Felan vs. OpenHands
Both are open source, work with any model, including local ones, and add no markup on tokens. The difference is buying it for a team: Felan publishes one price for everyone.
At a Glance
Agent
Felan: Open-source Felan Code
OpenHands: Open-source OpenHands agent (MIT)
Models
Felan: All major providers, plus local and private models
OpenHands: Any provider, plus local models
Token billing
Felan: Your keys, or credits at provider rates
OpenHands: Your keys, or their providers at cost
Triggers
Felan: Events, schedules, or by hand
OpenHands: Events, schedules, or polling
Self-hosting
Felan: Whole platform on your infrastructure, on Enterprise
OpenHands: Enterprise in your VPC, on Kubernetes
Team plan
Felan: €99 per month for the whole team
OpenHands: Commercial subscription; price not published
Where Felan Differs
One Price for the Whole Team
Felan Team is €99 a month for everyone, and you sign up yourself. OpenHands team features are a commercial subscription, priced through sales.
- Members
- Whole team
- Model tokens
- Provider rate
- Sign-up
- Self-serve
- Team plan
- €99 / month
Org-Wide Events Without a Sales Call
OpenHands sends GitHub events from organization repos only to a team organization, a commercial feature. Felan agents start from these events on the published Team plan.
- PR opened
- Build failed
- Alert fired
- Schedule
Engineered for Token Cost
Felan Code, our open-source agent, is designed to lower model cost without lowering quality. We benchmark it and publish the results.
- Focused context
- Bounded tool output
- Quality gates
- Cost per verified task
Common Questions
Is Felan an OpenHands alternative?
Yes. Both are open-source background agents that work with any model and add no markup on tokens. Felan publishes a team plan: €99 a month for the whole team.
Is OpenHands open source?
The OpenHands agent and Agent Canvas are MIT-licensed for local, single-user use. OpenHands Cloud and Enterprise are commercial, and Enterprise is source-available.
Can OpenHands run agents on a schedule or on events?
Yes. OpenHands automations run on a schedule, by polling, or from GitHub events and webhooks. GitHub events from organization repos need a team organization, which is a commercial feature.
Is Felan Code more token-efficient than OpenHands?
We haven't benchmarked the two against each other. Felan Code is built to lower model cost without lowering quality, and we publish benchmarks of its cost-saving extensions against their disabled baselines.
When is OpenHands a better fit?
When one developer wants a free, local, MIT-licensed agent, or when you want to run Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini from the same OpenHands workspace.
How does Felan pricing compare with OpenHands?
Felan Individual is free, and Team is €99 a month for the whole team. OpenHands Individual is free for one user, and team features need a commercial subscription priced through sales. Neither marks up model tokens.
Can I self-host Felan and OpenHands?
Both, on Enterprise. OpenHands Enterprise runs in your VPC on Kubernetes. Felan Enterprise runs the whole platform on your infrastructure.
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