# Devin: what's new, verdict & setup Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/devin · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Cognition · Official site: https://devin.ai/ > Cognition's autonomous software engineer: a cloud coding agent that tests in its own browser and aims to hand back a mergeable pull request. ## Verdict **Cognition's autonomous software engineer: a cloud coding agent that tests in its own browser and aims to hand back a mergeable pull request.** Good for: - Teams that want to delegate whole tickets to a cloud agent and review PRs - Engineers who want tasks to keep running after they close their laptop Skip if: - You want a low-cost, bring-your-own-model workflow (Aider and OpenHands are open source) - You need a tool whose results you can verify yourself before paying: we have not run it Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves. Pricing: Official page, dated. Read from devin.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Cloud sessions are capped (up to 10 concurrent on Pro and Max). Extra usage is billed at API pricing. (checked 2026-10-25) ## Best for - [Best AI tool for AI coding agents](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/ai-coding-agents) (#-): Cloud agent that runs in its own environment and opens pull requests. ## Key facts Devin's homepage describes an autonomous software engineer that runs in the cloud or on your machine, tests in its own browser and works until the pull request is ready to merge. The same plans page covers Devin Desktop, Devin Cloud, Devin CLI and Devin Review under the Devin brand. - License: Proprietary - Platforms: Cloud agent; Devin Desktop and Devin CLI also listed on the site - Pricing model: Freemium - Free tier: Free plan: $0 (light quota; Devin Cloud is not listed under Free) - Paid plans: Pro $20/month includes access to Devin Cloud; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month plus $40/month per full dev seat; Enterprise custom - How to start: Sign up at devin.ai; the Free plan is a download of Devin Desktop and Devin Cloud access starts at Pro ($20/month). - Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry. ## How to set it up: Get started with Devin These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Devin. 1. **Get access.** Sign up at devin.ai; the Free plan is a download of Devin Desktop and Devin Cloud access starts at Pro ($20/month). 2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Free plan: $0 (light quota; Devin Cloud is not listed under Free) Paid: Pro $20/month includes access to Devin Cloud; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month plus $40/month per full dev seat; Enterprise custom. Read from devin.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Cloud sessions are capped (up to 10 concurrent on Pro and Max). Extra usage is billed at API pricing. ## Pros and cons Pros: - Free plan exists - Slack, Linear, Jira and the main git hosts are supported on paid plans - One vendor for cloud, desktop, CLI and review Cons: - Usage allowances are not given as numbers on the page - Concurrent sessions are capped at 10 on Pro and Max - Proprietary and cloud-based ## Alternatives - [Claude Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/claude-code): Anthropic's agentic coding tool for your terminal, IDE and GitHub. - [OpenHands](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/openhands): Open-source AI coding agent platform you can start locally, automate with workflows and run with any model. - [Codex CLI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/codex-cli): OpenAI's open-source coding agent that runs in your terminal. - [Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/windsurf): Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026: a full IDE with an Agent Command Center for managing local and cloud coding agents. - [Amazon Q Developer](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/amazon-q-developer): AWS's AI coding assistant for IDEs and the CLI, with a free tier and a $19 Pro tier; IDE plugin support ends April 30, 2027. - [Augment Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/augment-code): Coding agent and 'Cosmos' platform with a Context Engine, CLI and cloud agents; plans are flat team prices with usage included. - [Kiro](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/kiro): AWS's agentic coding tool that turns prompts into requirements, designs and tasks (spec mode), with an IDE and a CLI. - [Qodo](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/qodo): AI code review platform with 15+ agentic workflows for IDEs, pull requests and security, priced by team credits. - [Warp](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/warp): Warp's terminal and agent platform; it now pitches 'open infrastructure for cloud software factories' defined as code, with any model. - [Zed](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/zed): High-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter, open source with AI optional. - [goose](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/goose): Open-source, extensible AI agent that installs, runs, edits and tests code with the LLM of your choice. - [Kilo Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/kilo-code): Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and Cloud, with 500+ models at zero markup or your own keys. ## FAQ ### What is Devin? Devin's homepage describes an autonomous software engineer that runs in the cloud or on your machine, tests in its own browser and works until the pull request is ready to merge. The same plans page covers Devin Desktop, Devin Cloud, Devin CLI and Devin Review under the Devin brand. ### Is Devin free? Free plan: $0 (light quota; Devin Cloud is not listed under Free) Paid: Pro $20/month includes access to Devin Cloud; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month plus $40/month per full dev seat; Enterprise custom. Read from devin.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. Cloud sessions are capped (up to 10 concurrent on Pro and Max). Extra usage is billed at API pricing. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page. ### What license is Devin under? Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25. ## What we have not verified - Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry) - Autonomy and success rate on real tasks (vendor claims, not tested) - Usage allowance per plan ## Sources - [Devin](https://devin.ai/) (fetched 2026-10-25) - [Devin plans and pricing](https://devin.ai/pricing) (fetched 2026-10-25) - [Windsurf 2.0: Devin in Windsurf (Cognition blog, April 15, 2026)](https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-2-0) (fetched 2026-10-25) ## How to cite Agentic Weekly, "Devin: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/devin Keep the Reported or Tested label when you quote the verdict.