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C3 AIThe Agentic Operating System for Enterprise AI
vs
OpenHandsThe open source platform for agentic software development.
Comparison · AI Agents · weekly run Nov 3

C3 AI vs OpenHands

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

C3 AI is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 0.9 versus 0 for OpenHands.

Choose C3 AI if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (0.9 vs 0)
  • You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or FedRAMP or FedRAMP Moderate or FISMA or FIPS 140-2 or ITAR or HIPAA or PCI DSS Level 1 or DoD IL5 or DoD IL6 coverage
  • You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
  • Enterprise-scale AI solutions

Choose OpenHands if…

  • You need a self-hosted or on-premises option

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric C3 AI OpenHands
Visibility score0.9%0%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in AI Agents#59#78
Share of voice0.5%0%
Mentions this run30
Positive in AI answers——

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 3C3 AI 1%

C3 AI 0pp · OpenHands 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

C3 AI leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
0.9%
0%
AI Mode
0.9%
0%
Perplexity
0.9%
0%
C3 AIOpenHands

Head to head in AI answers

0 engine answers name both brands

0C3 AI ranked higher
0OpenHands ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionC3 AIOpenHands
Pricing model—Per seat
Entry price—Free; paid from $500 per seat / mo
Free plan—Yes
DeploymentThe company says its platform runs across any infrastructure.Local machine, self-hosted VM, enterprise VPC, or OpenHands Cloud
ComplianceSOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, FedRAMP, FedRAMP Moderate, FISMA, FIPS 140-2, ITAR, HIPAA, PCI DSS Level 1, DoD IL5, DoD IL6—
SupportCustomer Support Portal, 24/7 support line in customer contract, Email support@c3.aiOpen source community, Best effort email, SLA-based response times, Customer success manager (Enterprise)
Founded20092024
HeadquartersRedwood City, California—
Employees1,001–5,00011–50
FundingIPOSeries A · $24M raised
Best forLarge operators in defense and intelligence, maritime, manufacturing, federal government, oil and gas, utilities and healthcare.Engineering teams that want model-agnostic coding agents they can self-host and control, from a single developer to an enterprise.

Plans side by side

C3 AI

Pricing not available.

OpenHands

Agent Canvas$0free
Teams$500month
EnterpriseCustomcustom
OpenHands pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

C3 AI

  • Enterprise-scale AI solutions
  • Placed in ISG's Merit tier rather than top tiers

OpenHands

Profile in progress.

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

Cite as: SlateIndex, “C3 AI vs OpenHands”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/c3-ai-vs-openhands, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.