Station or Prized?
Both give your coding agent a home beyond your laptop. The difference is how you connect, who maintains it, and where the work ends up.
$39/month for one Station, plus your own AI subscription. Your first hour is free, no card needed. After that, a card starts a 7-day free trial (one per customer). Checkout shows the exact date of your first charge.
How to decide.
- 01
Ask how you like to work
Files synced to your laptop with your local editor in charge, or a workspace that lives fully on the web?
- 02
Compare the bills
One is a flat monthly price; the other bills by the hour against credits. Sketch your typical week and price both.
- 03
Try the same project on each
Build something on each, disconnect, come back later and share it. That’s usually enough to see which one suits you.
Side by side.
| What matters | Defang Station | Prized |
|---|---|---|
| Working style | Everything lives on your Station; connect from your agent’s apps or a browser. | Your laptop stays in the loop: files sync to your machine, and what runs remotely shows up there as if it were local. |
| While you’re away | Work continues on your Station while it’s on. | Sessions can keep running after you disconnect; idle workspaces can auto-pause depending on size and setup. |
| Billing | One flat monthly price; your AI account is separate. | Hourly billing against credits; a paused workspace pays only for storage. Check current rates. |
Defang put this together from each product’s own documentation, reviewed 2026-09-25. We didn’t test speed. Check current terms before you choose.
Where they overlap
Both run Claude Code and Codex in a workspace that outlives your laptop. Prized also documents Cursor, a ChatGPT app connection and bring-your-own agents. Its ChatGPT connection depends on your own computer; its sessions can keep running after you disconnect.
When Prized fits better
Prized is built around keeping your laptop in the loop: it syncs files with your machine and makes what’s running remotely show up on your computer as if it were local. If living in your local editor matters most to you, look there first.
When Station fits better
Station is the fully hosted route: sign your agents in, work from their apps, and publish links anyone can open. When something’s ready for the world, Defang Deploy can take it to your own cloud, as a separate setup with its own cost.
Before you start.
Is Station necessarily cheaper?
It depends how much you run. Prized bills hourly against credits and charges only for storage while paused; Station is one flat price however much your agent works. Do the math for your week.
Was this a performance benchmark?
No. We compared what each product’s documentation says, and linked it all below. We’re Defang, so read Prized’s own pages too.
Sources and further reading
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