Ona Environments
A cloud computer for every developer and coding agent.
Stop configuring. Start shipping.
Each environment is pre-configured with your tools, repos, and permissions. Spin up one for a developer or a fleet for your agents. Ephemeral, sandboxed, and governed by your policies.
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WorkOSThe computer your coding agents need to do real work.
Each agent runs in its own environment with the full toolchain, test suite, and dependencies your code requires. Spin up one or a thousand.
One click. Fully configured.
One click launches a fully prepared workstation: tools, dependencies, cloud access, and database connectivity included. Coding agents get the same environment instantly, no human in the loop.
Same workspace. Human or AI.
Source control, issue trackers, cloud providers, databases, and any tool with MCP support. Every integration your team relies on is wired in before the first command runs.
Mistakes are free. Every environment is disposable.
Every session, human or AI, runs in a fresh environment destroyed after use. No persistent state, no accumulated risk, no data leakage between sessions.
Governed by your policies.
Runs inside your VPC with command allowlists, egress control, scoped credentials, and full audit logging. Your security team stays in control.
Enterprise Architect at Kingland
“Our developers used to lose thousands of hours a year fixing broken environments. With Ona, that number is zero.”Read more customer stories
Not a sandbox. A dev environment.
Sandboxes give agents a container. Ona gives them the same environment your developers use.
Your agent needs a real computer, not an API call
There are two ways to sandbox an agent. One gives it a full development environment. The other gives it a remote function call. The difference decides what your agents can actually do.
Agent has dev environment
The agent gets a full development environment — a VM running a dev container with your codebase, test suite, databases, and network access. This is how Stripe and Ramp run their agents. It's the closest to how a human developer works.
Sandbox as tool
The agent runs on a server. When it needs to execute code, it calls a remote sandbox via API. The sandbox runs the code and returns the result. Secrets and execution are somewhat isolated, but the agent can only execute code — not fully develop.
Agent has dev environment
The agent gets a full development environment — a VM running a dev container with your codebase, test suite, databases, and network access. This is how Stripe and Ramp run their agents.
Sandbox as tool
The agent runs on a server. When it needs to execute code, it calls a remote sandbox via API. Secrets and execution are somewhat isolated, but the agent can only execute code — not fully develop.
Ona uses Pattern 1. Every agent gets a full VM with your dev container, prebuilds, and services. Read: Don't build your own sandbox →
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