agent · ai-coding-agents
Devin vs OpenHands
55 fields both were evaluated on, 19 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 36 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Audit logs offered alongside budget controls “Audit logs and budget controls”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
| Runtime governance· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Access controls and cost guardrails for enterprise agent use “Give teams the visibility, access controls, audit trails, and cost guardrails needed to run agents across enterprise workflows.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
| Permission scopes· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Fine-grained access control “Control every layer of your environment with fine-grained access control, model-agnostic architecture, and flexible self-hosted or private cloud deployment options that keep your code and data secure.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
Agency
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| 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 www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 | Reads and writes code, executes changes across codebases “OpenHands runs agents that complete entire engineering tasks, taking actions across entire codebases, running tasks in parallel, and executing changes in real environments.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Operating environment· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Codebase / software development environment “It runs autonomous agents that plan, write, and apply changes across your codebase, helping teams complete complex tasks end-to-end.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Devin can go and complete the migration autonomously.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Can self-initiate via scheduled or triggered workflows, not only on direct prompt “Schedule recurring tasks or trigger workflows from GitHub, Slack, or PagerDuty, even when your machine is off.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
Safety
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Self-hosted option keeps data from leaving the customer environment “Self-hosted — data never leaves your environment”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
Practicality
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options· | “Devin Cloud Devin Desktop Devin CLI Devin Review Devin Windows VM”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | On-prem or private cloud, running in the customer environment “OpenHands runs in your environment, whether on-prem or private cloud, so your code never leaves your control.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 | GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools “Native integrations with GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
Foundation models
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Model swappable· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Model-agnostic architecture “Open source, model-agnostic, and deployable in your environment, so you control how agents run, what they access, and where data stays.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
| 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 www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-agent· | “Devin can spin up a team of Devins for large tasks.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| API access· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms “embed the OpenHands SDK into your product or internal platform.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
| Open source· | no public information devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked “Free and open source — no infra cost”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
Impact
| Field | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| 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 | 81K+ GitHub stars, active open-source ecosystem “With 81K+ GitHub stars and a thriving open-source ecosystem, OpenHands evolves through collective innovation - every contribution makes the platform faster, safer, and smarter.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 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 |
| Target sectors· | “Nubank was born into the tradition of centralized ETL FinServ architectures.”devin.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases “OpenHands is used by platform teams automating engineering workflows at scale, teams building internal developer platforms or AI-powered tooling, and enterprises managing large or legacy codebases and mission-critical software systems.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Devin and OpenHands publish nothing on these 36 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 36 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
- Availability
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Base models
- Model provider
- Open weights
- Context window
- Protocols supported
- Tool use
- Marketplace presence
- 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
- Explainability
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on operating environment?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Codebase / software development environment.
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on model swappable?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Model-agnostic architecture.
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on api access?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms.
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on open source?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked.
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on data handling?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Self-hosted option keeps data from leaving the customer environment.
- How do Devin and OpenHands compare on audit trail?
- Devin: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Audit logs offered alongside budget controls.