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Cursor vs Devin
Systematic comparison of Cursor and Devin across deployment, access, interfaces, automation, and sourced product capabilities. Green highlights mark stronger normalized product-surface values; qualitative tradeoffs remain neutral.
Product surface
Side-by-side app facts
| Field | Cursor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Anysphere | Cognition |
| Category | Coding agent | Coding agent |
| Lifecycle | Active | Active |
| Access | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| License | Unknown | Unknown |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Local execution | Yes | No |
| Cloud execution | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Interfaces | IDE, CLI, Web, Mobile | Web, API |
| Model access | Cursor-managed and supported frontier models | Cognition-managed models |
| Automation | Background agents, parallel agents, and command-line runs | Autonomous sessions, scheduled work, and API workflows |
| Multi-agent | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent memory | Yes | Yes |
| MCP support | Yes | Unknown |
| Pricing | Free and paid individual and business plans | Paid individual and enterprise plans |
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