Automate Basics

Cursor vs Devin Desktop vs Claude Code

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Cursor

Free plan · from $20/mo

Devin Desktop

Free plan · from $20/mo

Claude Code

From $17/mo

What it isAI code editor with agents that write and change codeAI code editor from Cognition, renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs, desktop and web
Free planHobby plan: limited Agent requests, access to Composer, no credit card requiredLight quota for coding with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and Tab completionsNo
Cheapest paid plan$20/mo (Pro)Cursor pricing$20/mo (Pro)Devin Desktop pricing$17/mo billed annually (Claude Pro)Claude Code pricing
What it coversThe page says yearly billing saves 20%; yearly per-month prices were not shown.Models from several providers and Devin Cloud access; no annual pricing listed.Claude Code is included in Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise and shares usage limits with the subscription. Annual Pro billing is $200 up front. Console accounts pay standard API rates instead.
Free trialNone statedNone statedNone stated
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux, WebmacOS, Windows, LinuxmacOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Building or changing a small app by describing the change
  • Fixing bugs across several files
  • Running coding tasks in the cloud while away from the desk
  • Editing an app's code with help from an AI agent
  • Running several coding agents at once and tracking them on one board
  • Moving an existing VS Code setup to an AI editor
  • Fixing a bug by pasting in the error message
  • Writing tests and updating dependencies across a project
  • Automating code review on GitHub
Watch out for
  • The Hobby plan has limited Agent requests
  • Bugbot is billed on usage on top of the plan price
  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • The Free plan has a light agent quota and limited model availability
  • The Windsurf JetBrains plugin is in maintenance mode and its Cascade agent is being deprecated
  • No annual pricing is listed
  • Not included in the free Claude plan
  • Usage counts against the same limits as the Claude subscription
  • The desktop app requires a paid subscription
Made byAnysphere, Inc.CognitionAnthropic

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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