Tembo vs Claude Code

Tembo runs Claude Code, and other agents, in secure cloud environments, with human-approved PRs and deep tool integrations. Here's how the platform compares to running a coding agent on its own.

Platform vs. a standalone coding agent

Choice of agent and model
Run Claude Code alongside Cursor, Codex, and more. Swap anytime.
A single coding agent you run on its own.
Managed cloud environments
Isolated cloud sandboxes per session; run in our cloud or your own VPC.
Runs in the environment you set up and manage yourself.
Human-in-the-loop review
Tasks return reviewable PRs you approve from Linear, Slack, or GitHub.
Review happens in your terminal and git workflow.
Works across your tools
Built-in integrations with GitHub, Slack, Linear, Sentry, and more.
Integrations depend on what you configure yourself.
Parallel background agents
Run many agents in parallel across repos, in the background.
Typically run one session at a time, locally.

Standalone coding agent descriptions are general and based on product category. For the latest on any other tool, see that product's own documentation.


Why teams choose Tembo

Any agent, any model

Run Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other coding agents on the same platform. Swap models and agents anytime, no lock-in to a single vendor.

Secure cloud environments

Every session executes in an isolated, sandboxed cloud runtime. Run in Tembo's cloud or self-host in your own VPC.

Humans stay in control

Agents return reviewable pull requests. Approve, reject, or request changes from Linear, Slack, GitHub, and more. Nothing ships without you.

Works across your tools

Tembo connects to GitHub, Slack, Linear, Sentry, and your other tools, and can open coordinated PRs across multiple repositories in one task.