agent · ai-coding-agents
Cursor vs Devin
55 fields both were evaluated on, 18 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 37 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Agency
| Field | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | full autonomy agentic version “In Cursor, you can do Cmd+K for targeted edits, or let it rip with the full autonomy agentic version.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | “Agents use their own computers to build, test, and demo features end to end for you to review.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 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· | “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 | |
| Operating environment· | “Cursor runs in your terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews PRs in GitHub.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Set up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to build, maintain, and fix your software.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | “Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options· | Desktop application; macOS download offered on the homepage “Download for macOS”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | “Devin Cloud Devin Desktop Devin CLI Devin Review Devin Windows VM”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Integrations· | “Cursor runs in your terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews PRs in GitHub.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 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 |
Foundation models
| Field | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI and Cursor's own; named as written on the page “Choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model provider· | “Choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | 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 cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 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 | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Tool use· | “type @ for tools & MCPs, / for skills and commands”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | “Devin can spin up a team of Devins for large tasks.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | |
| Deployment scale· | “Trusted by over half of the Fortune 500 to accelerate development, securely and at scale.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | “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· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | “Nubank was born into the tradition of centralized ETL FinServ architectures.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Cursor and Devin publish nothing on these 37 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 37 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Price point
- Availability
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Open weights
- Context window
- API access
- Open source
- Marketplace presence
- 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
- Audit trail
- Tamper-evident log
- Explainability
- Runtime governance
- Permission scopes
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Cursor and Devin compare on autonomy level?
- Cursor: full autonomy agentic version. Devin: no public information disclosed.
- How do Cursor and Devin compare on base models?
- Cursor: Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI and Cursor's own; named as written on the page. Devin: no public information disclosed.