Devin vs Gemini Code Assist

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Devin and Gemini Code Assist land in the same spot overall, each scoring 6 out of 100. Devin shows up in 16 of 89 answers, more than Gemini Code Assist's 10 of 89. Devin's strongest showing is codebase-wide coding agents, named in all 3 answers, plus 3 of 4 for Cursor alternatives and top assistants in 2026. Gemini Code Assist does best on free AI coding assistants, named in 2 of 3 answers. Head-to-head, Devin leads in 8 questions, Gemini Code Assist in 6, with 11 ties. Neither gets named for mobile app development.

Head to head

metric	Devin	Gemini Code Assist
score	6	6
questions won	9	7

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 Code Assist

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	7	15% of answers	#4.0
Claude	10	10% of answers	#2.0
Gemini	0	0% of answers
Perplexity	6	16% of answers	#5.3

Where they differ

Only Devin gets named for

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Only Gemini Code Assist gets named for

What are the best free AI coding assistants?
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?
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