AWS Cloud9
by AWS Cloud9 · Browser-based IDE for writing, running and debugging code on AWS
62.4 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based integrated development environment for writing, running and debugging code in a browser. It includes a code editor, debugger and terminal, and comes prepackaged with tools for languages including JavaScript, Python and PHP. Environments run on an Amazon EC2 instance or an existing Linux server connected over SSH, and can be shared with a team in real time.
- Best for
- Developers on AWS wanting a browser-based IDE for shared, serverless work without local setup
- Pricing
- No additional charge for AWS Cloud9 itself; you pay normal AWS rates for the compute and storage used, with a published example of $2.05 a month for 90 hours on a t2.micro with a 10 GB volume, and AWS Free Tier-eligible accounts can use it free.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Write, run and debug code in a browser with no local setup
- Prepackaged tools for JavaScript, Python, PHP and more
- Real-time environment sharing for pair programming
- No charge for the IDE; SSH to an existing Linux server is free
Trade-offs
- You still pay normal AWS rates for EC2, EBS and other resources used
- Requires an AWS account and an internet-connected machine
- Cost varies by instance type, so it needs the pricing calculator to estimate
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 85 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 80 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 85 out of 100
- Pricing transparency
- 100 out of 100
- Customer sentiment
- 80 out of 100
- Changelog
- 0 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 80 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 50 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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