{
    "title": "Devin Alternatives 2027: 11 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/devin/",
    "summary": "The best Devin alternatives in 2027 are OpenAI Codex (best overall, $20/mo), Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) (best free plan) and Cline (best open source, Apache-2.0). Devin itself starts at $20/mo. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 11 Nov 2026; 8 more are compared below, including 2 with a free plan and 4 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Devin",
        "starting_price": "$20/mo",
        "free_plan": "Light quota, limited model availability",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
        "pricing_url": "https://devin.ai/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI coding assistant (IDE plugin)",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-11",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-11",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "OpenAI Codex",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$20/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan includes Codex, shared limits",
            "best_for": "Agent in CLI, IDE, web and iOS",
            "difference": "Codex is bundled in ChatGPT plans, with web, CLI, IDE extension and iOS access from Plus; an API key skips cloud features such as GitHub code review and Slack.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing",
            "website": "https://developers.openai.com/codex"
        },
        {
            "name": "GitHub Copilot",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$10/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "2,000 completions a month",
            "best_for": "Issue-to-pull-request agent inside GitHub",
            "difference": "The cloud coding agent that turns assigned work into pull requests is included from Pro; the Free plan excludes it and offers 2,000 completions plus limited chat and agent usage.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://github.com/features/copilot/plans",
            "website": "https://github.com/features/copilot",
            "zekai_score": 9.3,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/github-copilot/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cursor",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$30/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "Limited agent and chat requests",
            "best_for": "Standalone AI editor with cloud agents",
            "difference": "A full editor where cloud agents and automations start at the $30 Premium plan; the $8 Plus plan covers Grok models only and third-party model usage is billed separately.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://cursor.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://cursor.com",
            "zekai_score": 9.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/cursor/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Claude Code",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$20/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Terminal, IDE and web coding agent",
            "difference": "Included in every paid Claude plan and drawn from one shared usage pool with chat; the Free plan excludes it, and Pro is $17 a month billed yearly.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://claude.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://code.claude.com",
            "zekai_score": 9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/claude-code/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Replit",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$20/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Browser workspace that builds and hosts apps",
            "difference": "Agent builds and hosts apps inside Replit's browser workspace; Core includes $20 of credits toward more powerful models and Pro lists $100 of credits.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://replit.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://replit.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/replit-ai-development/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer)",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/user/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "50 agentic requests per month",
            "best_for": "IDE and CLI agent for AWS teams",
            "difference": "Billed per user through AWS; Pro adds 4,000 lines a month of Java and .NET transformation, pooled per account, with extra lines at $0.003 each.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/pricing/",
            "website": "https://aws.amazon.com/q/developer/",
            "zekai_score": 6.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/amazon-codewhisperer/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gemini CLI",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Apache-2.0",
            "best_for": "Free terminal agent with a Google login",
            "difference": "A personal Google sign-in gives 60 requests per minute and 1,000 requests per day at no charge, with Gemini models in a local terminal.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli",
            "website": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli",
            "repository": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/gemini-cli/",
            "zekai_score": 8.3,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/gemini-cli/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cline",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Apache-2.0",
            "best_for": "Open-source agent inside your editor",
            "difference": "Apache-2.0 agent with Plan and Act modes that runs as an editor extension or CLI with any model endpoint you bring, so the tool itself has no subscription.",
            "repository": "https://github.com/cline/cline",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/cline/",
            "last_release": "2026-10-26",
            "zekai_score": 8.1,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/cline/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Kilo Code",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Open-source agent with 500+ model choices",
            "difference": "MIT-licensed agent for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI whose gateway lists 500+ models, so the model can be swapped per task.",
            "repository": "https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/kilocode/",
            "last_release": "2026-09-06",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/kilocode/"
        },
        {
            "name": "OpenHands",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted open-source engineering agent",
            "difference": "MIT-licensed agent you run from your own Docker host, with the option to run third-party agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI in the same control center.",
            "repository": "https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/openhands/",
            "zekai_score": 7.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/openhands/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Qwen Code",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Apache-2.0",
            "best_for": "Open-source agent for Qwen and local models",
            "difference": "Apache-2.0 terminal agent with a headless mode for CI and editor plugins, built around Qwen models but able to use other providers.",
            "repository": "https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/qwen-code/",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/qwen-code/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Devin in 2027?",
            "a": "OpenAI Codex is the best overall Devin alternative on this page ($20/mo). For no cost, Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) has a free plan (50 agentic requests per month). To self-host, Cline is open source (Apache-2.0)."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Devin?",
            "a": "Yes. Devin has a free plan: Light quota, limited model availability. Paid plans start at $20/mo, checked on 11 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Devin?",
            "a": "Yes. Gemini CLI, Cline, Kilo Code, OpenHands, Qwen Code are open source and free to self-host. OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Devin?",
            "a": "GitHub Copilot starts at $10/mo, against $20/mo for Devin, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 11 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Devin alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 11 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is GitHub Copilot $50/mo, Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) $95/mo, OpenAI Codex $100/mo, against Devin $100/mo for Devin. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, OpenAI Codex or Devin?",
            "a": "Codex is bundled in ChatGPT plans, with web, CLI, IDE extension and iOS access from Plus; an API key skips cloud features such as GitHub code review and Slack. Choose OpenAI Codex if you already pay for ChatGPT and want its coding agent included in that plan. Stay with Devin if you want a hosted agent that works from Slack mentions and scheduled automations."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Devin?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: The pricing page gives no numeric usage allowance: usage refreshes daily and weekly and cost per message varies by model, task size and complexity (11 Nov 2026); Team use costs $80 a month for the team plan plus $40 a month per full dev seat, and the Max plan is $200 a month (11 Nov 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is better than Devin?",
            "a": "It depends on the job. Codex and Copilot's cloud agent are the nearest hosted agents, Cursor suits editing code yourself, and OpenHands is the open-source agent you can self-host."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/devin/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}