Devin vs GitHub Copilot
Devin Cognition
An autonomous software engineer that takes tickets, works in its own cloud environment and opens pull requests.
VisitGitHub Copilot GitHub (Microsoft)
Code completion, chat and a coding agent across VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and github.com, with a choice of models.
VisitSide by side
| Property | Devin | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Product | Product |
| Category | AI coding tools | AI coding tools |
| Made by | Cognition | GitHub (Microsoft) |
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan + paid |
| Open source | No | No |
| API | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web | IDE, Terminal, Web |
| Startup | Yes | No |
Features
Only Devin
- autonomous
Both
- coding agent
- code review
Only GitHub Copilot
- autocomplete
- multi-model
- mcp