Devin vs Cursor
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Devin if you want autonomous ai software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed pr (Supervised agent, usage); choose Cursor if you want ai-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Devin | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Autonomous AI software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed PR | AI-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent |
| Type | agent | agent |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | usage · $20/mo + usage (ACU credits) | freemium · Free (Hobby); Pro $20/mo |
| Best for | enterprise, mid-market, developers | developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas, api | saas |
| Modalities | text, code, browser, api | text, code, browser, api |
| Models | claude, proprietary | model-agnostic, claude, gpt, gemini, proprietary |
| Protocols | mcp, rest-api, function-calling | mcp, function-calling |
| Integrations | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira | VS Code extensions, GitHub, MCP servers, Bugbot |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Devin
- +Genuinely async, delegated model: handles whole tickets and large parallel migrations rather than line-by-line autocomplete
- +Deep workflow integration (Slack, Jira, Linear, GitHub) plus DeepWiki codebase indexing and a public API
- +Validated at large, complex enterprises
- -Best on clear, verifiable tasks; Cognition's own framing acknowledges it can make mistakes or get stuck on complex work and needs human review
- -Usage-based ACU billing can get expensive and unpredictable on open-ended work
Cursor
- +Best-in-class Tab completion and tight, in-runtime AI integration that an extension-based tool can't fully match
- +Strong codebase-wide context, multi-file agent edits, Plan Mode, and parallel/cloud agents
- +Model flexibility plus fast in-house models (Composer) optimized for agentic coding
- -Pricing has been a sore point: a 2025 shift to credit metering caused surprise overage charges and backlash
- -Can hallucinate non-existent APIs and slow down on very large projects
Which should you choose?
Devin is autonomous ai software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed pr, best for enterprise, mid-market, developers. Cursor is ai-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent, best for developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Devin and Cursor profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.