{"slug":"devin","name":"Devin","domain":"devin.ai","verdict":"As of 2026-07-15, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank Devin #2 of 10 for background coding agent. Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/devin (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":2,"categories":1,"brief":{"category":"best-background-coding-agent","title":"Best background coding agent","rank":2,"of":10,"top":"GitHub Copilot Coding Agent","day":"2026-07-17","why":[{"t":"end-to-end autonomous workflow","m":["Gemini","Grok","Claude","ChatGPT"],"q":"The most mature end-to-end autonomous workflow for ticket-driven teams"},{"t":"persistent environments and cloud sandboxes","m":["Gemini","Grok","Claude","ChatGPT"],"q":"True cloud sandbox autonomy for end-to-end tasks like features/bug fixes/migrations"},{"t":"first-class workflow integrations","m":["Claude","ChatGPT"],"q":"first-class GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jira, Linear, Slack, and Teams integrations"},{"t":"organizational knowledge and reusable playbooks","m":["Claude","ChatGPT"],"q":"organizational knowledge/playbooks that improve repeat tasks"}],"gap":[{"t":"plan-first steerability","m":["Gemini"],"q":"Its structured \"plan-first\" visual interface allows developers to inspect, modify, and validate the agent's plan before execution"},{"t":"native one-click issue assignment","m":["Claude"],"q":"assign the issue to Copilot\" is a native one-click act"},{"t":"security scanning and conservative permissions","m":["ChatGPT"],"q":"security scanning, auditability, and conservative branch permissions"}],"fix":[{"t":"high unpredictable costs at scale","m":["ChatGPT","Claude","Gemini","Grok"],"q":"Its high and sometimes difficult-to-predict compute cost is poor value for most individuals and small teams"},{"t":"scope tasks tightly and review","m":["Claude","Gemini","Grok"],"q":"it is not for teams unwilling to invest in scoping tickets tightly and building playbooks"},{"t":"reliability, latency, and circular loops","m":["Claude","Gemini"],"q":"it is prone to getting stuck in circular agent loops and racking up compute bills on complex or loosely scoped tasks"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-background-coding-agent","title":"Best background coding agent","rank":2,"of":10,"score":11,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":5,"Claude":4,"Gemini":2,"Grok":2},"reason":"Leading raw agentic autonomy with a fully sandboxed browser, terminal, and editor. Can ingest a ticket, research the code, write/run tests, and debug in an isolated environment to deliver ready-to-merge PRs. (NEAR-TIE WITH FACTORY.AI: Devin wins on raw multi-tool capability and developer independence, whereas Factory.ai is vastly superior for enterprise guardrails).","reasons":[{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Leading raw agentic autonomy with a fully sandboxed browser, terminal, and editor. Can ingest a ticket, research the code, write/run tests, and debug in an isolated environment to deliver ready-to-merge PRs. (NEAR-TIE WITH FACTORY.AI: Devin wins on raw multi-tool capability and developer independence, whereas Factory.ai is vastly superior for enterprise guardrails)."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"True cloud sandbox autonomy for end-to-end tasks like features/bug fixes/migrations, can handle longer-horizon work and open PRs with strong enterprise traction (e.g., large refactors)."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"The most mature end-to-end autonomous workflow for ticket-driven teams — native Slack/Linear/Jira assignment, parallel Devin fleets, persistent machine snapshots, and organizational knowledge/playbooks that improve repeat tasks; post-Windsurf-acquisition pricing ($20 entry) fixed its old value problem."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"The most complete autonomous-engineering workflow, with persistent environments, browser use, CI repair, reusable knowledge, automations, and first-class GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Jira, Linear, Slack, and Teams integrations."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Its high and sometimes difficult-to-predict compute cost is poor value for most individuals and small teams unless deep autonomy and integrations are heavily used."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"ACU-based costs still balloon at scale and reliability variance on large, ambiguous tasks remains its reputation drag — it is not for teams unwilling to invest in scoping tickets tightly and building playbooks."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"High operational costs and latency; it is prone to getting stuck in circular agent loops and racking up compute bills on complex or loosely scoped tasks."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Expensive for routine use and may overstep without sufficient scoping/review; better for supervised complex tasks than lightweight tickets."}],"updated":"2026-07-15","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-13","2026-07-15"],"ranks":[4,2]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-background-coding-agent.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/devin","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=Devin","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}