# Devin alternatives for small engineering teams

> Seven alternatives to Devin for teams of a few engineers, with current prices and where each agent runs.

By Eimen, founder of Leverage Computer. Last reviewed 12 November 2026.

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## The short answer

- **Already pay for Claude or ChatGPT?** Claude Code cloud sessions or Codex cloud come with those plans [9][7][8].
- **On GitHub and want the least setup?** GitHub Copilot cloud agent turns an assigned issue into a pull request [5][6].
- **Live in the Cursor editor?** Cursor cloud agents [3][4].
- **Want open source on your own machines?** OpenHands [2].
- **Want an orchestrator for many agents?** Factory [10][11].
- **Want the whole team running and steering many agent sessions at once, with rules on every tool call?** Leverage Computer [12][13][14].

**Figure: Hand it off, or steer it.** Devin is built for the first shape [18]. Claude Code and Leverage Computer are built for the second [9][13], and Auto-fix closes the loop [19].

- Ticket to pull request: Ticket or Slack thread → Agent works alone → Draft pull request → Review at the end
- Steered session: Ask in a thread → Session runs → Teammates watch and steer → Pull request
- Leverage Computer with Auto-fix: Pull request open → Checks fail or reviews arrive → Agent fixes and pushes → Merge when ready. Repeats until the pull request is merged or closed [19].

## What a small team should compare

1. **How hands-off it is.** Assign a ticket and review a pull request, or steer the agent as it works.
2. **Where the agent runs.** The vendor's cloud VMs, GitHub Actions, or your own machines.
3. **Integrations.** GitHub, Slack, Linear and Jira.
4. **Price for three to ten engineers.** Seats, base fees and usage.

## Side by side

|  | Where it runs | Starts work from | Open source | Team price (list) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Devin | Devin's cloud; VPC on Enterprise [1] | Slack, Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket [1] | No | Teams $80 a month plus $40 per developer seat [1] |
| OpenHands | Your machines, Docker or VMs [22] | Slack, GitHub, Linear [22] | MIT [2][22] | Free to self-host; Teams $500 a month for up to 10 users [2] |
| Cursor cloud agents | Isolated cloud VMs [4] | Slack, GitHub, Linear, web, API [4] | No | Teams $30+ per user a month [3] |
| GitHub Copilot cloud agent | A cloud sandbox or GitHub Actions [6] | Issues and pull requests [6] | No | Pro $10, Pro+ $39, Max $100 per user a month [5] |
| OpenAI Codex | Codex cloud workspaces [7] | ChatGPT, GitHub, Slack, Linear [7] | CLI is Apache-2.0 | Business $20 per user a month billed yearly [8] |
| Claude Code | Anthropic-managed VMs [9] | claude.ai/code, terminal, Slack [9] | No | Team seats $20 or $100 a month billed yearly [15] |
| Factory | Factory app, CLI and cloud computers [11] | Its app, CLI and headless runs [11] | No | Teams $60 a month plus $40 per person, up to 10 seats [10] |
| Leverage Computer | Its own VM per session [12] | Spaces, threads, the app, CLI, schedules, app events and webhooks [13][16][20] | No | $0.50 per agent hour; people free [17] |

## The options

### Devin: the baseline

"Devin is an autonomous AI software engineer that can write, run and test code." You hand it a ticket or a Slack thread and come back to draft pull requests [18].

**Strengths**

- Integrations with Slack and Teams, Linear and Jira, and GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket [1].
- Enterprise can deploy in your own VPC [1].

**Weaknesses**

- Hands-off by design; the work is reviewed when it is done [18].
- Usage is a quota that "refreshes automatically on a daily and weekly basis", with overage at API pricing [1].

**Price.** Free $0; Pro $20 a month; Max $200; Teams $80 a month plus $40 per developer seat, up to 100 users; Enterprise custom [1].

### OpenHands: for open source on your own machines

**Strengths**

- MIT-licensed and free to self-host [2].
- Runs OpenHands, Claude Code, Codex and other agents, "locally, in Docker, on VMs" [22].

**Weaknesses**

- You run and secure the infrastructure.
- The Teams plan is capped at 5,000 sessions a month [2].

**Price.** Free to self-host; Teams $500 a month for up to 10 users, plus $50 per extra seat; Enterprise custom [2].

### Cursor cloud agents: for teams that live in the Cursor editor

**Strengths**

- Agents "run in isolated VMs in the cloud with full development environments" and "produce merge-ready PRs" [4].
- Start them from Slack, GitHub, Linear, the web, the iOS app or the API [4].

**Weaknesses**

- Not on the Free or Plus plans [3][4].
- Third-party models are billed separately by usage [3].

**Price.** Premium $30 a month and up for individuals; Teams $30+ per user a month [3].

### GitHub Copilot cloud agent: for GitHub-first teams

**Strengths**

- "Assign work to Copilot and it creates a pull request" [5].
- Runs in a cloud sandbox or a GitHub Actions-based environment [6].

**Weaknesses**

- One pull request per task, and Actions-based sessions run for at most 59 minutes [6].
- Usage is billed in AI credits at $0.01 each, and compute draws on your GitHub account allowance [5][6].

**Price.** Pro $10, Pro+ $39 and Max $100 per user a month; the Free plan does not include it [5].

### OpenAI Codex: for teams already on ChatGPT

**Strengths**

- "Each task has its own workspace and can keep working while your computer is asleep" [7].
- Works on GitHub or GitLab repositories and opens pull requests [7].

**Weaknesses**

- Codex cloud requires a ChatGPT sign-in [8].

**Price.** Included in ChatGPT plans; Business is $20 per user a month billed yearly, $25 monthly [8].

### Claude Code: for teams already on Claude

**Strengths**

- Cloud sessions keep running after you close your laptop, with no separate charge for the VM [9].
- Claude can watch a pull request and respond to CI failures and review comments [9].

**Weaknesses**

- Cloning and pull requests in Anthropic-hosted environments need GitHub [9].

**Price.** Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly); Team seats $20 or $100 per seat a month billed yearly [15].

### Factory: for orchestrating many agents

**Strengths**

- Runs "Droid" in its app, the CLI, headless and on cloud computers, and can hand a large project to an orchestrator running a team of agents [11].
- The Free plan lets you bring your own model keys [10].

**Weaknesses**

- Teams tops out at 10 seats; SAML and SCIM are on Business [10].

**Price.** Free $0; Pro $20; Plus $100; Max $200 a month; Teams $60 a month plus $40 per person [10].

### Leverage Computer: for teams that run Claude Code or Codex every day and want to run much more of it

We make Leverage Computer. This section uses our own public pages, and it says where Leverage Computer does not fit.

Leverage Computer works differently from Devin. It is a workspace where your team runs Claude Code, Codex and Grok Build sessions, each on its own VM, and works on them together [12][13][16].

**Strengths**

- **Steer while it works.** Watch a session live, steer it, queue a message or stop it [13].
- **Use the agents you already pay for.** Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Grok plans or API keys [16].
- **GitHub built in.** Each session gets its own checkout and can open several pull requests; agents read checks and workflow logs [19].
- **Approvals.** Deploys and other sends wait for a person by default [14].
- **Scheduled agents** that run as a person, with their own tool limits [20].
- **PR Auto-fix.** Turn it on for a pull request, and the agent fixes failed checks, answers review comments and resolves merge conflicts until it is merged or closed [19].
- **Merge when ready.** GitHub merges the pull request once its required checks and reviews pass [19].
- **Your own environments.** Set variables and secrets and pick them per space or session. A secret can be added to HTTPS headers by the network, so its value never enters the VM [12].

**Where Leverage Computer is the wrong choice**

- **You want to assign a ticket and only see the pull request.** Devin, Copilot cloud agent or Codex cloud are built for that.
- **You must self-host.** OpenHands can; Leverage Computer does not offer it.

**Price.** $0.50 per agent hour on Standard; people are free; AI from your plans or credits [17]. Startups can apply for $500 in credits [21].

## How to choose

1. **How autonomous should it be?** Ticket-to-PR: Devin, Copilot, Codex or Cursor. Steered sessions: Claude Code or Leverage Computer.
2. **Where must code run?** Vendor cloud, your own machines (OpenHands), or a VPC (Devin Enterprise) [1][2].
3. **What do you already pay for?** Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor plans include their agents [3][8][15].

## Questions

**What is the cheapest Devin alternative for a team?**
If you already pay for Claude or ChatGPT, their coding agents are included in those plans [15][8]. OpenHands is free to self-host [2]. Copilot cloud agent starts at $10 per user a month [5].

**Is there an open-source alternative to Devin?**
Yes. OpenHands is MIT-licensed and free to self-host [2].

**Does Devin still charge in ACUs?**
Devin's current pricing page describes plans with usage quotas that refresh daily and weekly, and does not mention ACUs [1].

## Sources

Checked on 12 November 2026.

1. Devin, pricing: https://devin.ai/pricing
2. OpenHands, pricing: https://openhands.dev/pricing
3. Cursor, pricing: https://cursor.com/pricing
4. Cursor docs, cloud agents: https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent
5. GitHub Copilot, plans: https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
6. GitHub Docs, about Copilot cloud agent: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/coding-agent/about-coding-agent
7. Codex docs, cloud: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/cloud
8. Codex docs, pricing: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
9. Claude Code docs, cloud sessions: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web
10. Factory, pricing: https://factory.com/pricing
11. Factory docs: https://docs.factory.com/
12. Leverage Computer, the computer underneath: https://leverage.computer/compute/
13. Leverage Computer, work in the open: https://leverage.computer/teams/
14. Leverage Computer, AI governance: https://leverage.computer/governance/
15. Claude, pricing: https://claude.com/pricing
16. Leverage Computer, harnesses: https://leverage.computer/harnesses/
17. Leverage Computer, pricing: https://leverage.computer/pricing/
18. Devin docs: https://docs.devin.ai/
19. Leverage Computer, Git under everything: https://leverage.computer/git/
20. Leverage Computer, automations: https://leverage.computer/automations/
21. Leverage Computer for Startups: https://leverage.computer/startups/
22. OpenHands, README: https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands

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