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Devin

Cognition

The first product marketed as a fully autonomous AI software engineer. Operates in a cloud-based sandboxed environment with its own shell, browser, and editor, completing entire development tasks from specification to pull request. Differentiates as the highest-profile 'autonomous developer' product with full environment access rather than just file editing. Raised $175M at a $2B valuation; commercially available via API and web interface, though real-world performance reviews are mixed compared to initial demo claims.

Devin by Cognition AI, autonomous SaaS software-engineering agent (web IDE + CLI). Verified live June 2026 at docs.devin.ai and devin.ai/pricing; Individual/Teams/Enterprise plans. Devin 2.0 generation.

Openness

1 high confidence
1.0
source
closed
license
proprietary(SaaS-only)
self-host
no

Proprietary subscription SaaS; no source or self-hosting, matching the recipe's 'closed' example (Devin).

  • https://docs.devin.ai recorded 2026-06-04

    proprietary SaaS coding agent, app.devin.ai signup, Individual/Teams plans

  • https://devin.ai/pricing recorded 2026-06-04

    paid tiers Free/$20 Pro/$200 Max/Teams/Enterprise, proprietary SaaS

Adoption

3 low confidence
3.0

Widely adopted commercial coding agent with paid Individual/Teams/Enterprise tiers, but Cognition discloses no hard user count. Placed at 3 on reported commercial traction; no verified usage_volume figure.

  • https://devin.ai/pricing recorded 2026-06-04

    multiple commercial tiers incl. Teams/Enterprise indicating broad paid adoption

Capability

3 medium confidence
3.0

Devin 2.0 at 45.8% SWE-bench Verified is independently corroborated (single-agent, no human-in-loop), mid-tier, well below the OpenHands SWE-bench-Verified SOTA anchor. Scored 3.

Unchanged since 2026-06-24 (last edited, not re-checked)