{ "schema_version": "1.0", "generated_at": "2026-10-30T15:09:49.951Z", "evidence_note": "Vendor documentation researched, not hands-on tested. Unknown values are not free or absent features. Record last_checked is not the API generation time.", "documentation_url": "https://agentcomparison.net/api/", "agent": { "id": "devin", "name": "Devin", "vendor": "Cognition", "kind": "product", "category": "software engineering agent", "group": "coding-agents", "summary": "Cognition documents Devin as an autonomous software engineer that writes, runs and tests code, available as Devin Cloud sessions with an IDE, shell and browser, plus Devin Desktop and a Devin CLI that can also steer cloud sessions from a terminal.", "one_liner": "An autonomous software engineer with its own IDE, shell and browser.", "best_fit": "Engineering teams delegating well-scoped, verifiable tickets who will review the draft PRs it returns.", "poor_fit": "Hard-to-verify projects with no completion criteria, or anyone needing a numeric published usage quota or default-off model training without a paid-plan opt-out.", "decision_note": "Keep the surfaces separate: Devin Cloud runs on Cognition-managed VMs, while the CLI runs on your own machine under configurable approval modes. Cognition says customer data may be used for model training by default, so a paid plan's Data Controls opt-out matters before connecting private repositories.", "availability": "Free, Pro, Max and Teams plans sign up at app.devin.ai; Enterprise is sold directly. Devin Desktop and the CLI download separately; the pricing page lists Devin Cloud access from Pro up.", "last_checked": "2026-10-11", "evidence_status": "documentation_researched_not_tested", "capabilities": [ { "name": "Writes, runs and tests code in a cloud workspace", "source_url": "https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro", "observed_at": "2026-10-22", "evidence_type": "vendor_documentation", "confidence": "medium", "plan_restrictions": "Devin Cloud listed from Pro up on the pricing page", "region_restrictions": null }, { "name": "Embedded IDE, shell and interactive browser, with takeover", "source_url": "https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro", "observed_at": "2026-10-22", "evidence_type": "vendor_documentation", "confidence": "medium", "plan_restrictions": null, "region_restrictions": null }, { "name": "Devin CLI with tiered approval modes and optional OS sandbox", "source_url": "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/reference/permissions", "observed_at": "2026-10-22", "evidence_type": "vendor_documentation", "confidence": "medium", "plan_restrictions": "Smart mode rolling out gradually", "region_restrictions": null }, { "name": "Start, steer and resume Devin Cloud sessions from the terminal", "source_url": "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/cloud", "observed_at": "2026-10-22", "evidence_type": "vendor_documentation", "confidence": "medium", "plan_restrictions": null, "region_restrictions": null }, { "name": "Admin security profiles restricting network, MCP, git and GitHub CLI access", "source_url": "https://docs.devin.ai/product-guides/security-profiles", "observed_at": "2026-10-22", "evidence_type": "vendor_documentation", "confidence": "medium", "plan_restrictions": "Enterprise adds cross-organisation mandatory profiles", "region_restrictions": null } ], "permissions": [ "Documentation shows IDE takeover and an interactive browser for cloud sessions", "In the CLI's default Normal mode, read-only actions auto-approve while file writes and shell commands prompt; Smart mode auto-runs only actions a fast model judges safe and never auto-approves installs, rm, sudo, mutating git or access to dotenv and key material; Bypass auto-approves everything; Autonomous mode pairs with an OS sandbox where shell and fetches auto-approve but edit/write tools still prompt", "Organisation-level deny and ask rules override every user permission mode", "Admin security profiles can allowlist network destinations and MCP servers, set git read-only or full access, remove the GitHub CLI token and make Devin's own management tools read-only; sessions without a profile run unrestricted", "Secrets can be scoped to the organisation, a person, a repository or one session, are encrypted at rest and are bound only to the commands that need them" ], "limitations": [ "Teams pricing conflicts: pricing page says $80/month plus $40 per full seat; billing docs say an $80 minimum met by seats and credits. Confirm the offered total before payment.", "Vendor explicitly says documentation may be out of date", "Quotas are described as daily and weekly allowances but not published as numbers", "Model training is on by default; only paid plans can opt out, and on Teams only an administrator can", "Security profiles are admin-configured: without one, sessions run unrestricted, and on customer-run Outposts the network policy must be enforced by the operator's own infrastructure", "Smart approval mode is rolling out gradually and may not be available" ], "runtime": [ "Devin Cloud: sessions on Cognition-managed VMs with shell, IDE and interactive browser, driven from the web app, Desktop, API or devin --cloud", "Devin CLI on your own machine, with Normal, Accept Edits, Smart, Bypass and sandboxed Autonomous permission modes" ], "privacy_security": "Re-verified 22 October 2026 against Cognition's Platform Terms of Service (updated 30 June 2026) and privacy policy (updated 9 March 2026). Customer Data may be used for model training and service improvement by DEFAULT (ToS 3.3.1). Paid tiers can opt out; after opt-out, Customer Data is not used for training and zero data retention is enabled with Cognition's model providers. For the Teams tier only an administrator may opt out; Enterprise customer data is never used for training without express prior written consent (per Cognition's security page). ZDR does not preclude retention of data flagged by automated safety/abuse classifiers, safety/AUP review, or legal process (ToS 3.3.3). The privacy policy adds: voice-input audio is deleted after transcription unless stated otherwise, and deletion of personal information can be requested. Use restrictions prohibit building competing products or training competing models. Vendor documents, not independently audited.", "pricing": { "amount": 0, "currency": "USD", "billing_period": "month", "allowances": "Free $0; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month minimum plus $40/month per full seat", "usage_charges": "On-demand credits at API pricing past quota; an eligible ChatGPT Go, Plus or Pro subscription can pay for GPT model usage so it does not count against the Devin quota", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://devin.ai/pricing", "note": "The pricing page lists Free at $0 with a light quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions; Pro at $20/month adding full model availability, Devin Cloud access, free SWE-2 use in Desktop and CLI through 16 October 2026, and extra usage at API pricing; Max at $200/month with significantly higher quotas; Teams at an $80/month minimum plus $40/month per full seat for up to 200 users, with free flex seats that draw shared on-demand credits. Billing docs describe daily and weekly quotas for Pro and full seats (weekly only on Max) but publish no numbers. Reviewing a public GitHub PR at devinreview.com is free without an account. Teams source conflict: the billing guide instead describes an $80 minimum met by full seats and credits. Confirm the offered total; these two models are not interchangeable." }, "sources": [ "https://devin.ai/pricing", "https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro", "https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve", "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/reference/permissions", "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/cloud", "https://docs.devin.ai/product-guides/security-profiles", "https://docs.devin.ai/admin/security", "https://cognition.com/legal/privacy-policy", "https://cognition.com/legal/platform-terms-of-service" ], "changelog": [ { "date": "2026-10-11", "change": "Expanded product-specific feature evidence and narrow setup from fresh official docs. Costs, credential exposure and limits remain explicit. Documentation research, not tested." }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "change": "Flagged conflicting official Teams billing models and corrected pricing guide membership cap to 200. Pricing sources reread; no other product fields reverified." }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "change": "Refreshed from the pricing page and seven official docs: added the default-on model-training opt-out and zero-data-retention claim, retention scope, SOC 2 Type II statement, admin security profiles, CLI approval modes and secrets scoping. Pricing synced with devin.ai/pricing. Documentation research only; not tested." }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "change": "Initial documentation research. No hands-on testing." }, { "date": "2026-09-29", "change": "Cognition blog: GPT-6.1 Sol available in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. Benchmark figures in the post are Cognition's own." }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "change": "Field-level audit: training-default-on + paid opt-out + ZDR claims re-verified against the current Platform ToS (30 June 2026) including the safety/abuse and legal-process exceptions to ZDR; privacy policy (9 March 2026) adds voice-audio deletion after transcription; legal URLs corrected to cognition.com (devin.ai/terms and /privacy 404)." } ], "coverage_rows": [ [ "Cloud versus local", "Separate controls", "Cloud uses managed VMs. Local CLI permissions must not be treated as proof of Cloud behaviour.", "https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro" ], [ "CLI Normal and Accept Edits", "Documented", "Normal auto-approves reads, prompts for writes/shell. Accept Edits auto-approves workspace edits, but shell/outside writes still prompt.", "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/reference/permissions" ], [ "Smart and Bypass", "Different risk", "Smart judges routine actions and prompts on uncertainty; sensitive categories never auto-approve. Bypass auto-approves all tool calls; organisation deny/ask rules still apply.", "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/reference/permissions" ], [ "Autonomous sandbox", "Not universal write permission", "Sandbox allows shell/fetch automatically within OS limits. Direct edit/write tools still prompt and granted write scope can expand the sandbox.", "https://docs.devin.ai/cli/reference/permissions" ], [ "Cloud security profiles", "Must be configured", "Profiles can restrict network, MCP, git and GitHub CLI access. No-profile sessions run unrestricted; customer Outpost network controls depend on operator infrastructure.", "https://docs.devin.ai/product-guides/security-profiles" ], [ "Training and retention", "Plan-dependent vendor claim", "Training may be on by default. Paid users can opt out; Teams requires an admin. Enterprise training needs express written consent. Opt-out enables provider zero-retention, not deletion of Cognition-held records.", "https://docs.devin.ai/admin/security" ], [ "Teams pricing", "Official source conflict", "Pricing page says $80 base plus $40/full seat; billing docs describe an $80 minimum met by seats/credits. Both cap self-serve Teams at 200. Confirm the actual offer.", "https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve" ], [ "Quotas and credits", "Numeric quotas unknown", "Pro/full seats have daily/weekly allowance; Max weekly only. Teams automations/review use shared credits, not seat quota. Numeric allowances are not published here.", "https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve" ] ], "setup_steps": [ "Choose Cloud or local CLI first, then one small ticket with tests and a reviewable diff.", "Before private repository access, review training opt-out and organisation permission rules.", "Use Normal mode for local review or an explicitly configured Cloud security profile; do not select Bypass as a safety default.", "Confirm quota, shared credits and the actual Teams quote before paid work." ], "price_tags": [ "free", "listed", "usage" ], "price_summary": "Free $0; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month minimum plus $40/month per full seat", "page_url": "https://agentcomparison.net/agents/devin/" } }