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Devin vs GPT-4o

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

 
Devin
Agents
GPT-4o
Writing
TaglineCognition Labs' "autonomous software engineer" agent.OpenAI's multimodal flagship behind ChatGPT.
CategoryAgentsWriting
PricingPaid· From $500/mo CoreFreemium· Free tier; Plus $20/mo; Pro $200/mo
ModelMulti-model (Claude / GPT configurable)GPT-4o
Editorial score7.8 / 109.4 / 10
Use cases
autonomous codingticket resolution
general writingsummarizationvisionvoice mode
Pros
  • Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • Visible reasoning/process
  • Useful for grunt tickets
  • Replay for code review
  • Strong all-rounder
  • Voice mode is uncannily good
  • Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
Cons
  • Expensive
  • Quality drops on complex / ambiguous tasks
  • Style can be generic without nudging
  • Hallucinates citations occasionally
  • Context smaller than Claude on long docs
Websitedevin.aichatgpt.com
Pick Devin if
  • ✅ Genuinely runs end-to-end coding loops
  • ✅ Visible reasoning/process
  • ✅ Useful for grunt tickets
  • ✅ Replay for code review
Pick GPT-4o if
  • ✅ Strong all-rounder
  • ✅ Voice mode is uncannily good
  • ✅ Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • ✅ Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
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