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Devin vs Cursor

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Signal	Devin	Cursor
Tagline	An AI software engineer for planning and executing complex engineering work with human oversight.	A coding agent for building and maintaining software across editor, terminal, and cloud workflows.
Category	Developer tools	Developer tools
Pricing	Paid	Freemium
Platforms	Web, Desktop, CLI	macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
Features	Autonomous execution of multi-step engineering tasks Integrations with repositories, issue trackers, chat, and observability tools	Codebase-aware editing and generation Desktop, command-line, cloud, and review agents
Tags	Coding	Coding, Multimodal
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An AI software engineer for planning and executing complex engineering work with human oversight.

Devin is an AI software engineer from Cognition that can plan and execute engineering tasks such as migrations, refactors, pull-request review, documentation, testing, issue triage, and scheduled maintenance across connected development tools.

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A coding agent for building and maintaining software across editor, terminal, and cloud workflows.

Cursor is an AI-assisted development environment from Anysphere. It combines codebase-aware editing, autonomous agents, command-line workflows, pull-request review, and integrations for delegating software tasks while developers retain review control.

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