# Claude Code vs Devin (slim)

> Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Devin's 55.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Claude Code scores 61.9 (C) on agent readiness against Devin's 55.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harness.

- Claude Code: C 61.9, rank #316 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/claude-code.min.md
- Devin: C 55.7, rank #447 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.min.md
- Claude Code, good for A developer or a pipeline that wants Claude doing repository work with fine-grained, centrally managed permissions and an SDK for the same loop. Ahead on Reliability, 50 against 30; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 62; Security & auth, 80 against 72; Maintenance & community, 82 against 63; Transparency & trust, 81 against 69.
- Devin, good for A team that wants to hand whole tasks to a cloud agent and collect pull requests, driven from a pipeline or another agent. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Claude Code loses 6 points for them.

| Category | Claude Code | Devin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Claude Code | Devin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Cognition AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary. `LICENSE.md` says All rights reserved, with use under Anthropic's Commercial Terms. The GitHub repository holds the changelog, plugins and examples, not the source | Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | none | 13 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-06-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-03-09 |
| Popularity | 141k stars | none |