Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Nitrous.io

Lightning fast cloud development environments

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nitrous.io launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Nimbus▲131

   Powerful, frictionless cloud dev environments

   2022 · usenimbus.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Nitrous Pubstorm▲109

   Deploy static websites to a superfast global CDN in seconds.

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Nitro Cloud▲90

   The easiest way to e-sign, collaborate, and share documents

   2015 · gonitro.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Citus Cloud▲89

   A database for building real-time apps on billions of events

   2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Nimbus ▲75

   Cloud-based ecosystem for robot development and management

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Cloudways▲98

   A managed cloud hosting platform for developers & designers

   2016 · cloudways.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   HyperDev▲181

   A new rapid prototyping tool from Fog Creek

   2016 · hyperdev.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Frame.io▲151

   Cloud-based collaboration for everything

   2015 · frame.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   CloudApp 2.0▲103

   Share faster

   2014 · getcloudapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10NC
    Nitrous – Cloud-Based Web Dev IDE in a Chrome App▲6

    2015 · community.nitrous.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Telepat.io Cloud▲128

    Open source, real time API platform

    2016 · telepat.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    NitroEngine▲89

    Run your spreadsheets 100x faster

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sandstorm.io▲101

    A better way to run a personal server

    2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Netbeast API▲113

    An IoT development platform

    2016 · netbeast.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Cloudier▲75

    A beautiful iOS client for CloudApp

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Cloud9▲115

    Your development environment, in the cloud

    2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Zengine▲74

    Quickly build custom business applications in the cloud

    2014 · submittable.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Nitro Cloud▲13

    The easiest way to e-sign, collaborate, and share documents

    2015 · gonitro.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Developer Ipsum▲110

    Lorem for nerds

    2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Swift Devs▲101

    A community for developers and students of Swift

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Bowery.io▲50

    Get a full dev environment in under 30 seconds.

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    SaltStack For DevOps▲66

    Fast and simple IT automation and configuration management

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    StartupCTO.io: Tim Jenkins, CTO of SendGrid▲61

    Building for massive scale

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Rapid.io▲5

    Globally distributed realtime APIs

    2017 · rapid.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →