Automate Basics

Devin Desktop vs Cursor 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
Devin Desktop

Free plan · from $20/mo

Cursor

Free plan · from $20/mo

Claude Code

From $17/mo

What it isAI code editor from Cognition, renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026AI code editor with agents that write and change codeAnthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs, desktop and web
Free planLight quota for coding with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and Tab completionsHobby plan: limited Agent requests, access to Composer, no credit card requiredNo
Cheapest paid plan$20/mo (Pro)Devin Desktop pricing$20/mo (Pro)Cursor pricing$17/mo billed annually (Claude Pro)Claude Code pricing
What it coversModels from several providers and Devin Cloud access; no annual pricing listed.The page says yearly billing saves 20%; yearly per-month prices were not shown.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, LinuxmacOS, Windows, Linux, WebmacOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The Hobby plan has limited Agent requests
  • Bugbot is billed on usage on top of the plan price
  • Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
  • 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 byCognitionAnysphere, Inc.Anthropic

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.

Every tool in AI coding assistants is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.