Devin vs Claude Code
Devin (Cognition) and Claude Code (Anthropic) side by side on public data, as of Oct 10, 2026.
Claude Code shipped 76 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Which should you choose?
Choose Devin if
- steady service matters most: 2 incidents on its status page in 30 days against 8
Choose Claude Code if
- you want to use your own model API key
- you want to switch between model providers (3 documented against 0)
- you want it inside your editor
- you want to check in from your phone
- benchmark results matter to you: 64.8% on Terminal-Bench against 18.6%
- you prefer the more widely used tool, with more docs and answers around (Gid Score 81 against 53)
Built from documented features, official prices, status pages and usage data on this page; it does not judge output quality.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Devin | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Gid Score | 53 | 81 |
| Overall rank | #51 | #3 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 12.2M |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | down 15.4% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | down 24.3% |
| VS Code installs | — | 27.4M |
| Marketplace rating | — | 3.7 / 5 (899) |
| GitHub stars | — | 150K |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | 864 | 38.8K |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 62 | 1,433 |
| Latest stable release | — | 2.1.296 · yesterday |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 76 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | 18.6% · v3.0 | 64.8% · v4.0 |
| Price | $20/mo | $20/mo |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| First released | March 2024 | February 2025 |
| Interfaces | Web, CLI, Desktop app, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, API/SDK | CLI, IDE extension, Desktop, Web, Mobile, SDK |
| Models | Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI plus open-source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2. | Anthropic Claude models via Claude plans, a Console API key or supported third-party cloud providers |
Trends
Devin
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.
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.
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, with VS Code and JetBrains integrations plus desktop, web and mobile access. It runs Claude models through a Claude subscription, an Anthropic Console API key or supported third-party cloud providers.
Pricing: Claude Code is now included in Pro ($17/month annual, $20/month monthly) and Max ($100-$200/month) plans. Free tier does not include Claude Code. Team plans available with standard seats at $20/seat/month annual ($25 monthly) and premium seats at $100/seat/month annual ($125 monthly). Enterprise plans available with custom pricing.
Latest release 2.1.296:
- Added a code key to the Claude apps gateway's managed.policies[]: the same settings as cli, also applied in Claude Desktop's Code tab; beside desktop, it turns on Claude Desktop's gateway mode
- Added autoCompactWindow to subagent frontmatter and --agents definitions, so a subagent can auto-compact earlier than the main conversation's window
- Added CLAUDECODEWORKFLOWSUBAGENTMODEL to run every workflow agent on one model while other subagents keep theirs
- Added CLAUDECODEOVERLOADEDRETRYMAXDELAYMS environment variable to set a longer maximum delay for the backoff when retrying an overloaded (529) request
Devin vs Claude Code: common questions
Which is more popular, Devin or Claude Code?
Claude Code has a Gid Score of 81 against 53 for Devin. The score combines package downloads, editor installs, GitHub activity and attention, updated daily.
Which has had fewer outages recently, Devin or Claude Code?
In the last 30 days Devin's status page listed 2 incidents and Claude Code's listed 8. Counts come from each official status page.