Cline vs Devin

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Devin is the stronger AI pick in AI Coding Assistants: it has a visibility score of 16.9 versus 5.3 for Cline, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Cline if…

AI answers describe it more positively (54% vs 12% positive)
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers
Open-source with bring-your-own API key
Granular model control and choice of models

Choose Devin if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (16.9 vs 5.3)
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than usage-based
Robust free tier with unlimited autocomplete

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cline	Devin
Visibility score	5.3%	16.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Coding Assistants	#16	#5
Share of voice	2.6%	6.1%
Mentions this run	13	29
Positive in AI answers	54%	12%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Cline 0pp · Devin 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Devin leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

18.1%

AI Mode

4.6%

23.1%

Perplexity

8.3%

9.4%

ClineDevin

Head to head in AI answers

10 engine answers name both brands

0Cline ranked higher

10Devin ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cline	Devin
What are the best AI coding assistant tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#8	#6
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	AI Mode	#6	#2
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	Perplexity	#11	#9
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	ChatGPT	#7	#6
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	Perplexity	#11	#8
Most affordable AI coding assistant that is still reliable	AI Mode	#5	#3
Most affordable AI coding assistant that is still reliable	Perplexity	#5	#2
Is there a free AI coding assistant for small teams?	Perplexity	#4	#3
Official website of the top AI coding assistant vendors	ChatGPT	#17	#7
Official website of the top AI coding assistant vendors	Perplexity	#15	#9

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cline	Devin
Pricing model	Usage-based	Flat tiers
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $20 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Runs in your editor, terminal or own apps, with local or cloud AI models, and VPC deployments on Enterprise.	Cloud agent at app.devin.ai and a local CLI, with dedicated VPC deployment on Enterprise plans
Compliance	—	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
Support	Community support for the open-source version, Priority and dedicated support on Enterprise, SLA on Enterprise	Priority support on Team plan, Dedicated Slack Connect channel for support, Dedicated account and engineering support on Enterprise plan, Optional onboarding call
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, United States	San Francisco
Employees	11–50	—
Funding	Seed · $32M raised	Series E · $3700M raised
Best for	Individual developers and teams who want an open-source agent with their own provider keys, and organizations that need SSO, audit logs and team management on Enterprise.	Engineering teams that want to hand well-scoped coding, testing and maintenance tasks to parallel AI agents