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Devin vs LM Studio
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
D
Choose Devin if…
- you work on Web, Windows, macOS
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, engineering teams
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Choose LM Studio if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: developers, privacy-conscious professionals
Side by side
Feature Devin LM Studio
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Prompts and responses not retained; cloud requests processed transiently (Zero Data Retention)
Security and compliance—GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—7
Agent mode—
CLI / terminal—
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux, Slack—
CategoryCode AssistantsLocal & Open Models
CompanyCognitionElement Labs, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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
L LM Studio
- Bionic agent creates and edits documents, slides and PDFs
- Coding, automation and computer control tasks
- In-app download of local LLMs
- Runtime powered by MLX and llama.cpp
- Real-time on-device voice transcription in multiple languages
- Optional US-hosted open frontier models with zero data retention
- LM Link connects up to 5 devices on Free
- JavaScript and Python SDKs plus the lms CLI
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Devin
Free$0
Pro$20/mo
Max$200/mo
Teams$80/mo team fee + $40 per full dev seat
EnterpriseCustom
LM Studio
Free$0
Bionic+$20 USD/month
Pro$100 USD/month
Strengths and limitations
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
LM Studio
- Free plan includes the agent, local models and offline transcription
- Voice data is processed locally
- Cloud services are stated to use Zero Data Retention
- SDKs for JavaScript and Python plus a CLI
- Hosted frontier models require a paid plan starting at $20/month
- Free plan has only limited web search
- Team subscription plans are not yet available
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