1. [Home](https://buildful.ai/) 2. [Compare](https://buildful.ai/compare) 3. Devin Devin alternative # Buildful vs Devin Devin is Cognition's cloud coding agent. Hand it a task and it works in its own machine, tests, and opens a pull request, much as Buildful does. Devin's plans come with a usage quota; Buildful's Pro plan is 1,000 tasks for $10 a month. 1,000 tasks for $10 a month. About a cent a task. [Start building ](https://buildful.ai/signup) Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed. Stay ## Stay with Devin if - You need enterprise controls like SSO, VPC deployment and audit logs. - You want long sessions on a full desktop, including Windows and macOS apps. - Your team works in Jira, Microsoft Teams, GitLab or Bitbucket. Switch ## Switch to Buildful if - You want to know up front how many tasks a month buys. On Buildful, $10 buys 1,000. - You want the right open-weight model picked for each task, and a frontier model whenever you choose. - You're a small team: Buildful Team is $40 a month for 3,000 tasks, against Devin Teams' $80 monthly minimum. [Try it on your repo ](https://buildful.ai/signup) First 3 tasks free At a glance ## How Devin and Buildful compare __Devin and Buildful, side by side__ | Compared on | Devin | Buildful | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Price | Pro $20 a month and Max $200, each with a usage quota; past it, usage is billed at API prices. Teams has an $80 monthly minimum, with full seats at $40 each. | Pro is $10 a month for 1,000 tasks. Team is $40 for 3,000\. Free to try with 3 tasks. | | Where it runs | In Devin's own cloud machine, with a shell, editor, browser and desktop. | In a private cloud sandbox, one per task, deleted when the task ends. | | To get started | Sign up and connect GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket. | Sign up and connect a GitHub repo. | | Models | Cognition's SWE models and frontier models, drawn from your plan's quota. | Buildful picks the right open-weight model for each task. On Pro and Team, pick a frontier model yourself, like Claude or GPT, with prepaid credit or your own API key. | | What you get back | A pull request, and a test video when testing is on. | A pull request on your GitHub repo, ready to review and merge. | | Testing | After opening a pull request, tests the app in its browser and sends an annotated recording. | Runs your repo's checks, then tests UI changes in a real browser and records it. | | | | [Try it on your repo ](https://buildful.ai/signup) Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed. | ### Compare Buildful with other tools [vs Claude Code →](https://buildful.ai/compare/claude-code) [vs Cursor →](https://buildful.ai/compare/cursor) [vs Lovable →](https://buildful.ai/compare/lovable) [vs Replit →](https://buildful.ai/compare/replit) [vs Emergent →](https://buildful.ai/compare/emergent) [vs Base44 →](https://buildful.ai/compare/base44) [vs Bolt →](https://buildful.ai/compare/bolt) [vs GitHub Copilot →](https://buildful.ai/compare/github-copilot) [vs OpenAI Codex →](https://buildful.ai/compare/codex) [vs v0 →](https://buildful.ai/compare/v0) [vs Windsurf →](https://buildful.ai/compare/windsurf) [All comparisons](https://buildful.ai/compare) Why we built Buildful ## Great software shouldn't depend on who can afford a $200 subscription. - A model chosen for each task Buildful picks the right open-weight model for each one. Frontier models, whenever you choose. - Your repos, your pull requests Every change is a pull request on your GitHub. One task can change several repos, one PR each. Nothing reaches main without you. - Tested before you merge Your checks run, and every UI change is tested in a real browser and recorded. Tasks can also start from Slack or Linear Switching from Devin ## Frequently asked questions Is Buildful like Devin? Both take a task and open a pull request. Buildful counts tasks, 1,000 for $10 a month, and picks the model for each one. Is Devin the same as Devin Desktop? No. Devin is Cognition's cloud agent. Devin Desktop is its code editor, formerly Windsurf; see Buildful vs Windsurf. Can I start tasks from Slack or Linear? Yes. Mention @Buildful in Slack and it replies with the task, or add your chosen label to a Linear issue and the pull request is attached back to it. What happens to my repo? Buildful works on a new branch and opens a pull request. Nothing reaches your main branch until you review the change and merge it. [Start building ](https://buildful.ai/signup) Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed. --- Source: https://buildful.ai/compare/devin