# Cursor CLI vs Devin (slim)

> Devin scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harness. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Devin scores 55.7 (C) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Cursor CLI leads on payments & pricing. Both do agent harness.

- Cursor CLI: F 35.3, rank #617 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md
- Devin: C 55.7, rank #447 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.min.md
- Cursor CLI, good for Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 25 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.
- 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 62 against 42; Security & auth, 72 against 46; Transparency & trust, 69 against 59. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Cursor CLI | Devin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 27 | 30 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 39 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 42 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 72 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cursor CLI | Devin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cursor | Cognition AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published | Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | none | 13 |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | 2026-06-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-03-09 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |