Devin alternatives
AI Coding & App Builders · devin.ai
Cognition's AI software engineer (absorbed Windsurf): autonomous coding agents, IDE and cloud agents, priced by usage quota.
Switching to Bolt saves $240 / year and covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Devin alternatives
We compared 10 products and found 8 cheaper options (4 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Devin Pro at $20/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Devin’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Devin costs $20/mo on the Pro plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 8 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 3 compared capabilities. Devin's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cursor Plus plan · missing: Frontier model choice, One-click app deployment | 33% | $8/mo how? ⓘ | $144 / year 60% cheaper | |
GitHub Copilot Pro plan · missing: Frontier model choice, One-click app deployment | 33% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 50% cheaper | |
Base44 Starter plan · missing: Autonomous coding agent, Frontier model choice, One-click app deployment app builder — adjacent | 0% | $16/mo how? ⓘ | $48 / year 20% cheaper |
Which Devin alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- GitHub Copilot — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 33%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Cline — $0/mo (Open Source plan) · covers 67%
- Best paid drop-in
- Cursor — $8/mo (Plus plan) · covers 33%
- Need autonomous coding agent or one-click app deployment?
- Bolt — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need frontier model choice?
- Cline — from $0/mo (Open Source plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Devin has that the top alternatives lack.
- Frontier model choice — Choose which frontier AI model powers code generation.Missing from Bolt, Lovable, v0 by Vercel.
- One-click app deployment — Deploy an app with one click.Missing from Cline.
Feature comparison
Devin vs the top alternatives, on the 3 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Devin | Bolt | Cline | Lovable | v0 by Vercel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous coding agent from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frontier model choice from Pro | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| One-click app deployment | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $20/mo Pro | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Open Source | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Devin covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Autonomous coding agent — from Free
- ✓ Frontier model choice — from Pro
- ✓ One-click app deployment
- ↑ SSO (SAML/OIDC) — only from Enterprise, not compared
- ↑ Team collaboration — only from Teams, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://devin.ai/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-29)
Frequently asked
How much does Devin cost?
Devin's Pro plan costs $20/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Devin alternative?
Yes. GitHub Copilot has a free plan that covers 33% of the 3 capabilities we compared against Devin.
What is the cheapest Devin alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Bolt is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Devin alternative with Frontier model choice?
Cline covers Frontier model choice and costs $0/mo (Open Source plan) in our scenario.
Does Devin have a free plan?
Yes. Devin's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-30, on the vendors' official pricing pages.