agent · ai-coding-agents
Devin vs Kilo Code
55 fields both were evaluated on, 26 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 29 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Explainability· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| 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 kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 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 kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 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 kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “Kilo works where you work. Build alone or with your team. VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Aligned pricing Models at cost. No markup. No lock-in.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Price point· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Availability· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Deployment options· | “Devin Cloud Devin Desktop Devin CLI Devin Review Devin Windows VM”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Cloud “Choose where to start with Kilo VS Code JetBrains CLI Cloud”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 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 | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Open weights· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 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 kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | MCP (Model Context Protocol) “Does Kilo support MCP (Model Context Protocol)?”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | “Devin can spin up a team of Devins for large tasks.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Agent command center One portal for every agent Control every agent from one place across IDEs, CLI, and cloud. Local and cloud agents Parallel isolated worktrees”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | MIT-licensed open source; vendor states users can inspect, fork, modify and self-host the agent. “Open source No black boxes. Inspect everything. Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source. Fork, modify, self-host”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Devin | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Vendor-reported: "5M+ Kilo Coders" and "10T+ tokens processed every month". No independent counter is named. “5M+ Kilo Coders 10T+ tokens processed every month”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Target sectors· | “Nubank was born into the tradition of centralized ETL FinServ architectures.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | developers at the world's most innovative companies “Trusted by developers at the world's most innovative companies”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Documented incidents· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Disclosed a security incident at business-intelligence provider Metabase impacting Kilo Code data (originally Aug 7, 2026), with the latest update posted Aug 14, 2026 23:19 UTC. “Metabase Incident Impacting Kilo Code Data August 14, 2026 23:19 UTC Update Aug 7, 2026”kilo.ai · checked Aug 18, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Disclosed by neither
Both Devin and Kilo Code publish nothing on these 29 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 29 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- High-risk domains
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Context window
- Tool use
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Runtime governance
- Permission scopes
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Devin and Kilo Code compare on operating environment?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack.
- How do Devin and Kilo Code compare on documented incidents?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: Disclosed a security incident at business-intelligence provider Metabase impacting Kilo Code data (originally Aug 7, 2026), with the latest update posted Aug 14, 2026 23:19 UTC..
- How do Devin and Kilo Code compare on protocols supported?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: MCP (Model Context Protocol).
- How do Devin and Kilo Code compare on open source?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: MIT-licensed open source; vendor states users can inspect, fork, modify and self-host the agent..