Devin by Cognition
Overview
Autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition that runs in cloud VMs, takes work from Slack, Teams, Linear, Jira or an API, and delivers pull requests. Devin Desktop and the Devin CLI act as local companions to the cloud agent.
On public GitHub, Devin opened 19,340 pull requests in the week of Sep 28, 2026, and 71% of the pull requests from the four weeks before that were merged. On Terminal-Bench 3.0 its best listed result is 18.6% with SWE-1.7 Lightning, ranking 5 of 6 agents on that board. It was mentioned in 65 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Recent developments
- 2026-09-08: Series E announced: over $2B raised at a $48B valuation.
- 2026-05-27: Raised over $1B at a $26B valuation.
Devin usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: devin.csv
Install Devin
| Homebrew | brew install --cask devin-cli |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | Cognition |
|---|---|
| Type | Cloud coding agent |
| First released | March 2024 |
| License | Proprietary |
| Interfaces | Web, CLI, Desktop app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, API/SDK |
| Platforms | Web, macOS, Linux, Windows |
| Models | Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI plus open-source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2. |
| Homebrew installs | 676 in 30 days · 3,520 in a year |
Pricing
Devin Cloud access starts with Pro at $20/mo (the Free plan covers desktop agents only); Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom; extra usage is purchased at API pricing.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
Devin benchmark results
| Benchmark | Model | Effort | Tasks solved | Cost of run | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | SWE-1.7 Lightning | — | 18.6% ± 3.0 | $7,215 | #5 of 6 |
Up to four best runs per board. Scores are not comparable between Terminal-Bench versions. Source: Terminal-Bench (tbench.ai).
Pull requests by Devin on GitHub
In the week of Sep 28, 2026, 19,340 pull requests matching Devin's signature (author:devin-ai-integration[bot]) were opened in public repositories; 71% of those opened in the four weeks before were merged.
Reliability
From the vendor's public status page · now: All Systems Operational
2 incidents reported in the last 30 days, 1 of them major or critical, 3.7 hours in total from report to resolution.
| Sep 24, 2026 | Devin webapp down · critical |
|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Multiple services experiencing degraded performance · minor |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Degradation in new Devin Sessions · major |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Devin Cloud is unavailable · critical |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Devin unavailable · major |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Devin sessions unable to start · major |
Devin alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 |
JulesGoogle (Google Labs) |
19 | 2,765 | up 13.2% | up 6.7% | — | — | — | Free + $19.99/mo | ||
| No agents match that filter. | |||||||||||
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Devin FAQ
How much does Devin cost?
Devin Cloud access starts with Pro at $20/mo (the Free plan covers desktop agents only); Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom; extra usage is purchased at API pricing.
Is Devin open source?
No. Devin is a proprietary product from Cognition.
How popular is Devin?
On public GitHub, Devin opened 19,340 pull requests in the week of Sep 28, 2026, and 71% of the pull requests from the four weeks before that were merged. On Terminal-Bench 3.0 its best listed result is 18.6% with SWE-1.7 Lightning, ranking 5 of 6 agents on that board. It was mentioned in 65 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
What are the alternatives to Devin?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are Jules.
Where these numbers come from
Homebrew: devin-cli. Wikipedia: Devin AI. Site rank: devin.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: devin.ai, docs.devin.ai, cognition.com, en.wikipedia.org, formulae.brew.sh.