agent · ai-coding-agents
Cline vs Devin
55 fields both were evaluated on, 22 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 33 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Explainability· | “Toggle Plan mode to align on a strategy, then Act to execute.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | “Ship .clinerules with your repo to teach the agent your coding standards, architecture, and deployment conventions.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Human oversight· | “Approve every step, or flip auto-approve for autopilot.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “A human is kept in the loop just to manage the project and approve Devin’s changes.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | “Migration or large refactoring tasks are often fantastic projects for Devin: after investing a small, fixed cost to teach Devin how to approach sub-tasks, Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Action space· | “Edits across your project Coordinated multi-file changes with linter-aware fixes, diffs, checkpoints, and one-click undo on every step. Runs bash commands Executes in your terminal and reacts to output as it appears. Long-running dev servers, tests, deploys, all handled live.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “Devin ships PRs the way your team does — picking up review feedback and CI results to get each PR approved and merged.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options· | no public information cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “Devin Cloud Devin Desktop Devin CLI Devin Review Devin Windows VM”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Integrations· | no public information cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “Build together with Confluence Build together with Airtable Build together with Segment Build together with Asana Build together with Notion Build together with Stripe Build together with AWS Build together with GitHub Build together with Datadog Build together with Linear Build together with Databricks Build together with Slack Build together with Google Drive Build together with Sentry Build together with PostgreSQL Build together with Azure Build together with Snowflake Build together with MongoDB”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Supported regions· | “Works on macOS, Windows, Linux.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | “Claude, GPT, Gemini, local Ollama / LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Model swappable· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Fine-tuning· | no public information cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “The Nubank team helped to collect examples of previous migrations their engineers had done manually, some of which were fed to Devin for fine-tuning.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | “Plug in MCP servers for databases, APIs, and infrastructure.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Tool use· | “Extend with MCP and plugins Register custom tools and lifecycle hooks via the SDK.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | “Multi-agent teams and schedules Coordinator agents delegate to specialists with their own tools and context.”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | “Devin can spin up a team of Devins for large tasks.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Marketplace presence· | “8.0M + installs across all platforms marketplace + open vsx registry 65.9k stars ★ 4.1 /5 from 307 VS Code Marketplace ratings”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Cline | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | “8.0M + installs across all platforms marketplace + open vsx registry 65.9k stars ★ 4.1 /5 from 307 VS Code Marketplace ratings”cline.bot · checked Aug 8, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | “Among others, Data, Collections, and Risk business units verified and completed their migrations in weeks instead of months or years.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Target sectors· | “Nubank was born into the tradition of centralized ETL FinServ architectures.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Cline and Devin publish nothing on these 33 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 33 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- Operating environment
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Price point
- Availability
- Support model
- Open weights
- Context window
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Data handling
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Runtime governance
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage