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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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Cline vs Devin
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cline if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on VS Code, JetBrains, Discord
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
D
Choose Devin if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Cline Devin
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starting priceFree$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
GitHub stars70.9K—
Agent mode
CLI / terminal
Bring your own key—
Local / self-hosted models—
MCP support—
PlatformsVS Code, JetBrains, macOS, Windows, Linux, Slack, Discord, TelegramWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux, Slack
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyCline Bot Inc.Cognition
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
C Cline
- Plan and Act modes with step approval or auto-approve
- Multi-file edits with diffs, checkpoints and one-click undo
- Runs bash commands and reacts to their output
- Supports Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio and OpenAI-compatible endpoints
- .clinerules files that teach the agent your project conventions
- MCP server integrations and SDK plugins
- Runs headless in GitHub Actions, GitLab and other CI pipelines
- Multi-agent teams with cron-scheduled automations
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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Cline
Open SourceFree
EnterpriseCustom
Devin
Free$0
Pro$20/mo
Max$200/mo
Teams$80/mo team fee + $40 per full dev seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Cline
- Free and open source for individual developers
- Works with any major model provider, including local models
- Available as an IDE extension, CLI, desktop app and SDK
- Inference sold at cost, or bring your own API key
- The JetBrains extension is listed only under the Enterprise plan on the pricing page
- Enterprise pricing is available only through sales
- Advanced config management and fine-grained permissions are still marked as coming soon
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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