# Devin vs MiniMax Code (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Devin's 55.7 (C) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Devin's 55.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Devin leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- Devin: C 55.7, rank #738 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.min.md
- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #277 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md
- 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 Security & auth, 72 against 57; Transparency & trust, 69 against 61. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 30; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 62; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 63. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Devin | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 30 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 62 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 63 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devin | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cognition AI, Inc. | MiniMax |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.devin.ai/mcp` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cognition's Platform Terms of Service | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |
| Tools exposed | 13 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-30 | 2026-01-19 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-03-09 | 2026-01-19 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | none | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (4) |