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Devin
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Devin's overall score sits at 6 out of 100, with the four assistants split on how much they rate it: ChatGPT gives it 13, while Claude and Gemini put it at 4, and Perplexity at just 3. Across the board, Devin was named in only 8 of 70 answers. It shows up most for whole-codebase work, named in 3 of 4 answers on that question, and gets 2 of 4 for top 2026 coding assistants. It never appears in answers about reliability, local privacy use, testing, beginners, or value for money.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 13 | 20% of answers | #5.0 |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #14.5 |
| Gemini | 4 | 10% of answers | #10.0 |
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #5.0 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase? | 3 of 4 | #8 |
| What are the top AI coding assistants in 2026? | 2 of 4 | #5 |
| What are the best AI coding assistants? | 1 of 4 | #3 |
| What are the best free AI coding assistants? | 1 of 4 | #4 |
| What's the best AI code editor right now? | 1 of 4 | #5 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers? | Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot |
| Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code? | Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for a solo developer building a SaaS? | Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for beginners learning to code? | GitHub Copilot |
| Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money? | GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for Python? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
| What's the best AI tool for writing and fixing React and Next.js code? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
| Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases? | Sourcegraph Cody, Cursor, Claude Code |
| What's the best AI tool to review pull requests automatically? | CodeRabbit, Greptile, GitHub Copilot |
| What's the best AI coding assistant that works in the terminal? | Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Aider |
| What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy? | Continue, Aider |
| What's the best open-source AI coding assistant? | Aider, Cline, OpenCode |
| Which AI coding tool is best for writing tests? | Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for VS Code? | GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Cline |
| What's the best AI coding assistant for building mobile apps? | Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code |
In their words
- ChatGPT“| Best autonomous “software engineer” style agent | Devin | More of a delegated engineering teammate for tasks like migrations, backlog work, incident follow-up, and longer autonomous execution.”
- Claude“Devin (Cognition) — pitched as an autonomous engineer for delegated tickets”
- Gemini“Autonomous "Devin-Style" Agents (Async / Background Developers)”
Closest rivals
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