agent · ai-coding-agents
Devin vs Goose
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 | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime governance· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “🔒 Security Prompt injection detection, tool permission controls, sandbox mode, and an adversary reviewer that watches for unsafe actions.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “🔒 Security Prompt injection detection, tool permission controls, sandbox mode, and an adversary reviewer that watches for unsafe actions.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Human oversight· | “A human is kept in the loop just to manage the project and approve Devin’s changes.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information goose-docs.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 | no public information goose-docs.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 | no public information goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “goose is a general-purpose AI agent that runs on your machine.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Safety policy· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “🔒 Security Prompt injection detection, tool permission controls, sandbox mode, and an adversary reviewer that watches for unsafe actions.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Availability· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Download the desktop app Available for macOS, Linux, and Windows”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Deployment options· | “Devin Cloud Devin Desktop Devin CLI Devin Review Devin Windows VM”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Integrations· | “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 | “Connect to 70+ extensions — databases, APIs, browsers, GitHub, Google Drive, and more — via the Model Context Protocol open standard.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Model provider· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Works with 15+ providers — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, Bedrock, and more.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Use API keys or your existing Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions via ACP .”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Fine-tuning· | “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 | no public information goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Model Context Protocol MCP is the open standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data sources.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Tool use· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Connect to 70+ extensions — databases, APIs, browsers, GitHub, Google Drive, and more — via the Model Context Protocol open standard.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | “Devin can spin up a team of Devins for large tasks.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Subagents Spawn independent subagents to handle tasks in parallel — code review, research, file processing — keeping the main conversation clean.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| API access· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Desktop app, CLI, and API — for code, workflows, and everything in between.”goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Devin | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | ||
| Deployment scale· | “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 | no public information goose-docs.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Devin and Goose 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
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Price point
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Base models
- Open weights
- Context window
- Marketplace presence
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- 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
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage