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Aider vs Devin
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
A
Choose Aider if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you're in its core audience: software developers, command-line users
D
Choose Devin if…
- you work on Web, Windows, macOS
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Aider Devin
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starting priceFree$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode—
CLI / terminal
Bring your own key—
Local / self-hosted models—
Platforms—Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Slack
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
Company—Cognition
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
A Aider
- Terminal-based AI pair programming
- Works with cloud and local LLMs
- Map of the whole codebase for larger projects
- Supports 100+ programming languages
- Auto-commits changes to git with descriptive messages
- Runs linters and tests, then fixes problems they find
- Uses images and web pages as context
- Voice requests and in-IDE code comments
D Devin
- Autonomous coding through to merge-ready pull requests
- Codebase mapping with updated architecture diagrams
- Browser testing of its own builds with session recordings
- Parallel cloud agents for large tasks
- Code review for bugs and vulnerabilities
- Scheduled and trigger-based automations for CI failures and alerts
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Jira and Linear integrations
- Cloud, desktop and CLI with per-session VMs
Plans and prices
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Aider
Free. Plan details aren't published.
Devin
Free$0
Pro$20/mo
Max$200/mo
Teams$80/mo team fee + $40 per full dev seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Aider
- Code is public on GitHub
- Works with many LLMs, including local models
- Every edit is committed to git, so changes are easy to review or undo
- Runs linters and tests automatically
- Terminal-only interface with no GUI app listed
- You supply your own model API key
- Installed through Python and pip
Devin
- Free plan with unlimited inline edits and Tab completions
- Pro plan at $20/month includes frontier models and Devin Cloud
- SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP certifications
- Works from Slack, Teams, Jira and Linear
- Free plan has a light quota and limited models
- Usage beyond quotas is billed at API pricing
- Teams plan adds an $80 team fee on top of seats
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