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Devin vs SPEAX

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
The same for both — $20/mo
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Devin has one; not confirmed by us for SPEAX
Best fit
Devin: Engineering teams delegating well-specified tickets such as migrations, test coverage and dependency upgrades · SPEAX: Developers and researchers who want an agent that completes a task rather than just chatting
Platforms
Devin: Web, macOS, Slack app · SPEAX: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactDevinSPEAX
CategoryAI Code Editors & IDEsAI Agents & Autonomous Workers
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$20/mo$20/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score84 / 10081 / 100
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Slack app, APIWeb
CompanyCognition AI, Inc.Speax
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Devin

Devin is the agent to hand a whole ticket to and walk away from, and the $20 Pro tier makes that affordable to try for the first time. The quota is the catch: a long autonomous session can exhaust a plan quickly, and once it does you are paying API rates, so it suits teams that batch well-scoped tasks rather than developers who want a tireless pair programmer in the loop.

Pros

  • End-to-end autonomy: plans, codes, tests and opens the pull request from its own cloud machine
  • Fans one large task out across parallel agents and manages them itself
  • Native Slack, Linear, Jira and GitHub integration plus Desktop and CLI clients
  • Entry price dropped to $20 a month, far below the original enterprise-only positioning

Cons

  • Quotas are described only qualitatively ('light', 'generous'), so cost per task is hard to predict
  • Overage is billed at API pricing, which is where a runaway agent session gets expensive
  • Team tier adds a flat $80 a month on top of $40 per full user
  • Pages are heavily client-rendered; the terms live on cognition.com, not devin.ai

SPEAX

Speax packages coding, research, and deployment into one sandboxed agent you can direct with a single prompt, useful for people who want an assistant that finishes a task rather than just answering questions. It's early-access with no disclosed company behind it, and a same-domain crypto presale page is a reason to slow down before trusting it with real work.

Pros

  • Handles coding, research, and document creation as one continuous task instead of separate tools
  • Runs in an isolated sandbox with its own terminal and file system
  • Free tier is usable without a credit card for initial testing
  • Session and credit limits scale clearly across four published tiers

Cons

  • No company name, team, or location is disclosed anywhere on the site
  • A same-domain presale page tied to a cryptocurrency token raises questions about what you're actually signing up for
  • Early-access status means features and reliability can change without notice

Which one fits

Choose Devin if you need

  • Engineering teams delegating well-specified tickets such as migrations, test coverage and dependency upgrades
  • Organisations that want agents assigned from Slack, Linear or Jira and reviewed as pull requests
  • Large codebases where a task can be fanned out across parallel cloud agents

Choose SPEAX if you need

  • Developers and researchers who want an agent that completes a task rather than just chatting
  • People testing sandboxed AI agents on low-stakes projects during the free tier

Devin vs SPEAX: the questions people ask

Is Devin cheaper than SPEAX?

Both publish the same entry price, $20/mo. The difference is what each plan includes, which the fact table above sets side by side.

Does Devin or SPEAX have a free tier?

Both: Devin has a free tier, and SPEAX has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Devin or SPEAX?

Devin ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for SPEAX is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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