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Devin vs OpenCode — Which AI Agent Is Better?

An in-depth comparison of Devin and OpenCode across output quality, autonomy, reliability, speed, value, and ease of use. Vote for your favorite.

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Pick a winner in each category — you can change your vote anytime.

Output Quality
Writes correct, production-ready code and answers
Autonomy
Completes multi-step tasks end-to-end without hand-holding
Reliability
Consistent results — doesn't go off the rails or break
Speed
Fast responses and quick task turnaround
Value
What you get for what you pay
Ease of Use
From install to first useful result with minimal friction
Devin
OpenCode
Category
Coding Agent
Coding Agent
Pricing
$20/mo entry + usage (ACUs)
Free (BYO API key) / Pro via Standard Compute
Open Source
No
Yes
Best For
Teams that want to delegate well-scoped engineering tickets end-to-end
Terminal users who want a polished AI coding interface with LSP support
Key Features
Fully autonomous ticket-to-PR workflow, Own cloud dev environment + browser, Parallel sessions
Beautiful terminal TUI, Multi-provider support, LSP integration

Verdict: Devin or OpenCode?

Updated 2026-07-04

Choose Devin if you are teams that want to delegate well-scoped engineering tickets end-to-end. Choose OpenCode if you are terminal users who want a polished AI coding interface with LSP support.

Editorially this matchup is a dead heat: each agent leads in 3 of our six categories. On price, Devin runs $20/mo entry + usage (acus) and is proprietary; OpenCode runs free (byo api key) / pro via standard compute and is open source.

Where OpenCode falls short
  • Terminal-only — no editor integration
  • Younger project with a smaller plugin ecosystem
Full OpenCode review →

In-Depth Comparison

Devin Overview

Devin is Cognition's fully autonomous software engineer: give it a task in Slack, Linear, or the web IDE and it plans, writes code, runs tests, and opens a pull request in its own cloud sandbox — including several sessions in parallel. It shines on well-scoped, repetitive engineering work (migrations, test coverage, small features) and improved markedly through its 2.x releases, but it remains weaker on ambiguous, novel tasks, and ACU-based usage pricing means heavy use costs real money. Cognition also acquired Windsurf in 2025, folding its IDE technology into the same product family.

OpenCode Overview

OpenCode is an open-source terminal AI coding agent with a beautiful TUI (text user interface). It supports multiple LLM providers, has LSP integration for intelligent code understanding, and offers session management for long-running tasks. Designed for developers who live in the terminal.

Score Breakdown

Output Quality
8.5
vs
8.0
Autonomy
9.5
vs
7.5
Reliability
7.0
vs
7.5
Speed
7.0
vs
8.0
Value
6.0
vs
9.0
Ease of Use
8.5
vs
8.0

Features

Devin
  • Fully autonomous ticket-to-PR workflow
  • Own cloud dev environment + browser
  • Parallel sessions
  • Slack / Linear / GitHub integration
  • Machine snapshots & playbooks
  • Interactive planning mode
OpenCode
  • Beautiful terminal TUI
  • Multi-provider support
  • LSP integration
  • Session management
  • File editing & creation
  • Shell command execution

Whichever you pick — run it on unlimited compute

Both work with any OpenAI-compatible provider. Point the base URL at Standard Compute and get unlimited frontier-model compute from $9/mo flat — no per-token billing, no 429 rate limits.

OpenCode setup guide →

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