individual "Free — Bring your own key or use our providers at-cost".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

4
Platforms
JulesNot yet verified
OpenHandsNot yet verified
Editor integrations
JulesNot yet verified
OpenHandsNot yet verified
Single sign-on
JulesNot yet verified
OpenHandsEnterprise tier only — SAML/SSO
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing, Enterprise: "Enterprise SAML / SSO".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗
Enterprise
JulesNot yet verified
OpenHandsCustom pricing — SaaS or self-hosted in your VPC, SAML/SSO, priority support
openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official pricing page

openhands.dev/pricing, Enterprise: "SaaS or Self-hosted in your VPC", "Enterprise SAML / SSO", "Priority support & shared Slack channel".

https://www.openhands.dev/pricing ↗

References

Links — shown, never counted as differences
Documentation
Julesjules.google/docs
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official documentation

Jules documentation, linked from jules.google.

https://jules.google/docs/ ↗
OpenHandsdocs.openhands.dev
docs.openhands.dev
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official documentation

OpenHands documentation, linked from the repository README.

https://docs.openhands.dev ↗
Changelog
Julesjules.google/docs/changelog
jules.google
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Jules — official changelog

Jules changelog in its documentation.

https://jules.google/docs/changelog/ ↗
OpenHandsgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
OpenHands — GitHub releases

OpenHands release notes are published as GitHub releases.

https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases ↗
Source repository
JulesNot yet verified
OpenHandsgithub.com/OpenHands/OpenHands
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 31 Oct 2026
OpenHands — official repository

OpenHands' public repository.

https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands ↗

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of Jules and OpenHands, side by side
ReadingJulesOpenHands
Verified changes0 in 30 days · 0 in 90 days · Background agents median 11 in 30 days · 2 in 90 days · Background agents median 1
Last verified change9 Mar 2026 · 242 days ago13 Oct 2026 · 24 days ago
Activity · 90 days0 · below the Background agents median of 3638 · above the Background agents median of 36
Latest list-price moveNo verified priceNone observed
Pricing on recordNo verified price1 verified plan · free plan only
Comparable facts3 of 7 verified5 of 7 verified

Jules · latest 3

  1. Release

    Gemini 3.1 Pro becomes available in Jules

    Jules adds Gemini 3.1 Pro as an available model.

    jules.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 9 Mar 2026
    Jules — official changelog
    https://jules.google/docs/changelog/ ↗
  2. Release

    Jules launches Jules Tools, a command-line interface

    Google launches Jules Tools, a CLI for controlling the Jules agent from the terminal; the Jules API follows on October 3, 2025.

    jules.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2025
    Jules — changelog
    https://jules.google/docs/changelog/2025-10-02 ↗
  3. Availability

    Jules exits beta and launches publicly

    Google takes Jules out of public beta and launches it publicly, powered by Gemini 2.5.

    blog.google
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 6 Aug 2025
    Google — The Keyword blog
    https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/jules-now-available/ ↗

OpenHands · latest 3

  1. Platform

    OpenHands agents can run on DigitalOcean from Agent Canvas

    With OpenHands 1.27.0, developers can create and manage DigitalOcean-hosted agents in isolated microVM sandboxes directly from Agent Canvas.

    openhands.dev
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026
    OpenHands — blog
    https://www.openhands.dev/blog/run-digitalocean-managed-agents-with-openhands ↗
  2. Release

    OpenHands 1.23 ships a universal macOS desktop build

    The desktop app ships as a universal macOS DMG with per-architecture bundled runtimes.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026
    OpenHands — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/v1.23.0 ↗
  3. Release

    OpenHands 1.0.0 ships on the new software-agent-sdk

    OpenHands releases version 1.0.0, rebuilt on its new software-agent-sdk, and moves the OpenHands CLI to its own repository.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Dec 2025
    OpenHands — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases/tag/1.0.0 ↗

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Compared using 15 verified facts · oldest record verified 2 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.