# Devin is built for developers, priced per seat. What are the best Devin alternatives? And which one can the rest of the company ask for a fix? Source: https://maito.app/blog/devin-alternatives Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Dmitry Dubovetzky Devin alternatives: Maito, GitHub Copilot, Claude Tag, Factory, and OpenHands compared on who can ask for code, where they ask, recurring work, security, and price, for teams that want a coding agent support, product, and sales can use in Slack and by email. ## What are the best Devin alternatives? **The best Devin alternatives are Maito, GitHub Copilot, Claude Tag, Factory, and OpenHands. Maito is the closest fit for a company that wants one coding agent everyone can ask in Slack and by email, not only the developers.** This guide is for a product company where support, product, and sales find bugs as often as engineers do. Choose Maito if anyone should be able to ask for a fix without a seat and get back a pull request and the customer reply. Choose Devin if your developers want their own agent with a desktop app, a CLI, and automated code review, and they're the only ones asking. | | Best pick | | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | Anyone in the company asks for code in Slack | Maito | | Developers already paying for GitHub seats | GitHub Copilot | | A company that has standardized on Claude | Claude Tag | | Engineering automations from Slack and GitHub | Factory | | Running the agent platform on your own servers | OpenHands | | A desktop app, CLI, and code review per developer | Devin | ## Why do teams look for a Devin alternative? **Teams look for a Devin alternative when people outside engineering need to ask for code changes, when seats and a shared credit pool make the monthly bill hard to predict, or when the work around a fix matters as much as the code.** Every Devin user holds a seat. As of October 2026, a full seat on Teams costs $40 a month with an $80 monthly minimum, and a free flex seat bills everything that person does to the team's shared credits. To ask from Slack, each person also links a Devin account with a matching email. [Devin self-serve plans](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve), [Devin in Slack](https://docs.devin.ai/integrations/slack). Usage is the second limit. Devin doesn't publish quota sizes, extra work is charged at the model's API price, and automations stop when the credit pool is empty. Our [Devin pricing guide](/blog/devin-pricing) walks through a full month. ### What do Devin users say in reviews? As of October 2026, Devin rates 4.3 out of 5 on G2 from 85 reviews. Reviewers like how much of a development task it handles on its own and how fast it debugs. The most common complaints are that it slows down on complex multi-step work, gets stuck repeating debugging steps, and burns compute on long runs. [Devin on G2](https://www.g2.com/products/devin-ai/reviews). ## What does Devin do well? **Devin is strongest as a developer's own engineering agent: cloud sessions that test in a browser and record video, a desktop app and CLI, automated pull request review, and automations from engineering events.** Developers reach it from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Automations start from GitHub, Linear, Jira, PagerDuty, and webhooks. DeepWiki documents a codebase, and Ask Devin answers questions about it. [Devin pricing](https://devin.ai/pricing), [Devin automations](https://docs.devin.ai/product-guides/automations), [Devin testing and recordings](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/testing-and-recordings). Cognition has held SOC 2 Type II since September 2024, and Enterprise customers can run Devin in their own virtual private cloud. [Devin enterprise security](https://docs.devin.ai/enterprise/security-access/security/enterprise-security). For an engineering team that wants an agent per developer, it's a complete package. ## How do the Devin alternatives compare at a glance? **Maito is the Devin alternative anyone in the company can ask without a seat, in Slack, by email, or from their AI assistant, at one workspace price.** | | Maito | GitHub Copilot | Claude Tag | Factory | OpenHands | | -------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | | Who can ask | Anyone in an invited channel | People with repo write access | Members admins allow | Each person with an account | Each person with a linked app | | Where you ask | Slack, email, AI assistants | GitHub, editor, CLI, Slack | Slack | Desktop, CLI, Slack | Its own app and Slack | | Code changes | Sandbox, checks, QA, pull request | Pull requests in GitHub | Commits and pull requests | Remote computer, pull request | Pull requests | | Business tasks | Yes: Research, reports, follow-ups | No: Code only | Yes: Connected business tools | No: Engineering work | No: Engineering work | | Recurring work | Loops on schedules and webhooks | Automations | Routines in channels | Schedules, Slack, GitHub | Automations | | Security | Encrypted Vault, audit log | GitHub's SOC 2 and ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type I | Runs on your servers | | Price for ten people | $149 plus provider usage | $190 plus usage | $250 plus usage | $460 for 10 seats | $499 plus your model costs | Sources: Maito: [workflow and access](/faq), [pricing](/pricing). GitHub Copilot: [Slack](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-integrations/integrate-cloud-agent-with-slack), [automations](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/create-automations), [compliance](https://github.blog/changelog/2024-06-03-github-copilot-compliance-soc-2-type-1-report-and-iso-iec-270012013-certification-scope/), [plans](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans). Claude Tag: [overview](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15594475-what-is-claude-tag), [access](https://claude.com/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access), [certifications](https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10015870-what-certifications-has-anthropic-obtained), [pricing](https://claude.com/pricing). Factory: [Slack](https://docs.factory.com/integrations/slack), [automations](https://docs.factory.com/web/automations), [security](https://factory.com/security), [pricing](https://factory.com/pricing). OpenHands: [Slack](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/cloud/slack-installation), [pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing). ## Is Maito a good Devin alternative? **Yes. Maito is a good Devin alternative for companies that want one AI employee for code and business work that anyone can ask in Slack, by email, or from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok, and Muse, at $149 per workspace with unlimited people.** A support lead can mention Maito in a channel without a Maito account, and an engineer can pick up the same work from Cursor later. Each workspace also gets its own email address, so a member in sales can forward a customer's report and start a task from their inbox. [AI employee](/product/ai-employee), [Team collaboration](/product/team-collaboration). For code, Maito reproduces the bug, records a video, collects evidence from your logs and tools, writes the fix and tests, runs QA, and opens a pull request for your engineers. The same thread ends with the reply for the customer. _Illustrative conversation:_ > **Priya:** @Maito Northwind's admin says the SSO login loops back to the sign-in page when their domain has uppercase letters. They're deciding on renewal this week. > > **Maito:** Reproduced with "Northwind.io" as the domain: we compare it to the email domain without lowercasing, so the match fails and login restarts. Video attached. > PR #612 lowercases both sides and adds tests for mixed-case domains. Checks pass and QA passed on the preview. > > **Tomas:** I'll review it after standup. Priya, do you want a note for their admin? > > **Maito:** Drafted below: what went wrong, that the fix is in review, and a workaround of entering the domain in lowercase until it ships. **Best for:** companies where customer-facing teams find bugs and need fixes, and engineers review what comes back. **Falls short of Devin:** no SOC 2 report, no free plan, and no desktop app or code review bot of its own for each developer. ## Is GitHub Copilot a good Devin alternative? **GitHub Copilot is a good Devin alternative when the people asking are developers who already work in GitHub, and the coding agent should live next to their issues and pull requests.** Copilot's cloud agent takes tasks from GitHub, the editor, the terminal, and Slack, where each task gets a code channel showing the branch and status. Starting or steering a change from Slack needs write access to the repository. [Copilot cloud agent in Slack](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-integrations/integrate-cloud-agent-with-slack). As of October 2026, Copilot Business is $19 per user per month and Enterprise is $39, with AI credits per seat. [Copilot plans](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans). **Best for:** engineering teams that already pay for GitHub and want one fewer vendor. **Falls short of Devin:** no free seat type for occasional users, and only people with write access can start work from Slack. ## Is Claude Tag a good Devin alternative? **Claude Tag is a good Devin alternative for a company that already runs on Claude Team or Enterprise and wants Claude working in shared Slack channels for code and business tasks.** Anyone in a channel can steer the same Claude, it keeps memory per channel and per workspace, and it opens pull requests through the Claude GitHub App. Admins decide whether members need a Claude seat. [What is Claude Tag](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15594475-what-is-claude-tag), [Claude Tag access](https://claude.com/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access). As of October 2026, Claude Team Standard is $25 per seat a month, and channel work bills to the organization by usage. [Claude pricing](https://claude.com/pricing). **Best for:** Claude companies with an Owner ready to set it up. **Falls short of Devin:** it works only in Slack and only with Claude models, and it needs a Claude plan before anyone can use it. ## Is Factory a good Devin alternative? **Factory is a good Devin alternative for engineering teams that want an agent across desktop, CLI, and Slack, plus automations that run from schedules, Slack messages, and GitHub events.** Mention @Factory in a thread and Droid uses the whole thread as context, works on a remote computer, and posts results, files, and videos back to Slack. Channel requests run as the organization's service account, but each person who delegates needs a Factory account with a matching email. [Factory in Slack](https://docs.factory.com/integrations/slack), [Factory automations](https://docs.factory.com/web/automations). As of October 2026, Factory Pro is $20 a month, and Teams is $60 per team plus $40 per seat, for up to 10 seats. [Factory pricing](https://factory.com/pricing). **Best for:** engineering teams that want automations for review, QA, and incident triage. **Falls short of Devin:** SOC 2 Type I rather than Type II, and Teams stops at 10 seats before you need a sales call. [Factory security](https://factory.com/security). ## Is OpenHands a good Devin alternative? **OpenHands is a good Devin alternative for teams that want to run the coding agent platform on their own infrastructure and bring their own model keys.** The OpenHands project is open source, and its paid plans run on your own servers with multi-user identity, roles, built-in integrations, and automations. In the OpenHands Slack app, each person links an account, and only the person who started a conversation can continue it. [OpenHands pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing), [OpenHands in Slack](https://docs.openhands.dev/openhands/usage/cloud/slack-installation). As of October 2026, OpenHands Teams costs $499 a month for up to 10 seats and Teams Plus $999 for up to 20, each with a 30-day trial and a cap of 5,000 sessions a month. [OpenHands pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing). **Best for:** teams with platform engineers who want control over hosting and models. **Falls short of Devin:** you install, run, and update it yourself, and Slack threads belong to whoever started them. ## What do the Devin alternatives cost for a team of ten? **As of October 2026, ten people cost $149 a month on Maito, $190 on Copilot Business, $250 on Claude Team, $460 on Factory Teams, and $499 on OpenHands Teams. Devin Teams costs $80 with two or fewer full seats and $400 when all ten take one.** | | Ten people | What makes the bill grow | | -------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | | Devin Teams | $80 to $400 + credits | Full seats, flex usage, and work past the quota | | Maito | $149 | Your AI provider's usage and extra cloud credits | | GitHub Copilot | $190 on Business | Usage past pooled credits | | Claude Tag | $250 on Team Standard | Channel usage billed to the organization | | Factory | $460 on Teams | Each added seat, up to 10 | | OpenHands | $499 on Teams | Your servers and model keys | The headline prices cover different things. Devin, Copilot, and Factory include model usage up to a limit; Maito and OpenHands send it to the provider you connect. [Devin self-serve plans](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve), [Copilot plans](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans), [Claude pricing](https://claude.com/pricing), [Factory pricing](https://factory.com/pricing), [OpenHands pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing). ## How can you test the Devin alternatives on one job? **Give two of the Devin alternatives the same real bug, and have someone outside engineering report it. A good result is a reproduced bug, a reviewed pull request, and a reply the reporter can send without rewriting.** Pick a ticket from last month that took more than one handoff. Halfway through, have an engineer add a detail from the last release. Count how many people needed an account to take part and how many messages it took to reach a fix. ## So should you choose Maito or Devin? **Choose Maito if the whole company should ask one coding agent for fixes and business work, in Slack and by email, without a seat each. Choose Devin if your developers are the only ones asking and want their own agent with a desktop app and CLI.** **Choose Maito if:** - Support, sales, and product report bugs that need code changes - Requests arrive in Slack threads and by email - One agent should handle the fix and the follow-up around it - You want one workspace price and your own AI provider's bill **Choose Devin if:** - Only developers will use it - Each developer wants a desktop app, a CLI, and automated review - Your security review needs SOC 2 Type II or a VPC deployment Count everyone who reported a bug or asked for a product change last quarter, not just the engineers. That list tells you whether a seat price or a workspace price fits. ## Devin alternatives: frequently asked questions ### What is the cheapest Devin alternative for a team? For ten people, Maito at $149 a month, as of October 2026. For one or two developers, Devin Teams at $80 or Factory Pro at $20 costs less. [Maito pricing](/pricing), [Factory pricing](https://factory.com/pricing), [Devin self-serve plans](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve). ### Which Devin alternatives don't charge per user? Maito bills one $149 workspace price however many people ask. OpenHands charges a flat $499 for up to 10 seats. Copilot, Claude Team, and Factory Teams charge for each seat. [Maito pricing](/pricing), [OpenHands pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing). ### What are some free alternatives to Devin AI? OpenHands has a free tier you run on your own machine with your own model keys, and its Teams plan has a 30-day trial. GitHub Copilot Free covers chat and completions but not the cloud agent. Maito has no free plan or trial. [OpenHands pricing](https://openhands.dev/pricing), [Copilot plans](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans). ### Which is better, Devin or Cursor? Both give a developer an AI editor and cloud agents, so pick the editor your developers prefer. Cursor's cloud agents start on its $30 Premium plan, and Devin's start on its $20 Pro plan. Maito works inside Cursor, so an engineer can pick up a Maito thread there. [Cursor pricing](https://cursor.com/pricing), [Devin pricing](https://devin.ai/pricing). ### Which Devin alternatives have a SOC 2 report? As of October 2026: Claude Tag through Anthropic's SOC 2 Type II, GitHub Copilot in GitHub's SOC 2 scope, and Factory with SOC 2 Type I. Maito doesn't have a SOC 2 report; it keeps credentials in an encrypted Vault and logs every agent action. [Anthropic certifications](https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10015870-what-certifications-has-anthropic-obtained), [Factory security](https://factory.com/security). ### Which Devin AI alternative can people outside engineering use? Maito, because anyone in an invited Slack channel can ask without an account, and workspace members can email the agent's own address. Claude Tag lets admins open it to every member of a Claude organization. [Maito FAQ](/faq), [Claude Tag access](https://claude.com/docs/claude-tag/admins/restrict-access).