# Aider vs Devin

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Devin

| Attribute | Aider | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.8 (65% (medium)) | 63.3 (56% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 49,528 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 166,611 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Aider is a command-line assistant that pairs developers with AI models for collaborative coding. It maps your entire codebase for context, automatically commits changes via git, supports 100+ programming languages, and integrates with popular LLMs and IDEs. It is indexed under AI Coding Assistants.","source":"https://aider.chat","question":"What is Aider?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Aider is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aider.chat","question":"Is Aider free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Aider supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aider.chat","question":"What platforms does Aider support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Aider can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://aider.chat","question":"Can Aider be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 25 integrations for Aider, including Claude, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Gemini, GROQ, LM Studio, xAI and Azure, plus 17 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aider.chat","question":"What does Aider integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Aider is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider","question":"Is Aider open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"An AI-powered development agent that autonomously writes code, performs large-scale refactoring, finds and validates security vulnerabilities, and generates pull requests. It integrates with IDEs, version control, and development workflows to assist engineers with complex coding and infrastructure work. It is indexed under AI Coding Assistants.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"What is Devin?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Devin offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"Is Devin free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Devin supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"What platforms does Devin support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Devin, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"Can Devin be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Devin, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Custom git providers, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"What does Devin integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Devin is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://devin.ai/pricing","question":"Where is Devin available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A command-line tool enabling developers to pair program with language models to start new projects or modify existing codebases, featuring automatic git integration and support for over 100 programming languages. | An AI-powered development agent that autonomously writes code, performs large-scale refactoring, finds and validates security vulnerabilities, and generates pull requests. It integrates with IDEs, version control, and development workflows to assist engineers with complex coding and infrastructure work. |
| features.capabilities | `{"form":"cli_agent","autonomy":"agentic","languages":"100+ languages including Python, JavaScript, Rust, Ruby, Go, C++, PHP, HTML, CSS","oss_client":"oss","model_source":"model_agnostic","pricing_model":"free","runs_commands":true,"self_hostable":true,"editor_support":"IDE integration via comments, web chat interface","codebase_context":"repo_wide","multi_file_edits":true,"architecture_model":"cli_tool_aider","enterprise_controls":false,"zero_data_retention":true,"rag_on_external_documentation_urls":true,"bring_your_own_key_byok_api_support":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"local_llm_support_via_ollama_or_lmstudio":true,"multi_file_diff_generation_and_automated_apply":true,"workspace_indexing_and_semantic_codebase_search":true,"terminal_bash_execution_and_self_correction_loops":true}` | `{"form":"autonomous_agent","autonomy":"autonomous","languages":"Go, Python, JavaScript, Rust, Ruby, C#, Java, Swift, PHP, Elixir, Erlang, C, Kot","oss_client":"closed","model_source":"model_agnostic","runs_commands":true,"self_hostable":true,"editor_support":"Devin Desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux), JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebSto","codebase_context":"repo_wide","multi_file_edits":true,"architecture_model":"standalone_ide_fork_cursor","enterprise_controls":true,"browser_automation_support_for_visual_qa":true,"multi_file_diff_generation_and_automated_apply":true,"terminal_bash_execution_and_self_correction_loops":true}` |
| integrations.count | 26 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"GROQ"},{"name":"LM Studio"},{"name":"xAI"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"Ollama"},{"name":"OpenRouter"},{"name":"GitHub Copilot"},{"name":"Vertex AI"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock"},{"name":"Claude 3.7 Sonnet"},{"name":"Claude Opus"},{"name":"Claude Sonnet"},{"name":"DeepSeek R1"},{"name":"DeepSeek Chat V3"},{"name":"DeepSeek V3"},{"name":"GPT-4o"},{"name":"GPT-4.1"},{"name":"o1"},{"name":"o3-mini"},{"name":"o3-pro"},{"name":"GPT-5"},{"name":"Grok-4"},{"name":"Command R"},{"name":"Fireworks AI"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"vim"},{"name":"neovim"},{"name":"Emacs"},{"name":"Anthropic","native":true,"category":"model_provider","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google","native":true,"category":"model_provider","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"version_control","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock","native":true,"category":"model_provider","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PostHog","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Custom git providers"},{"name":"Datadog"}]` |
| language.primary | Python | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Completely free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aider.chat","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:41:57.320Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Light quota to code with agents","Limited model availability","Unlimited inline edits","Unlimited Tab completions"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Light quota with limited model access","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month, pay-as-you-go for overages","features":["Everything in Free","Increased quotas","Access to OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini frontier models","Full model availability","Free SWE 1.7 and leading open source models","Access to cloud agents (Devin Cloud)","Purchase extra usage at API pricing"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Increased quotas with access to frontier models and cloud agents","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Max","summary":"$200/month","features":["Everything in Pro","Significantly higher quotas"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For power users requiring significantly higher usage quotas","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Teams","summary":"$80/month + $40/month per full developer seat","features":["Everything in Pro","Unlimited team members and flex seats","Share and collaborate","Centralized billing","Admin dashboard with analytics","Priority support","Slack and Teams integrations","Linear and Jira integrations","GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket integration","Custom git provider support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"full dev seat","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Team collaboration with centralized billing and analytics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Teams","Highest priority support","Dedicated account management","SAML/OIDC SSO","Centralized enterprise admin controls","Dedicated deployment option","VPC deployment","Teamspace isolation","First class support for every major model provider"],"description":"Custom deployment with dedicated support and enterprise controls","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. From $20/month (individual) or $80/month + $40/month per seat (teams).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://devin.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:43:18.139Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.86.0","date":"2025-08-09T17:42:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.86.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.85.0","date":"2025-06-27T23:47:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.85.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.84.0","date":"2025-05-30T23:28:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.84.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.83.0","date":"2025-05-09T22:46:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.83.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.82.0","date":"2025-04-14T23:29:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.82.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.81.0","date":"2025-04-04T09:06:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.81.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.80.0","date":"2025-03-31T01:21:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.80.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.79.0","date":"2025-03-25T21:16:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.79.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.78.0","date":"2025-03-21T18:59:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.78.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.77.0","date":"2025-03-13T21:46:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.77.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.76.0","date":"2025-03-10T16:00:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.76.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.75.0","date":"2025-03-04T20:41:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.75.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.74.0","date":"2025-02-06T22:43:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.74.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.73.0","date":"2025-01-31T22:02:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.73.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.72.0","date":"2025-01-20T22:26:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.72.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.71.0","date":"2025-01-10T23:02:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.71.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.70.0","date":"2024-12-26T23:22:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.70.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.69.0","date":"2024-12-13T19:45:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.69.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.68.0","date":"2024-12-10T16:28:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.68.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.67.0","date":"2024-12-06T14:44:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.67.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=aider-chat&per_page=100","last_12m":2,"max_severity":"LOW"}` | - |

## Capabilities (AI Coding Assistants)

| Capability | Aider | Devin |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Form | CLI agent | Autonomous agent |
| Autonomy level | Agentic | Autonomous |
| **Surface** |  |  |
| Editor / surface support | IDE integration via comments, web chat interface | Devin Desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux), JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebSto |
| **AI** |  |  |
| Model source | Model-agnostic (BYO key) | Model-agnostic (BYO key) |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / air-gapped | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Context** |  |  |
| Codebase context | Repo-wide indexing | Repo-wide indexing |
| **Editing** |  |  |
| Multi-file edits | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Agentic** |  |  |
| Runs commands / tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| Zero-data-retention option | ✓ | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| Enterprise controls | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Language coverage | 100+ languages including Python, JavaScript, Rust, Ruby, Go, C++, PHP, HTML, CSS | Go, Python, JavaScript, Rust, Ruby, C#, Java, Swift, PHP, Elixir, Erlang, C, Kot |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Free | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source client | OSS | Closed |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:06:05.875Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*