Comparison
APX vs Devin: A project crew or an AI software engineer?
Both can run several agents, follow work over time and connect to chat tools. Devin is built around software engineering, from local coding to cloud sessions that end in pull requests; APX organizes any kind of project work into a crew and a task board.
The short answer
Choose APX if…
- You want an ongoing crew for your projects, with distinct roles, a shared task board and work you can follow in one place.
- Agents hand off work; tasks keep their status, discussion and results.
- Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux; Android app, web panel and terminal.
- MIT. Model and service usage can have separate costs.
Choose Devin if…
- You want a coding agent that works in an IDE, a terminal and cloud VMs, and turns tickets, alerts and CI failures into pull requests.
- An autonomous AI software engineer that plans, codes, tests and opens pull requests.
At a glance
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| What matters | APX [1] | Devin [2] |
|---|---|---|
| Main focus | A team organized around projects, roles and tracked tasks.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | An autonomous AI software engineer that plans, codes, tests and opens pull requests.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ |
| How you use it | Desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux; Android app, web panel and terminal.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ | Web app, Devin Desktop IDE (macOS, Windows, Linux), CLI, Slack, Microsoft Teams and an API.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ |
| Where work runs | Your computer or a server you control. Model providers receive the prompts you send.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | Cloud sessions run on Devin's VMs; Desktop and CLI work locally. Outposts runs commands on your machines, with the agent loop in Devin's cloud.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ |
| Working together | Agents hand off work; tasks keep their status, discussion and results.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | Parallel cloud agents, subagents in the local agent and one board for local and cloud sessions; Teams plan for sharing.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ |
| Context over time | Persistent memory, project context and reusable skills.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | Skills, AGENTS.md and rules; Spaces share context between agents. Older Knowledge notes are moving to Skills.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ |
| Recurring work and chats | Scheduled routines and connected chat channels, including Telegram and Discord.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | Automations on schedules or on Slack, GitHub, PagerDuty and webhook events; tag Devin in Slack or Teams.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ |
| Models and extensions | Model providers, Claude Code, Codex and ACP agents; MCP and skills.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗ | Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cognition and open-source families; MCP, ACP agents in Desktop and an optional ChatGPT plan link.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗Source 3 ↗Source 4 ↗ |
| License and costs | MIT. Model and service usage can have separate costs.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ | Proprietary (Cognition terms). Free; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month plus $40 per seat; Enterprise on request.Source 1 ↗Source 2 ↗ |
With the models you already use
APX doesn't tie you to one model. Use your plan, an API or a local model, and give each agent the one that suits it.
- ChatGPTYour ChatGPT plan.
- ClaudeAnthropic's API, with your key.
- GeminiGoogle's Gemini API.
- Claude CodeIts sessions sit beside your chats.
- CodexIts sessions sit beside your chats.
- ACP agentsOpenCode, Qwen Code, goose and more.
- OpenAI-compatible APIsAnything that speaks that API.
- Local modelsOllama or LM Studio, with no key.
What makes the difference
Devin is a coding product end to end: its desktop app is the former Windsurf IDE, and cloud sessions get their own VM with a browser and terminal so they keep working when your laptop is closed. It also has multi-agent work, skills, automations and chat triggers, so the difference is not whether agents can collaborate. APX is a general project office on your computer or server, while Devin's agents, cloud sessions and billing run through Cognition's platform.
Try it on real work
Give each one the same bug ticket in a real repository and a scheduled follow-up check. Compare how you review the change, where it ran and what it cost.
Sources and scope
Written by APX, using the primary sources below. This is a documented-feature comparison, not a hands-on benchmark or a security audit. Features, plans and terms can change. A missing detail is not a missing feature.
APX
Devin
- 01Devin home
- 02Devin pricing
- 03Devin Cloud
- 04Windsurf is now Devin Desktop
- 05Devin Cloud in your terminal
- 06Introducing Devin (docs)
- 07Devin CLI
- 08Devin CLI models
- 09Devin Desktop getting started
- 10Devin Desktop ACP agents
- 11Devin automations
- 12Devin Outposts
- 13Devin integrations
- 14Devin Knowledge and Skills
- 15Devin with a ChatGPT plan
- 16Cognition Platform Terms of Service
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