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Bunnyshell vs JetBrains Space.
Environments as a Service — preview, staging, production, AI sandboxes, remote dev, and full lifecycle management. JetBrains Space was a team collaboration platform with dev environments — now discontinued and merged into JetBrains Gateway and Fleet. If you're migrating from Space, here's how Bunnyshell compares.
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Feature-by-Feature
How Bunnyshell compares to what JetBrains Space offered.
JetBrains Space was discontinued in 2024, with its dev environment features split into JetBrains Gateway and Fleet. If you used Space for dev environments, Bunnyshell goes much further — full-stack preview environments per PR, staging and production management, AI sandboxes, DORA metrics, and BYOC deployment to your own Kubernetes clusters. Bunnyshell also supports any IDE (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains), not just JetBrains tools.
| Bunnyshell | JetBrains Space | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Environments as a Service — full lifecycle management | Team collaboration platform with dev environments (now discontinued, merged into Gateway + Fleet) |
| Ephemeral preview envs | Full-stack clone per PR, auto-create/destroy | No — Space dev environments were single-user workspaces |
| Environment provisioning | Auto-provisions namespaces, networking, DNS, TLS per environment | Provisioned cloud VMs for JetBrains IDE remote dev |
| Production environments | Yes — autoscaling, multi-region, zero-downtime | No — development only |
| AI Sandboxes | Yes — Firecracker isolation, ~100ms start, SDK | No |
| MCP Server | Yes — manage envs from Claude, Cursor, Windsurf | No |
| AI IDE Workspaces | Yes — Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, JetBrains | JetBrains IDE only (via Gateway) |
| Remote dev environments | Yes — IDE sync, debugging, port forwarding | Yes — JetBrains Gateway remote dev |
| Stack support | Compose, Helm, K8s manifests, Terraform | Docker-based dev environments |
| Environment as Code | Single bunnyshell.yaml, dev to prod | Devfile-based configuration |
| Templates & service catalog | 28+ templates, custom catalog | Limited templates |
| DORA metrics | Built-in (deploy freq, cycle time, MTTR) | Not available |
| Data seeding | Container, RDS, Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScale | No |
| Drift management | Auto-detect env divergence from template | No |
| Git ChatOps | /bns:deploy, /bns:stop from PR comments | No |
| CI/CD | Integrates with any CI/CD | Had built-in CI/CD (now discontinued) |
| Auto-sleep schedules | Project-level, custom per environment | No |
| Cost tracking | Kubecost-powered per-environment reporting | No |
| Pricing model | Per-minute ($0.007/min), unlimited users | Was per-user subscription (now discontinued) |
| Bring Your Own Cloud | Yes — AWS, GCP, Azure (BYOC) | No — JetBrains-hosted |
| Kubernetes native | Yes — deploys to your K8s clusters | No |
| Multi-cluster | Yes — manage environments across clusters | No |
| Product status | Actively developed, growing platform | Discontinued — features split into Gateway and Fleet |
| SOC 2 Type II | Yes | N/A (discontinued) |
| ISO 27001 + ISO 9001 | Yes | N/A (discontinued) |
Full environment lifecycle.
Not a discontinued platform.
JetBrains Space was discontinued in 2024. Its dev environment features were split between Gateway (remote dev) and Fleet (lightweight IDE). Neither provides full-stack preview environments, production management, or environment lifecycle. Bunnyshell is actively developed and growing — giving you preview environments per PR, staging, production, and AI sandboxes.
Bunnyshell AI Sandboxes
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AI Sandboxes with Firecracker isolation and ~100ms cold starts. Execute untrusted code in JS, Python, .NET, Java, or Go. Full SDK with file operations, process control, port forwarding, and snapshots. MCP Server to manage environments from Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf. JetBrains Space had no AI capabilities.
Any IDE, not
JetBrains-only.
JetBrains Space was tightly coupled to JetBrains IDEs. Bunnyshell works with any IDE — VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IntelliJ, and more. With AI IDE Workspaces, you get persistent cloud VMs accessible from your preferred editor. No IDE lock-in.
What Bunnyshell offers
that Space never did.
Bunnyshell covers the full environment lifecycle — far beyond what JetBrains Space offered.
Ephemeral Preview Environments
Full-stack environment per PR — auto-created on push, auto-destroyed on merge. Space never had per-PR preview environments.
Production Environments
Deploy to production with autoscaling, multi-region, and zero-downtime. Space was development-focused only.
Built-in DORA Metrics
Deployment frequency, cycle time, change failure rate, MTTR — tracked natively. Space had no deployment metrics.
Data Seeding & Lifecycle
Seed databases from RDS, Cloud SQL, Neon, or PlanetScale snapshots. Space had no data lifecycle management.
Auto-Sleep & Cost Tracking
Sleeping environments cost $0. Kubecost-powered per-environment reporting. Space had no cost visibility.
Kubernetes Native + BYOC
Deploy to your own K8s clusters on AWS, GCP, or Azure. Space ran on JetBrains-hosted infrastructure only.
Trusted by engineering teams
shipping fast
“Manual tests on Argo CD PRs now take me seconds. When you review dozens of PRs a day, that's a game-changer.”
“Automatically created BunnyShell environment based on PRs, speeding up the entire task implementation process.”
“The automation and scalability that Bunnyshell provides complements the DigitalOcean platform, empowering developers to build amazing products.”
“Websites don't die anymore, sales keep growing sustained by state-of-the-art tech scalability. Customers send thank you cards.”
“From a release once in 2-4 weeks to multiple times per week, and nobody's stressed about it.”
“I can count on an integrated platform for managing our infrastructure — capabilities we don't have in-house, at a fraction of the cost.”
“I can do with Bunnyshell and a DevOps person what my clients are doing with 4 DevOps people.”
“Developers want convenience. They expect someone to translate their Docker Compose to the cloud. They're not going to rush to learn Kubernetes.”
“Bunnyshell was the only tool that handled our Helm + EKS setup without asking us to change everything.”
“60+ microservices. Bunnyshell deploys them in parallel and lets us control which ones come first.”
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No. JetBrains discontinued Space in 2024. Its dev environment features were split into JetBrains Gateway (remote development) and Fleet (lightweight IDE). If you were using Space, you need to migrate to alternative tools.
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