Cursor vs Devin

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

The short answer

Cursor is the stronger AI pick in AI Coding Assistants: it has a visibility score of 67.7 versus 16.9 for Devin, and ranks ahead in 93% of the answers that name both.

Choose Cursor if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (67.7 vs 16.9)
AI answers describe it more positively (53% vs 12% positive)
You need AIUC-1 or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 42001:2023 coverage
Strong codebase indexing and multi-file editing

Choose Devin if…

You need ISO 27001 coverage
Robust free tier with unlimited autocomplete
Best value agentic editor
Fully autonomous software engineering

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cursor	Devin
Visibility score	67.7%	16.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Coding Assistants	#2	#5
Share of voice	13.6%	6.1%
Mentions this run	65	29
Positive in AI answers	53%	12%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Cursor leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

78.7%

18.1%

AI Mode

73.5%

23.1%

Perplexity

50.9%

9.4%

CursorDevin

Head to head in AI answers

28 engine answers name both brands

26Cursor ranked higher

2Devin ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cursor	Devin
How do I choose an AI coding assistant for a mid-market team?	ChatGPT	#3	#5
How do I choose an AI coding assistant for a mid-market team?	AI Mode	#3	#4
What are common mistakes when buying an AI coding assistant?	ChatGPT	#1	#3
What are the best AI coding assistant tools in 2026?	ChatGPT	#1	#6
Best AI coding assistant for startups	ChatGPT	#1	#7
Which AI coding assistant has the best reviews?	ChatGPT	#1	#4
Which AI coding assistant has the best reviews?	AI Mode	#1	#4
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	ChatGPT	#2	#7
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	AI Mode	#1	#2
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	Perplexity	#2	#9
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	ChatGPT	#2	#6
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	AI Mode	#2	#4

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cursor	Devin
Pricing model	—	Flat tiers
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $20 / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Desktop, CLI, web, mobile and cloud agents	Cloud agent at app.devin.ai and a local CLI, with dedicated VPC deployment on Enterprise plans
Compliance	AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
Support	Customer support by email at hi@cursor.com, Priority support on the Enterprise plan	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
Employees	501–1,000	—
Funding	Funding round at $9.9B valuation	Series E · $3700M raised
Best for	Individual developers and engineering teams that hand coding tasks to AI agents, and larger organizations that need enterprise security and admin controls.	Engineering teams that want to hand well-scoped coding, testing and maintenance tasks to parallel AI agents