Very good and satisfying. I use Coder to run coding AI agents and for deep tech work, and it has handled everything I tried. It's developer friendly and gives free ways to customise it and use it ourselves. The guides and support are great too. I also use many of their open source apps and code. Not knowing about Coder would have been a real loss for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing much, if so I felt maybe initially to onboard when I was not into tech was a difficult thing. If you could bridge it, it would be good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Coder is its developer-first approach. Instead of forcing developers into complex local setups, Coder provides secure, cloud-based development environments that are fast, reproducible, and easy to manage. I also appreciate its strong focus on enterprise security, self-hosting, and infrastructure flexibility, which allows organizations to maintain full control while giving developers a modern, productive experience. As someone with a DevOps and cloud infrastructure background, I enjoy working with platforms that improve the developer experience without compromising security or operational efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One area where I think Coder could continue to improve is making advanced template customization even more accessible. The Template Builder is a great addition and makes getting started much easier, but once you need more complex or organization-specific templates, you still benefit from having Terraform knowledge. As someone with a DevOps background, I enjoy that level of flexibility, but for teams without infrastructure expertise, I'd like to see even more AI-assisted or low-code capabilities that can generate and modify templates automatically. That would make it easier for platform teams to support more developers while keeping Coder's powerful infrastructure-as-code foundation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Coder is the control and consistency it brings to our development environments. Since it's self-hosted, we have full visibility and control over where our code and data live, which matters a lot for our security and compliance needs. The Terraform-defined templates mean every developer gets a consistent, reproducible workspace instead of dealing with "works on my machine" issues, and new team members can be up and running in minutes rather than losing a day or more to local environment setup. It also fits well into our existing infrastructure since it runs on Kubernetes/VMs rather than locking us into a specific cloud, and the ability to use VS Code, JetBrains, or a browser-based IDE gives developers the flexibility to work the way they prefer. On top of that, workspaces autostop when idle, which has helped keep our compute costs in check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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"What I dislike about Coder is that the initial setup and configuration can be fairly involved, especially around writing and maintaining Terraform templates if you're not already comfortable with Terraform — there's a real learning curve for teams new to infrastructure-as-code. Documentation, while improving, can still leave gaps for more advanced or less common configurations, so we've had to rely on community forums or trial and error to work through certain issues. We've also occasionally run into networking/connectivity hiccups (things like intermittent workspace connection drops or slower performance depending on network conditions), which can be frustrating mid-task. Since it's self-hosted, we're also responsible for the underlying infrastructure maintenance and upgrades ourselves, which adds operational overhead compared to a fully managed SaaS alternative. Finally, some newer features or integrations feel like they're still maturing, so we occasionally hit rough edges compared to more established tools in the space Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how I can access a fully configured development environment from any device instantly with Coder. It saves me a ton of time and keeps my workflow consistent across different machines. Using Coder eliminates the hassle of managing different software versions and environment conflicts on my personal laptop, which makes it easy to jump straight into coding without any setup headaches. Having a pre-configured environment means I never have to spend hours installing dependencies or debugging setup issues. Additionally, the initial setup was fairly straightforward—getting my first workspace up and running didn't take long, though having some prior knowledge of development environments definitely helps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The initial load time for spinning up a workspace can sometimes feel a bit slow and the interface could be more intuitive for first time users. Better onboarding tooltips and a simpler getting started guide within the dashboard would go a long way - right now it takes a bit of trial and error to figure out workspace settings and configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Coder provides some order in our development process. For back-end development, a properly configured workspace that has the necessary environment is predictable for everyday tasks. Coder is primarily used by me for writing code, executing services, and API testing, hence, performance is one of the aspects that I can easily detect. In most scenarios, it works well with our workload although a properly planned infrastructure would be needed for bigger environments. Another thing that I appreciate about how Coder integrates into our development environment is that we do not have to revamp our workflow according to the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one issue that worries me about Coder is how the pricing model will become difficult to assess as use increases. This tool adds value to developers, but having more clarity on the pricing details depending on the level of use would be helpful. As an engineer, I usually focus on the return on investment from an engineering point of view, and thus it is important for the cost expectation to be clear. The onboarding process has been satisfactory for us so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Coder to set up remote workspaces in the cloud and connect from my local environment to program directly on powerful virtual machines. It reduces setup time for new team members and completely eliminates configuration discrepancies, ensuring that we all work in exactly the same environment. I like the development experience because the integration with the usual tools is smooth and natural, allowing me to work remotely without losing the agility of local development. The ability to define and customize workspaces using infrastructure as code is great and valuable to me. The initial setup was easy and very smooth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find that performance on large-scale projects should be better, as the real speed of large volumes in repositories is slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Templates declared in Git

- Polished UI, easy on new users coming from a Data Science focused industry

- Templates are fully customizable, easy to enforce governance

- Sandboxed environment for AI agents

- Control plane/workspaces are separated, ease of maintenance

- Integrates with a Kubernetes-native environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Security when "inside" a workspace requires much setup effort from systems external to Coder. For instance Istio for network isolation, cloud-based secrets manager for user secrets management etc.

- External Authentication for Github needs too much permission scope over an organization. The Github app should only be used for authentication, further scope should follow user's own permissions defined by the org. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how integrated and complete Code Server is, allowing me to do the same tasks as my main rig, if not more. It's easy to use and get started, and with the addons, it feels even more complete. The deployment options in Coder, such as integrated Docker and agents, help me solve small infrastructure issues when I'm away from my main development setup. The ability to perform tasks directly from my phone, like starting and stopping services from the Coder dashboard, is invaluable. The initial setup was a breeze; signing up and adding services was straightforward, and deploying Code Server on self-hosted providers as a Docker container was also very easy. I've found Coder to make us more efficient and faster, which is why I've already recommended it to a few colleagues who have made the switch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I haven't run into issues. Maybe Code Server's authentication. Password based only. No username or other methods feel unsafe for the modern era Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

easily collaboration and oauth2 integration for custom apps + github

UX isn't my fortey but my users absolutely love the web gui... I typically use desktop interractions with coder in that I connect via emacs tramp but I work with a cross disciplined team which accesses jupyter + vscode ONLY in the browser so it's appreciated!

getting highly-performant nodes and being able to launch a cost-control dashboard is also quite nifty (we made our own)

We use free coder but eventually it's likely we'll want more auth supported integrations and will make the transition to enterprise but it provides great value

onboarding new users is quite easy as well. We are a github based team and and non-coders commit code through jupyter, but being able to login via the github oauth integration and then commit through jupyter plugins makes it simple for tthem

Coding agent support isn't something we've pursued but the entire team is excided about potentially using AI agents outside of jupyter-ai so we will likely be using them via the coder interfaces Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish all features were free obviously, but even though I don't yet need enterprise I'll likely buy just to support the org as our reliance on it would mean being negatively impacted if Coder did not succeed as a company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to deploy Coder on our own infrastructure is a real game-changer for our team. We keep full control over our data, workspaces are reproducible thanks to Terraform templates, and the integration with our Kubernetes cluster went smoothly. The web interface is clean and developers adopted remote VS Code quickly. The fact that it's open source also gives us confidence in the product's long-term sustainability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve for creating and maintaining templates is steep if you're not comfortable with Terraform. The documentation is decent but some edge cases — custom providers, non-standard SSO auth — lack concrete examples. Provisioning logs could also be more readable for quick debugging. Worth noting: features like per-user resource quotas, advanced RBAC, and SCIM group sync are reserved for the Premium (paid) tier, which can be a limiting factor for teams that need those controls but can't justify the cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.