Devin — Review & Pricing (2026)
Code AssistantAutonomous AI software engineer by Cognition AI
Starting Price
$20/mo
Free Tier
No
API
Available
Platforms
web, api
Overview
Devin is the first autonomous AI software engineer, built by Cognition AI (which also acquired Windsurf). Give Devin a task in natural language — it plans, writes code, debugs, deploys, and iterates autonomously using its own shell, browser, and editor. Devin 2.0 introduced pay-as-you-go pricing starting at $20.
Pricing Plans
Core (Pay-as-you-go)
$20 minimum purchase
- $2.25/ACU (~15 min work)
- Full autonomous coding
- Own shell, browser, editor
- Slack & GitHub integration
Teams
- 250 ACUs included ($2.00/ACU)
- API access
- Team management
- Priority support
Enterprise
Contact sales
- Custom ACU volume
- VPC / private cloud deployment
- SLA & dedicated support
- SSO & security controls
API Pricing: Included with Teams plan; $2.00-$2.25 per ACU (~15 min work)
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Fully autonomous — plans, codes, debugs, deploys
- Handles complex multi-step engineering tasks
- Integrates with GitHub, Slack, Jira
- Pay-as-you-go from just $20
Cons
- No free tier
- ACU costs add up on long tasks
- Can go off-track on ambiguous requirements
- Less interactive than Cursor/Copilot for pair-coding
Detailed Ratings
Overall
Ease of Use
Value for Money
Output Quality
Good For
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