Open-source alternative  ·  Cloud IDE

Replace GitHub Codespaces with code-server / Coder.

Run VS Code in the browser with code-server, or use Coder for full cloud dev environments with any IDE. Self-hosted, no per-hour billing.

You'd keep~R88 800 to ~R177 600/year

Current licence  ·  Cloud IDE

GitHub Codespaces

~R88 800 – ~R177 600/yr

10-user estimate

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code-server / Coder

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R177 600/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. GitHub Codespaces's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Individual

R88 800/yr

R740/user/month

With code-server / Coder

Keep R88 800/yr

Team

R177 600/yr

R1 480/user/month

With code-server / Coder

Keep R177 600/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

GitHub Codespaces grows around 10% per year on average. code-server / Coder hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR79kR158kR237kR315kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R287kR18k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R1.27M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

GitHub Codespacescode-server / Coder, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.