Devin

Devin, by Cognition, is the original autonomous AI software engineer: give it a task and it plans, writes, tests and opens pull requests in its own cloud sandbox, working asynchronously like a teammate. After an April 2026 pricing restructure it offers a free tier plus Pro/Max/Teams plans. Devin sits at the top of Cognition's autonomous-coding stack (which also now includes Devin Desktop, the former Windsurf).

Key features

• Autonomous planning, coding, testing
• Cloud sandbox execution
• Opens pull requests
• Parallel async task runs
• Slack/IDE/GitHub integration

Pros & cons

Devin pricing

Devin uses a freemium pricing model, with paid plans from Free tier; paid from ~$20/mo (verify Pro/Max pricing). A free tier lets you test it before committing.

Who should use Devin?

Devin is best suited for Teams that want to delegate well-scoped engineering tasks to an autonomous agent. It earns its place for pioneer of autonomous SWE agents — though it's worth weighing the trade-off that best on well-scoped tasks.

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Devin FAQ

Is Devin free?

Devin is freemium. Pricing starts at Free tier; paid from ~$20/mo (verify Pro/Max pricing).

What is Devin best for?

Devin is best for Teams that want to delegate well-scoped engineering tasks to an autonomous agent.