Head to head
Claude Code vs Devin
Which is better, Claude Code or Devin?
Claude Code finishes ahead of Devin on the index, 81.8 to 75.2, and leads on all four scores: craft, speed, control and value. Both are scored on the same rubric, in the same week, and neither placing is sponsored.
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Claude Code
01 of 54
81.8
A terminal agent for the problems that span a dozen files at once.
Devin
27 of 54
75.2
An autonomous engineer for migrations and the work nobody wants to do.
The four scores, side by side
| Score | Claude Code | Devin | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craft | 88 | 80 | +8 |
| Speed | 82 | 84 | +2 |
| Control | 82 | 68 | +14 |
| Value | 72 | 66 | +6 |
| Index score | 81.8 | 75.2 | +6.6 |
Which to pick
Claude Code is the safer pick on every axis we score. Devin earns its place in the index, but nothing in these four numbers argues for it over Claude Code.
Claude Code
Claude Code is what people reach for when the change is genuinely hard: a refactor across services, a bug living in the gap between two systems, a feature that has to hold a whole codebase in mind at once. It works in the terminal, and that constraint is the point, because it keeps the model beside your real tools and scripts. It is not the cheapest way to autocomplete a line and does not try to be. Access rides on a subscription rather than a free tier.
Where it shines
- Holds far more of a codebase in mind than an in-editor assistant
- Lives in the terminal, so it uses your real tools and scripts
- Sustains long autonomous stretches without losing the thread
Devin
Devin is at its best on large, repetitive, well-defined work: a framework migration, a sweep of reviews, a class of bug that appears in forty places at once. Parallel cloud agents make that kind of breadth cheap in wall-clock terms, and visual checks plus approval steps keep a person in the loop. It is much less suited to exploratory work where the goal moves while you look at it. Entry pricing has come down a long way, though cost per task still climbs quickly.
Where it shines
- Parallel cloud agents make wide, repetitive work fast in real time
- Visual checks and approval steps keep a person in the loop
- Strong on well-defined work at a scale people avoid doing by hand