Devin vs Gemini CLI
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Devin and Gemini CLI land in a dead heat overall, each scoring 6 out of 100. Devin gets named a bit more often, 8 of 70 answers versus 7 of 70, and leads on 4 questions to Gemini CLI's 3, with 13 ties. Devin shows up most for whole-codebase coding agent questions, 3 of 4 answers, while Gemini CLI stands out for terminal-based coding assistants, named in 2 of 3 answers. ChatGPT rates Devin highest at 13, while Claude favors Gemini CLI at 16. Both are never named for reliability, privacy, testing, or beginner questions.
Head to head
| metric | Devin | Gemini CLI |
|---|---|---|
| score | 6 | 5 |
| questions won | 9 | 10 |
By assistant
Devin
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 10 | 10% of answers | #4.5 |
| Claude | 5 | 15% of answers | #11.7 |
| Gemini | 5 | 9% of answers | #5.0 |
| Perplexity | 5 | 11% of answers | #5.5 |
Gemini CLI
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 3 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 15 | 25% of answers | #6.4 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Where they differ
Only Devin gets named for
- What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?
- Which AI coding tool writes the most reliable code?
Only Gemini CLI gets named for
- What are the best free AI coding assistants?
- Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?
- What's the best open-source AI coding assistant?
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