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Devin vs Verdent

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

Cheaper paid plan
Verdent — $5/mo vs $20/mo for Devin
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Devin has one; not confirmed by us for Verdent
Best fit
Devin: Engineering teams delegating well-specified tickets such as migrations, test coverage and dependency upgrades · Verdent: Developers who want several tasks running against one repo at once
Platforms
Devin: Web, macOS, Slack app · Verdent: macOS, VS Code extension, Slack app

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

DevinAutonomous software engineer working in a cloud VMVerdentCoding agent running several tasks in parallel from a Mac app, a VS Code or JetBrains extension, or Slack

Side by side

FactDevinVerdent
CategoryAI Code Editors & IDEsAI Coding Assistants
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$20/mo$5/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score84 / 10084 / 100
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Slack app, APImacOS, VS Code extension, Slack app
CompanyCognition AI, Inc.Verdent AI, Inc.
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

Verdent

Parallel agents over one repository is the real feature, and getting into it from a Mac app, two IDE families and a Slack message covers most ways people actually work. Credits are the tax: the $5 tier is a token, and serious use lands at $59 or above, though bring-your-own-key softens that.

Pros

  • Runs multiple agents in parallel while holding the whole project in context
  • Native Mac app plus VS Code and JetBrains extensions
  • Slack and Telegram triggers for starting work away from the editor
  • Top-up credit packs do not expire
  • Bring-your-own-key and eco mode cut the credit cost

Cons

  • Desktop app is Mac only, Apple Silicon or Intel
  • Credits, not usage minutes, so cost per task is hard to predict
  • The $5 Lite tier does not publish its credit allowance
  • No public API

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 Verdent if you need

  • Developers who want several tasks running against one repo at once
  • Teams split between VS Code and JetBrains
  • People who like kicking off work from Slack or Telegram

Devin vs Verdent: the questions people ask

Is Devin cheaper than Verdent?

On published entry prices, Verdent starts lower — $5/mo against $20/mo for Devin. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Devin or Verdent have a free tier?

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

Which has a public API, Devin or Verdent?

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

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