Coder Reviews & Product Details

This is a great solution for running virtual development environments. I appreciate having access to a complete IDE from anywhere, which makes working remotely much more convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I understand that developers need to make a profit, but there are far too many features locked behind the premium plan. It’s also frustrating that they don’t provide any public information about pricing, which makes things even less helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coder has become an essential tool in our company, with more than 50 developers relying on it on a day to day basis.

The platform is extremely user-friendly. For us, having a clean user interface instead of depending on CLI commands or YAML files was a significant advantage. With just a few clicks, our developers can launch workspaces and connect using their preferred IDEs. The learning curve is minimal: any developer can get started with Coder immediately, without any prior experience.

Another feature we appreciate is the ability to create templates. We maintain various templates with all the dependencies our different teams need, updating them regularly. This ensures that no one has to waste time setting up or installing packages; as soon as a workspace is launched, everything is ready to use.

We run Coder on Kubernetes, which makes integration with standard K8s tools like Karpenter, OpenCost, Argo CD, and Prometheus straightforward. The setup process was also simple. Deploying Coder using the provided documentation and Helm chart in Kubernetes was quick and smooth.

Even though we’re using the Community Edition, their support through Discord has been great, whenever we’ve asked a question the team has always replied and helped us out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Certain features that would be particularly useful for our needs are not yet fully developed or tailored to our requirements. For instance, our workflow depends significantly on GPU workloads, and we were hoping to utilize DevContainers. However, at this time, DevContainers do not offer GPU isolation in a manner compatible with our environment. Additionally, we make extensive use of Docker. Although we succeeded in building a template that enables us to run Docker with GPU isolation within a workspace, achieving this setup required considerable effort and the solution is still not completely reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Coder is easy and fast. I find that the basic idea is very good. Additionally, it was quite simple to set up and I appreciate that it offers IDE and workspace in a very scalable context. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The creation of custom templates is an area I would improve. Also, the use of agents and the documentation on how to use custom agents could be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to rapidly set up standardized developer environments using industry-standard tools like Kubernetes and Terraform, which are already familiar to most platform teams, is a significant advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation for some of the more niche implementations could be easier to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coder was extremely easy to deploy and configure. We've had great success configuring devcontainer usage and moving developers from expensive VDI setups to far more efficient Coder workspaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coder is still in active development which can mean the newest features aren't quite as polished. We haven't had any deal breakers, but there's always risks deploying the latest versions of anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The value that brings to our developer team by enabling easy remote development environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not easy to use some features like devcontainers with GPU support, we haven't been able to set it up even when we contacted them with this limitations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides two models, one is developer and other is enterprise. So, if some company wants to adopt their developer can test first and then adapt them. Also, UI wise it was too good.

It has also curated roadmap for developer to learn new technology easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think this has any disadvanatage at this point of time. The UI is eye catching. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use, comprehensive features, performance, and community support.

It has an online coding playground where you can learn and show someone efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It requires the Internet. So, I think this is only disadvantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.