Claude Code vs Devin Desktop

52 facts per product, each taken from the vendor's own public pages and linked to its source. 14 rows differ and are highlighted; the better documented value in a row is bold. “Not documented” means the vendor's pages do not state it — it is never counted as a “No”. Devin Desktop is also known as Windsurf.

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Verdict by buyer type

Solo developers who want to start free
Devin Desktop

Devin Desktop has a Free plan with a light agent quota that resets daily and weekly, plus unlimited Tab completions. Claude's Free plan does not include Claude Code; it starts on Pro at $17 per month billed annually or $20 monthly.

Developers who want an AI editor with autocomplete
Devin Desktop

Devin Desktop is a full IDE derived from VS Code, with Tab completions on every plan, and it indexes the local codebase by default. Claude Code documents no as-you-type completion: it works through prompts and agent edits, and it searches files at run time instead of keeping a code index.

Developers staying in VS Code or JetBrains
Claude Code

Both list a VS Code extension and a JetBrains plugin. Claude Code's extension and plugin run its agent inside those IDEs. Devin Desktop's are the older Windsurf plugins, in maintenance mode: the VS Code plugin offers autocomplete, chat and command without the Devin Desktop agents, and for JetBrains the vendor now recommends running Devin over the Agent Client Protocol instead of its plugin.

Teams buying seats
Claude Code

Claude Code's Team plan is $20 per seat per month billed annually or $25 monthly, for 2 to 150 seats. Devin Desktop's Teams plan is $80 per month for the team plus $40 per month for each full seat, and only monthly prices are listed.

Developers who want models from several AI labs
Devin Desktop

Devin Desktop offers Cognition's own SWE models alongside Claude, GPT, Gemini, xAI and open models such as GLM and Kimi, though the Free plan is limited to SWE-1.6. Claude Code runs Anthropic's Claude models only and does not support routing to other models.

Developers who steer agents from a phone
Claude Code

Claude Code documents starting, monitoring and steering tasks from the Claude app for iOS and Android, including cloud sessions that keep running after you close your laptop. Devin Desktop's cloud agent, Devin Cloud, runs from the Devin web app; its pages document no mobile app.

Security and compliance buyers
Claude Code

Both document SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and both offer zero data retention. Claude Code is covered by Anthropic's HIPAA BAA on qualified Enterprise accounts with zero data retention, code sent under commercial terms is not used for training, and SSO starts on Team. Devin Desktop's pages do not document HIPAA, customer data may be used for training by default until a paid customer opts out, and SSO is Enterprise-only.

Pricing

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Free planNo
Claude's Free plan does not include Claude Code; Claude Code starts on Pro. The Console route is pay-as-you-go API usage.
Yes
Free individual plan; no third-party payment needed.
Free plan limitsNo free plan
Claude's Free plan does not include Claude Code.
Light agent quota with daily/weekly reset, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions
The models page states free-tier users only have access to SWE-1.6.
Free trial (days)Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. The plan comparison lists trials only for sales-assisted Enterprise, with no length stated.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. Trials of paid plans are described as promotional offers for a subset of eligible customers, with no stated length.
Trial requires credit cardNot documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Cheapest paid plan, billed annually (per user / month)$17.00
Pro plan, billed annually ($200 up front).
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. The pricing page lists monthly prices only.
Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly (per user / month)$20.00
Pro plan, billed monthly.
$20.00
Pro plan (individual).
Highest listed-price plan, billed annually (per user / month)$100.00
Team Premium seat. Max 20x ($200/month) costs more but is billed monthly only; Enterprise is $20/seat plus usage at API rates.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. No annual prices are listed; the highest listed monthly price is Max at $200/month.
Minimum paid seats2
Team plan is for 2 to 150 seats. Pro and Max are single-user plans.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Custom-priced enterprise planYes
Enterprise lists US$20/seat/month billed annually plus usage at API rates; the sales-assisted route gives a tailored quote.
Yes
Enterprise is priced through sales ("Let's talk").

Platforms

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Web appYes
Claude Code on the web (claude.ai/code) runs cloud sessions; Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise premium or Chat + Claude Code seats.
Yes
The Devin cloud agent (Devin Cloud, from Pro) and Devin Review are used in the Devin web app at app.devin.ai. The Devin Desktop editor itself is a desktop application.
Runs on WindowsYes
CLI on Windows 10 1809+ or Windows Server 2019+ (native or WSL); Desktop app also on Windows.
Yes
x64 and arm64 installers; minimum Windows 10 (64-bit).
Runs on macOSYes
macOS 13.0 or later.
Yes
Apple Silicon and Intel builds; macOS versions with Apple security update support (10.15 not supported).
Runs on LinuxYes
CLI on Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 10+, Alpine Linux 3.19+. The Desktop app on Linux is in beta.
Yes
tar, deb (apt) and rpm packages.
iOS appYes
The Claude app is a client for cloud sessions and Remote Control of local sessions; code does not run on the phone.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Android appYes
The Claude app is a client for cloud sessions and Remote Control of local sessions; code does not run on the phone.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Browser extensionYes
Claude in Chrome extension (Chrome, Edge, other Chromium browsers) lets Claude Code drive the browser for testing; requires a claude.ai login, not an API key.
Yes
Windsurf Chrome extension (code suggestions in notebooks such as Colab); listed among older plugins in maintenance mode.

Where you code with it

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Own standalone code editorYes
Claude Desktop's Code tab: an agent app with a file-editor pane, diff viewer and terminal. Not a full IDE and not a fork of another editor.
Yes
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is derived from VS Code: the vendor calls its user data directory VS Code-derived and says it is backwards-compatible with VS Code; extensions come from an Open VSX mirror.
Extension for VS CodeYes
Requires VS Code 1.94.0 or later.
Yes
Windsurf Plugin (formerly Codeium) for VS Code, in maintenance mode; provides Autocomplete, Chat and Command, not the Devin Desktop agents.
Plugin for JetBrains IDEsYes
IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Android Studio, WebStorm, PhpStorm, GoLand and others; the plugin runs the CLI in the IDE terminal.
Yes
Windsurf JetBrains plugin (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm and others) is in maintenance mode and its Cascade agent is being deprecated; the vendor recommends running Devin inside JetBrains IDEs over ACP instead.
Command-line (terminal) agentYes
The CLI is the most complete surface; scripting and the Agent SDK are CLI-only.
Yes
Devin CLI, installed separately; shares the Devin Local agent harness and the same Devin plan usage.
Other editors supportedCursor, Devin Desktop, Kiro and other VS Code forks (via the VS Code extension); any editor's terminal via the CLI
Cursor has its own install link on the same page.
Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, Emacs, Xcode, Sublime Text, Eclipse, Jupyter Notebook
Through Windsurf Plugins, which the vendor lists as older plugins in maintenance mode.

Coding assistance

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Inline code completion (autocomplete)No
Stated for the Desktop app; no Claude Code surface documents as-you-type completion. It works through prompts and agent edits.
Yes
Tab (Supercomplete or classic Autocomplete mode) with Tab to Jump and Tab to Import; unlimited on every plan including Free.
Agent that edits across multiple filesYesYes
Devin Local is the default local agent; Cascade is the legacy agent. Third-party ACP agents (Codex, Claude Agent, OpenCode, Junie, Gemini CLI) can also run inside Devin Desktop on Pro, Max and Teams.
Agent runs terminal commandsYes
Asks permission before running commands unless a permission mode allows it.
Yes
Runs with user permission, controlled by allow/ask/deny rules (Devin Local) or auto-execution levels (Cascade); Teams and Enterprise admins can cap the level and set team-wide allow/deny lists.
Cloud / background agentsYes
Cloud sessions on Pro, Max and Team, and for Enterprise users with premium or Chat + Claude Code seats; not available through third-party providers.
Yes
Devin Cloud, included with Pro, Max and Teams and drawing on the shared plan quota; Enterprise admins must enable it. Local subagents can also run in the background.
Pull request code reviewYes
Managed GitHub PR review is a research preview on Team and Enterprise, billed separately through usage credits (about $15-25 per review). Other plans can review a diff locally with /code-review.
Yes
Devin Review, a separate Devin product in the web app, reviews GitHub, GitLab and Azure DevOps pull requests and draws on the same Devin plan usage. Inside the editor, Quick Review reviews local agent changes (SWE-check model free on all tiers).
Codebase indexing / semantic code searchNo
Uses agentic search (file-pattern and regex search) at run time instead of a code index.
Yes
Local codebase indexed by default; Pro gets higher indexing limits; Teams and Enterprise can also index remote repositories.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) serversYesYes
stdio, Streamable HTTP and SSE servers with OAuth; Devin Local adds an MCP marketplace. Enterprise users must turn MCP on in settings, and admins can allowlist servers.
Project rules / custom instruction filesYes
CLAUDE.md files and .claude/rules/; also reads AGENTS.md.
Yes
Global, workspace (.devin/rules/, legacy .windsurf/rules/ and .windsurfrules), AGENTS.md and admin-deployed system rules; .cursor/rules can be imported.
Checkpoints to roll back agent editsYes
Rewind with /rewind or Esc twice. Files changed by Bash commands are not tracked.
Yes
Documented for the legacy Cascade agent (reverts cannot be undone). Not documented for the default Devin Local agent, which offers worktree sessions instead.

Models and usage

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
User can choose the AI modelYes
Switch with /model or claude --model.
Yes
Model picker plus the Adaptive router and Fusion; Free tier is limited to SWE-1.6; team admins can restrict models.
Model families offeredAnthropic Claude only: Fable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Opus requires a paid plan; Fable draws on usage credits on Pro and 50% of weekly limits on Max. Non-Claude models are not supported.
Cognition SWE models (SWE-2, SWE-1.7, SWE-1.6), Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, xAI, open-source models (GLM, Kimi)
The pricing page names the xAI provider "SpaceXAI".
Bring your own API keyYes
Anthropic Console API key, or your own Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Agent Platform or Microsoft Foundry account; usage billed by that provider.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. The current models, pricing and quota pages do not offer own API keys; only a May 2025 changelog entry mentions an Anthropic key option for Claude 4 models.
Local / self-hosted modelsNo
Claude models only, served by the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Agent Platform or Microsoft Foundry.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
How paid-plan usage is limitedUsage pool shared with Claude chat: limits reset every 5 hours, plus weekly caps; optional usage credits at API rates
Max = 5x or 20x Pro usage; Team Premium = 5x Standard. Enterprise and Console usage is billed per token at API rates.
Daily and weekly token-based quota; extra usage billed at API list prices
Cost per request depends on the model's token price; free models do not count against the quota. Pro, Max and Teams can buy extra usage; Free waits for the next reset.
Open-source clientNo
The public GitHub repo holds issues, changelog, plugins and examples; the client is proprietary.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages

Privacy and team controls

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Zero data retention optionYes
Enterprise only, for qualified accounts; not default and not in the standard Enterprise plan. Anthropic enables it per organization after an eligibility check.
Yes
Not the default: paid-plan customers who opt out of training get Zero Data Retention with the model providers (on Teams only an admin can opt out).
Code excluded from model trainingYes
Team, Enterprise, API and cloud-platform use. Free, Pro and Max accounts are used for training when the user's model-improvement setting is on (opt-out).
Yes
Conditional: by default data may be used for training; paid plans can opt out (on Teams only an admin); Enterprise data is never used for training without prior written consent.
Self-hosted or on-premises deploymentYes
Self-hosted environments run cloud sessions on your own infrastructure (public beta, Team and Enterprise); model inference still goes to api.anthropic.com. The CLI itself runs locally.
Yes
Enterprise only per the pricing comparison. The vendor states that fully air-gapped, on-prem versions of Devin Desktop and Devin CLI are still being finalized.
Team admin dashboard and usage analyticsYes
Team and Enterprise at claude.ai/analytics/claude-code (Admins and Owners), and Console for API customers; seat management on Team and Enterprise.
Yes
Teams and Enterprise. Team analytics include percent of code written by AI, lines written, tool calls and consumption.

Integrations and security

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Listed integrations313
Plugins in the Claude Marketplace directory filtered to 'Works with: Claude Code' (bundles of tools, skills and MCP integrations); 337 across Claude and Claude Code.
10
Named integrations on the Devin integrations overview: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Linear, PagerDuty, Databricks. MCP marketplace servers are not counted. Slack/Teams, Linear/Jira and GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket start on Pro.
Public APIYes
Agent SDK (CLI, Python and TypeScript packages).
Yes
Devin API (sessions, knowledge, playbooks) is included from Pro. The separate Devin Desktop analytics and usage API is Enterprise only.
Single sign-on (SSO)Yes
Team and Enterprise plans; not on Pro or Max.
Yes
Enterprise only (SAML/OIDC, plus SCIM). Teams customers who bought the former SSO add-on keep it.
Two-factor authenticationNot documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages. MFA is described only as inherited from the SSO identity provider (FedRAMP deployment guide).
SOC 2 reportYes
SOC 2 Type I and Type II; report available from the Anthropic Trust Center.
Yes
SOC 2 Type II; the Trust Center lists a SOC 2 Type 2 report.
ISO 27001 certificationYes
ISO 27001:2022; also ISO/IEC 42001:2023.
Yes
The Trust Center (trust.cognition.ai) lists ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
HIPAA compliance offeredYes
Enterprise only. Claude Code is under the BAA only when zero data retention is enabled on a qualified account.
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages

Support and company

 Claude CodeDevin Desktop
Support channelsIn-app support messenger (Fin AI bot, then Product Support team) and email
No phone or live-chat support. Sales-assisted Enterprise adds customer success at certain spend thresholds.
Email (support@cognition.ai), support tickets, Discord; priority support on Teams; dedicated Slack Connect channel on Teams and Enterprise; dedicated account team on Enterprise
Plan gating for Slack Connect and account team is from the pricing comparison table.
24/7 supportNot documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
Vendor (legal entity)Anthropic, PBC
Contracting entity is Anthropic Ireland, Limited for customers in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
Cognition AI, Inc.
Users who enrolled in Windsurf under Exafunction, Inc. contract with Exafunction, Inc. unless their license has been assigned to Cognition AI, Inc.
Founded2021Not documented
Not documented on vendor pages
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Registered address per the privacy policy, which also states the company is headquartered in the United States.
San Francisco, CA
Company address given in the Terms: 550 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.

Listed plans

Claude Code planBilled annuallyBilled monthly
Pro
Per month
Individual plan; Claude Code included. Annual billing is $200 up front. Usage limits shared with Claude chat.
$17.00$20.00
Max 5x
Per month
Individual plan; 5x the usage of Pro per 5-hour session. Billed monthly only.
Not offered$100.00
Max 20x
Per month
Individual plan; 20x the usage of Pro per 5-hour session. Billed monthly only.
Not offered$200.00
Team (Standard seat)
Teams of 2 to 150; Claude Code included; more usage than Pro. SSO, central billing, usage analytics.
$20.00$25.00
Team (Premium seat)
5x more usage than Standard seats; seat types can be mixed within one Team plan.
$100.00$125.00
Enterprise
Per user / month + usage at API rates
Seat price plus all usage billed at API rates; billed annually only. Self-serve or sales-assisted (tailored quote). Adds SCIM, audit logs, custom data retention, role-based access.
$20.00Not offered
Claude API (Console)
Pay as you go (per million tokens)
Claude Code billed at standard API token prices through a Claude Console account; no per-seat fee. Listed API prices per million input/output tokens: Haiku 4.5 $1/$5, Sonnet 5 $2/$10, Opus 5.5 $4/$20, Fable 5.1 $10/$50.
Pay as you goPay as you go
Devin Desktop planBilled annuallyBilled monthly
Free
Per month
Individual plan. Light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions. When the quota runs out, usage waits for the next daily or weekly reset.
FreeFree
Pro
Per month
Individual plan. Only a monthly price is listed; no annual price is shown. Increased daily/weekly quotas, full model availability (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, xAI and open-source models), cloud agents (Devin Cloud), extra usage purchasable at API pricing. Free SWE-2 use through October 10, 2026 per the pricing page (the models page says October 15, 2026).
Not offered$20.00
Max
Per month
Individual plan. Only a monthly price is listed; no annual price is shown. Everything in Pro plus significantly higher quotas.
Not offered$200.00
Teams
Per team / month, plus $40 / month per full dev seat
$80/month platform fee for the team plus $40/month per full seat; each full seat includes its own quota and access to Devin Desktop. Up to 200 users, centralized billing, admin dashboard with analytics, priority support. Only monthly prices are listed. SSO is not included for new Teams plans.
Not offered$80.00
Enterprise
Custom
Contact sales. Adds SAML/OIDC SSO, centralized enterprise admin controls, dedicated deployment option (VPC), dedicated account management and highest priority support.
CustomCustom

Per user per month unless the plan states otherwise, as listed on each vendor's pricing page.

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