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title: "Compare Coder Premium and Community Editions | Coder"
description: "Compare Coder's free Open Source Community Edition with the paid Premium Edition. Learn how Premium adds scalability, governance controls, and a richer platform experience for growing teams and enterprises."
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# Enterprise environments.
 Your infrastructure.

Quickly provision secure, policy-enforced workspaces for developers and their AI agents — all on infrastructure you control.

[Start a trial](https://coder.com/trial)[Explore Coder](https://coder.com/explore)

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## Where cloud flexibility meets enterprise-grade governance. Upgrade to Coder Premium for advanced AI governance, cost optimization, and the infrastructure flexibility enterprises demand.

![Background gradient](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/one-col-blue-bg.f50e775a.jpg?w=3840)

### Deploy to thousands.

Deploy, manage, and monitor Coder across large-scale, distributed teams — with the reliability enterprises expect.

[![Globe icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/globe-white.453239a2.svg?w=3840)Workspace proxies](https://coder.com/docs/admin/networking/workspace-proxies)[![Key icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/key-white.84f7d782.svg?w=3840)External provisioners](https://coder.com/docs/admin/provisioners)[![Plug icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/plug-white.9962f38a.svg?w=3840)High availability](https://coder.com/docs/admin/networking/high-availability)[![Access icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/access-white.88130a14.svg?w=3840)Multi-organization access controls](https://coder.com/docs/admin/users/organizations)[![Person icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/person-white.629ba132.svg?w=3840)SCIM provisioning and deprovisioning](https://coder.com/docs/admin/users#scim-enterprise)

## Govern AI agents.

Run coding agents safely on enterprise infrastructure with governance controls, auditability, and policy enforcement built in.

[![Key icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/key-white.84f7d782.svg?w=3840)Agent Firewall](https://coder.com/docs/ai-coder/agent-firewall)[![Plug icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/plug-white.9962f38a.svg?w=3840)AI Gateway](https://coder.com/docs/ai-coder/ai-gateway)[![Cog icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/cog-white.f1180027.svg?w=3840)Agent Tasks](https://coder.com/docs/ai-coder/tasks)

![Audit AI agent interactions, monitor token/model usage, and configure MCP access with AI Gateway](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/ai-gateway.914e08f3.png?w=3840)

## Scale with confidence.

Establish the oversight and controls needed to manage development environments securely and consistently across your organization.

[![File Dashed icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/file-dashed-white.1798b68c.svg?w=3840)Template permissions](https://coder.com/docs/admin/templates/template-permissions)[![Browser icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/browser-white.81827469.svg?w=3840)Browser-only IDE access](https://coder.com/docs/admin/networking#browser-only-connections)[![Cog icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/cog-white.f1180027.svg?w=3840)Enforce workspace updates](https://coder.com/docs/admin/templates/managing-templates#template-update-policies)[![Log icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/log-white.518b38a8.svg?w=3840)Audit logging](https://coder.com/docs/admin/security/audit-logs)[![File icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/file-white.a27f0ef5.svg?w=3840)Workspace command logging](https://coder.com/docs/admin/templates/extending-templates/process-logging)

### Keep costs in check.

Keep infrastructure efficient and usage accountable with tools that help you optimize spend across developers, AI coding agents, and environments.

![Leaves](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/leaves.c7df0670.jpg?w=3840)

With VDI you're paying for a full cloud instance every time and you're also paying for Windows licenses. With Coder, you're consolidating a lot of that.

Daniel Trimble

Dir. of SRE @ JB Hunt

[![Calendar icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/calendar-white.52f8ebd3.svg?w=3840)Enforce workspace scheduling](https://coder.com/docs/admin/templates/managing-templates/schedule)[![Stopwatch icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/stopwatch-white.e131272d.svg?w=3840)Autostop requirement](https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-scheduling#autostop-requirement)[![Quota icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/quota-white.99daef3d.svg?w=3840)Resource quotas per user and org](https://coder.com/docs/admin/quotas)[![Box icon](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/box-white.5d9bc102.svg?w=3840)Clean up unused workspaces](https://coder.com/docs/user-guides/workspace-scheduling#dormancy-enterprise-premium)

### Enterprise support, when it matters.

Get priority access to the Coder team, with expert guidance and guaranteed response SLAs to keep your development environments running smoothly.

![Background gradient](https://coder.com/_next/static/media/one-col-red-bg.a4ff1e6b.jpg?w=3840)

### Compare plans and features

| empty | Community[Install open source](https://coder.com/docs/install) | Premium[Start a trial](https://coder.com/trial) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agent Infrastructure |
| MCP Server |  |  |
| Agent Firewall |  | Add-on |
| AI Gateway |  | Add-on |
| Developer Experience |
| Unlimited workspaces |  |  |
| Shared workspaces |  |  |
| Support for Linux, macOS, Windows |  |  |
| Web IDEs |  |  |
| Desktop IDEs |  |  |
| IDE plugins (e.g., VS Code, JetBrains) |  |  |
| Coder Desktop |  |  |
| Dynamic parameters |  |  |
| Platform integrations (e.g., GitHub, Jfrog, Backstage) | Limited to 1 integration | Unlimited |
| Notifications |  |  |
| Workspace autostart/autostop |  |  |
| External authentication integrations | Limited to 1 integration |  |
| Platform Experience |
| Unlimited templates |  |  |
| Web UI, CLI, REST API |  |  |
| Prometheus metrics |  |  |
| Template usage insights |  |  |
| Prebuilt workspaces |  |  |
| Workspace proxies |  |  |
| External provisioners |  |  |
| High availability |  |  |
| Web UI notifications |  |  |
| Quiet hours |  |  |
| Customizable branding |  |  |
| User Management |
| SSO (OpenID Connect) |  |  |
| Roles |  |  |
| Groups |  |  |
| OIDC group & role sync |  |  |
| Multi-organization access control |  |  |
| Custom roles |  |  |
| Cloud Cost Control |
| Enforce workspace scheduling |  |  |
| Autostop requirement |  |  |
| Resource quotas per user |  |  |
| Resource quotas per organization |  |  |
| Clean up unused workspaces |  |  |
| Governance |
| Audit logging |  |  |
| Template permissions |  |  |
| Enforce workspace updates |  |  |
| Disable SSH |  |  |
| Workspace command logging |  |  |
| Support |
| Community support on GitHub and Discord |  |  |
| Ticket-based global support |  |  |
| SLA |  |  |

## FAQs

Who is Coder Premium designed for?

Coder Premium is built for enterprises and organizations that need to deploy Coder at scale with advanced governance, high availability, and deep integrations into existing infrastructure.

Is Coder SOC 2 Type II certified?

What's the difference between Coder Premium and the free Community Edition?

Is Coder Premium still self-hosted?

Can we start with Community and upgrade to Premium later?

What problems does Coder Premium solve that Community doesn't?