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CrewAI vs Devin

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
CrewAI
Agents
Devin
Agents
TaglinePython framework for multi-agent orchestration.Cognition Labs' "autonomous software engineer" agent.
CategoryAgentsAgents
PricingFreemium· Free open-source core; cloud platform paidPaid· From $500/mo Core
ModelBYO (Claude / GPT / open)Multi-model (Claude / GPT configurable)
Editorial score8.4 / 107.8 / 10
Use cases
multi-agentorchestrationPython
autonomous codingticket resolution
Pros
  • Clean Python API
  • Strong role/goal abstractions
  • Active community
  • Hosted platform for deployment
  • Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • Visible reasoning/process
  • Useful for grunt tickets
  • Replay for code review
Cons
  • Production observability still maturing
  • Debugging multi-agent flows is hard
  • Expensive
  • Quality drops on complex / ambiguous tasks
Websitewww.crewai.comdevin.ai
Pick CrewAI if
  • ✅ Clean Python API
  • ✅ Strong role/goal abstractions
  • ✅ Active community
  • ✅ Hosted platform for deployment
Pick Devin if
  • ✅ Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • ✅ Visible reasoning/process
  • ✅ Useful for grunt tickets
  • ✅ Replay for code review
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