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Cursor vs Devin

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Cursor

🔴Developer

AI coding assistants

Cursor is an AI-focused code editor that helps teams edit, explain, and navigate software projects with an AI assistant.

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Starting Price

Hobby: $0; Pro: $20/month; Pro+: $60/month; Ultra: $200/month; Teams: $40/user/month; Enterprise: Custom
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Devin

🔴Developer

AI software engineer

Devin review for engineering teams: AI software engineer features, pricing, MCP integrations, enterprise controls, pros, cons, and use cases.

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Starting Price

$500/mo
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Feature Comparison

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FeatureCursorDevin
CategoryAI coding assistantsAI software engineer
Pricing PlansPlan details unavailable5 listed plans
Starting PriceHobby: $0; Pro: $20/month; Pro+: $60/month; Ultra: $200/month; Teams: $40/user/month; Enterprise: Custom$500/mo
Key Features
  • • AI code editor with agent requests and Tab completions
  • • Cloud agents plus terminal, Slack, and GitHub workflows
  • • MCPs, skills, hooks, and frontier model access on paid plans
  • • Cloud AI software engineering agent
  • • Plans, codes, tests, and opens pull requests
  • • Parallel task execution for migrations and refactors

Cursor - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Keeps AI assistance close to code, diagnostics, and diffs
  • ✓Repository context is more useful than pasting isolated snippets into chat
  • ✓MCP support extends the agent with external tools
  • ✓Strong fit for feature work, refactors, and codebase onboarding

Cons

  • ✗Generated multi-file changes still require careful review and tests
  • ✗Large repositories can exceed practical context limits
  • ✗Teams must assess source-code privacy and tool permissions
  • ✗Pricing and current plan limits aren't published; check the vendor's site for current plans

Devin - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Targets end-to-end engineering tasks, not just autocomplete
  • ✓Published case study includes concrete 8x time efficiency and 20x cost-savings claims
  • ✓Integrates with engineering workflows such as Slack, Linear, and MCP
  • ✓Useful for repetitive migrations and well-scoped backlog work

Cons

  • ✗Needs strong review culture; autonomous code still requires human accountability
  • ✗Costs can rise for heavy usage or larger teams
  • ✗Best results depend on tests, clear tickets, and accessible repo context
  • ✗Enterprise deployment and security features require custom sales process

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Security FeatureCursorDevin
SOC2—✅ Yes
GDPR——
HIPAA——
SSO—✅ Yes
Self-Hosted—❌ No
On-Prem—❌ No
RBAC—✅ Yes
Audit Log——
Open Source—❌ No
API Key Auth—✅ Yes
Encryption at Rest—✅ Yes
Encryption in Transit—✅ Yes
Data Residency——
Data Retention——
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