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DevinvsOpenAI Codex
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Devin
Starts at$0/mo
Free planNo
Plans3 tiers
Features14 features
Integrations17 native
PlatformsWeb · API
MCP serverYes
OpenAI Codex
Starts at$20/mo
Free planYes
Plans7 tiers
Features9 features
Integrations5 native
PlatformsMac · Windows · Linux · Web · Terminal · VS Code Extension
MCP serverYes
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ALL TOOLS UPDATED 2026.04.30
CAPABILITIES
Where they overlap, where they don't
Functional roles from both tools, split by coverage. The corners are where the two tools become different products.
Only DevinRoles covered exclusively by this tool.
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Both4 of 4 roles in the verified union.
4- Code Writer
- Code Reviewer
- Test Writer
- Deployment Manager
Only OpenAI CodexRoles covered exclusively by this tool.
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ROLE COVERAGE···
PLAN LADDER
Every plan, mapped to one ladder
Both tools laid out by ascending monthly cost. Expand any plan to see what's included.
AT A GLANCE
More comparable fields
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FACT
Category
AI Agents
AI Agents
Starting Price
$0/mo
$20/mo
Pricing Model
Freemium
Freemium
Plans
3 tiers
7 tiers
Free Plan
No
Yes
Free Trial
No
No
Platforms
Web · API
Mac · Windows · Linux · Web · Terminal · VS Code Extension
Top Features
14 features
9 features
Integrations
17 native
5 native
Public API
Yes
Yes
Webhooks (In)
No
INTEGRATIONS · 19 TOOLS
Integrations from both tools, side by side
Integrations sourced from each tool's own documentation. Where both tools connect to the same app, you see it once. The rest shows where their ecosystems diverge.
BOTH3
14
2UNION19
INTEGRATION
NOTES
GitHub
✓
✓
Both. Devin can independently create PRs, respond to PR comments, review PRs, and contribute to repositories. Admins can select which repositories Devin can access via GitHub App Settings.
Linear
✓
✓
Both. Assign Devin tickets directly in Linear or add the Devin tag to delegate tasks. Available on all plans.
Slack
✓
✓
DEEP READ
What it does
Features and capabilities sourced from each tool's own documentation, structured for comparison.
Devin
TOP FEATURES · 14
F01
Autonomous Code Execution & PR CreationautomationDevin autonomously writes, runs, and tests code in an isolated VM environment, then creates pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, from ticket to merged PR without requiring human intervention at each step. Devin v3 introduced dynamic re-planning: if Devin hits a roadblock mid-session, it alters its strategy without waiting for human input. Devin can handle most engineering tasks completable within roughly three hours, including implementing new features, fixing bugs, and building integrations.
F02
Parallel Multi-Agent Orchestration (MultiDevin)usersDevin can break down large tasks and delegate them to a team of managed Devin sessions running in parallel, each in its own isolated VM. A coordinator Devin scopes work, monitors progress, resolves conflicts, and compiles results, enabling large-scale migrations, bulk test coverage, and parallel research across many files or modules simultaneously.
F03
Autonomous Computer Use & Visual TestingperformanceDevin has access to a full Linux desktop environment with mouse and keyboard, letting it interact with web apps, desktop apps, and terminal UIs just like a human. After creating a PR, Devin can autonomously start the app, execute multi-step UI flows, take screenshots for visual verification, and deliver an annotated screen recording as proof of testing. The Test Recording Viewer surfaces rich test-result cards with pass/fail summaries and full playback, so reviewers can verify UI behavior without re-running the session.
F04
Scheduled & Event-Driven AutomationsettingsDevin sessions can be scheduled to run automatically on a recurring cron-based schedule (hourly, daily, weekly, or custom) or triggered in real-time by on-call events such as CI failures, Sentry errors, PagerDuty alerts, and Linear ticket labels.
F05
Knowledge Base & Persistent MemorydataDevin maintains a persistent, team-wide Knowledge Base of tips, codebase-specific context, deployment workflows, and tribal knowledge that it automatically retrieves when relevant across all sessions.
F06
Playbooks for Reusable WorkflowstemplatePlaybooks are structured, reusable instruction sets that can be attached to any Devin session to enforce consistent procedures, such as migration checklists, testing workflows, or hotfix protocols.
OpenAI Codex
TOP FEATURES · 9
F01
End-to-End Engineering TasksaiCodex reliably completes full engineering tasks end to end, from routine pull requests to complex feature builds, refactors, migrations, and more, powered by OpenAI's frontier GPT-5.4 coding models. It reads and understands your codebase, plans the approach, makes changes across files, and delivers reviewable output. Codex can also search the web for up-to-date information, keeping its context current without leaving the task. Codex has reached 3 million weekly users with 70% month-over-month usage growth as of April 2026.
F02
Multi-Agent Command CentreautomationThe Codex app is a command centre for agentic coding with built-in worktrees and cloud environments, enabling multiple agents to work in parallel across different projects simultaneously. Subagents can be used to parallelise complex tasks, with each subagent working independently and reporting results back to a coordinating agent. Teams can complete weeks of work in days by running concurrent agent workflows without blocking each other.
F03
Codex Mac Desktop AppmobileA dedicated Codex desktop app for macOS launched in February 2026, moving beyond line-by-line code generation into agentic, multi-task workflows. Orchestrates multiple agents in parallel, runs background jobs, and handles instructions that span hours. Available from the Mac App Store.
F04
SkillssettingsSkills let teams customise Codex with reusable workflows for code understanding, prototyping, documentation, and other tasks aligned with the team's standards and tools. A skill can combine prompting, context, and tools into a single callable workflow that any team member can invoke.
F05
AutomationsautomationAutomations enable Codex to work unprompted in the background, picking up routine but important work like issue triage, alert monitoring, CI/CD pipeline maintenance, and more on a configurable schedule. Teams stay focused on building while Codex handles the ongoing operational layer.
F06
AI Code ReviewanalyticsCodex raises baseline code quality by conducting thorough designs, comprehensive test generation, and high-signal code review, identifying issues early with risk-ranked findings so teams ship with more confidence and fewer regressions.
WHO IT'S FOR
Who each tool is built for
Use cases and fit tags from each tool's own positioning. Match these to your context, not their marketing.
Engineering teams and tech leadsA user delegates an entire codebase migration, such as a language upgrade, framework version bump, or monolith-to-submodule restructuring, to Devin. Devin analyzes the codebase, groups files into independent work packages, and launches parallel Devin sessions (one per package) to execute the migration simultaneously. Each session opens a separate PR; the user reviews and merges changes without touching repetitive migration logic.
DevOps and platform engineering teamsA user connects PagerDuty, Datadog, or Sentry to Devin via MCP and API. When an alert fires or a new production error is logged, Devin automatically spins up a session to investigate the root cause, digging through logs, querying databases, and analyzing code, then opens a fix PR or drafts a structured postmortem with timeline, root cause, and action items.
Engineering managers and platform teamsA user creates a recurring Devin schedule, for example, a weekly session every Monday morning, to perform routine maintenance tasks such as checking for outdated dependencies, running lint fixes, removing dead code, and opening upgrade PRs. Daily sessions can scan Datadog for errors and post a health digest to Slack, while nightly sessions can run the full end-to-end test suite against staging and file tickets for any failures.
Software engineers and engineering teamsDescribe a feature or hand Codex a GitHub issue and it plans the implementation, writes code across multiple files, generates tests, and opens a pull request, end to end. Multiple Codex agents can work on separate features simultaneously via the command centre's built-in worktrees, enabling teams to complete weeks of work in days.
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