GitHub Copilot
GitHub / Microsoft
Code completion and chat in your editor — now with an agent mode too.
AgentCoding
Devin
Pitched as an autonomous software engineer: takes tickets, ships pull requests.
- Tier
- Agents You delegate a goal.
- Autonomy
- L4 Autonomous agent — Reviews the finished result
- Maker
- Cognition
- Origin
- United States
- Slovenian
- —
- Open weights / source
- No
- Pricing
- Paid
- Best for
- Engineering teams handing over whole tickets
+ Pros
- Works autonomously on tickets end to end
- Integrates with Slack and issue trackers
- Good for well-defined backlog tasks
− Cons
- Priced for teams, not individuals
- Needs clear specs and review
Frequently asked questions
Is Devin free?
No — it requires a paid plan.
Who makes Devin?
Devin is made by Cognition (United States).
What is Devin best for?
Engineering teams handing over whole tickets.
What are the alternatives to Devin?
Similar tools on the radar: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex.
Similar on the radar
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Codex
OpenAI
OpenAI’s coding agent that works on tasks in parallel in the cloud or locally.