Claude Code vs Devin
Both are capable AI coding agents, but the control model is the key difference. Claude Code is a supervised, in-the-loop agent in your terminal; Devin is an autonomous, asynchronous engineer you hand a task and leave to work.
Claude Code
Claude Code lives in your terminal (and IDE), reads and edits your real codebase, runs commands, and handles multi-step tasks under your supervision — you watch and steer as it works. It is extensible via MCP servers, hooks, slash commands, and skills. There is no standalone price: it is included in paid Claude plans (Pro from around $17–20/mo) or via pay-as-you-go API credits. Note it shares one usage pool with your regular Claude chats, so heavy coding can push you toward higher tiers.
Best for: professional developers who live in the command line and want an agent tightly wired into their repo.
Devin
Devin is an autonomous software engineer that works asynchronously: assign a well-scoped ticket and it plans, codes, tests, and opens a PR largely on its own. It integrates with GitHub/GitLab, Slack/Teams, and Linear/Jira, and offers an API. Pricing starts with a free quota, then Pro at around $20/mo and Max at $200/mo, with overage billed at API rates. Autonomy shines on well-defined work; ambiguous tasks need heavy review.
Best for: teams offloading well-scoped, parallelizable work (bug fixes, migrations, routine PRs).
Which should you choose?
Pick Claude Code when you want hands-on control and flat, predictable pricing. Pick Devin when you want to delegate well-scoped tasks to run in the background and parallelize across tickets.
Verify current plans with each vendor — both have changed pricing recently.