Superconductor vs Devin: which one is right for your team?
Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform and Devin is an AI software engineer. Both run coding agents in the cloud and deliver implementations with a preview to QA. They differ in which agent harnesses and subscription plans they support, and in how much of the team's work beyond code they take on.
Support for different types of teams
| Task | Superconductor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Plan a feature from a specification or a planning call | Can. Create a ticket from the app, Slack, Linear, or the Superconductor meeting assistant during a call. Ask the agent about the codebase before it starts. | Partly. Devin starts a session from Slack, Linear, Jira, or the API. Ask Devin answers codebase questions. Devin sees a meeting only afterwards, through Granola notes. |
| Implement a feature or bugfix | Can. Run one or more agents on the same ticket, each on its own cloud computer that runs your whole app. Get a pull request back. | Can. Devin is one agent on one harness and runs one model per session. You cannot run a second harness on the same task. |
| Gather feedback on the implementation | Can. Anyone on the team can open a live preview link from the app, a browser, or the iPhone app. The preview appears alongside the agent's screenshots and videos. | Can. The preview is inside the session. Comments go in the session chat or Slack. Cognition lists no native iPhone app as of October 2026. |
| Thoroughly QA the implementation | Can. The QA check agent reviews the change against requirements, runs linting and tests, and uses the browser to exercise the feature and take screenshots. | Partly. Devin runs the test suite and drives its own browser. No separate agent checks the work against the ticket. |
| Review the code before it merges | Can. Guided Review orders the changed files and explains each group. Reviewers read the diff next to the running app in the session. | Can. Devin Review annotates the pull request, and the Devin IDE shows the diff in the session. Teammates review in GitHub. |
| Deploy and monitor | Partly. Your pipeline deploys the merged pull request. An automation can launch a check on merge or on a schedule. Agents read production errors from Sentry. | Partly. Deployment stays with your pipeline. Scheduled sessions handle recurring checks. The API can start a session from your own alerting. |
| Use your existing coding agent subscription plan | Can. Connect your Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscription. Each agent uses tokens from it. Superconductor bills only for compute. | Partly. A ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan covers GPT models since September 2026. Other models cost ACUs. Claude subscriptions are not supported. |
| Benchmark agents on your own codebase | Can. The built-in benchmark scores Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and other agents by running them against pull requests your team has merged. | Cannot. Arena Mode in Devin Desktop compares two models on one task. |
| Task | Superconductor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Turn customer email into tracked work | Can. Forward support mail to the project's address. An agent maps each email to a ticket or creates one before drafting a reply. | Cannot. Devin has no email intake. A person files the issue in Linear, Jira, or Slack before Devin sees it. |
| Capture action items from a customer call | Can. The Superconductor meeting assistant joins the call to file or link tickets as people speak in more than one language. | Partly. Devin cannot join a call. A scheduled session reads Granola notes afterwards and picks out engineering follow-ups only. |
| Answer a question or produce a report without touching the codebase | Can. You chat with an agent over connectors such as Notion, Jira, Sentry, and Gmail. There are no code changes. A project needs no repository. | Partly. Ask Devin answers codebase questions. MCP connections give it access to other tools. Devin still organizes its work around a repository. |
| Output content or media instead of source code | Can. Agents produce documents and other artifacts. Project skills add image and short video generation. | Partly. Devin writes documentation and answers questions about the codebase. It does not generate images or video. |
| Task | Superconductor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Fix a bug even when no engineer is available | Can. File a ticket from a phone or Slack, check the live preview, and submit the pull request from the session. | Can. Tag Devin in Slack, then review the pull request on GitHub or in Devin's IDE. There is no running preview without opening the session. |
| Work from Slack or Microsoft Teams | Partly. Slack is built in. You can file tickets, get updates, reply in the thread, and act on pull requests. Only the Superconductor meeting assistant connects to Microsoft Teams. | Can. Tag @Devin in a Slack or Teams channel to start a session. It replies in the thread with updates and questions. |
| Work on the go | Can. The iPhone and iPad app files tickets, launches agents, reviews diffs and live previews, and opens pull requests. Android runs it as a web app, and there are desktop apps for macOS and Linux. | Partly. Devin Desktop is Cognition's own editor. On a phone you work through the Slack or Microsoft Teams thread, and Cognition lists no native iPhone app as of October 2026. |
| Keep your bill predictable | Can. Pick a monthly tier of credits, Superconductor's compute unit. The meter stops while a computer is idle. Tokens come from subscriptions you already pay for. | Partly. Pay a base plan plus ACUs for every session. The longer Devin works, the more you pay. |
| Decide which agent harness to trust | Can. Run two harnesses on the same ticket and compare the results side by side. | Cannot. Devin has one harness. Arena Mode in Devin Desktop compares two models, not two agent harnesses. |
| Avoid depending on a single model provider | Can. Agents use Claude, GPT, Grok, Meta, and open models. A provider outage or price change means choosing another model on the next ticket. | Can. Devin runs SWE-2, Claude, GPT, Gemini, or an open model per session. The harness is always Devin's. |
| Replace ChatGPT or Claude as your team's AI assistant | Can. Anyone on the team opens a chat with any model and the project's repos, docs, connectors, and skills attached. Nobody needs a separate chatbot app. | Partly. Ask Devin answers questions about the codebase, and Devin Wiki documents it. Neither is a general assistant for the rest of the company. |
| Task | Superconductor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Keep agents inside the network perimeter | Can. Every plan lets a project allow no external access, an allow-list, or open access. Email-triggered runs default to no access. Your own cloud needs Enterprise. | Partly. Only Enterprise plans offer VPC deployment and fine-grained access controls. |
| Pass a security review | Partly. Superconductor offers role-based access, repository scoping per project, and encryption at rest and in transit. SOC 2 Type II is in progress as of October 2026. There is no HIPAA or FedRAMP. | Can. The Enterprise plan includes SOC 2 Type II, audit logs, fine-grained access controls, and identity provider integration. |
| Use your existing version control and project management systems | Partly. Superconductor supports GitHub. As of October 2026, GitLab and Bitbucket are not yet supported. Linear is built in. Jira comes through a connector. Azure DevOps and Shortcut are not yet supported. | Can. Devin supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps, and tracks work in Linear, Jira, and Shortcut. |
| Roll out to many teams | Can. Projects have their own credentials, network rules, and connectors inside a workspace. Members are unlimited on the Enterprise plan. | Can. Core includes unlimited users. Team is priced per seat. Concurrency is capped at 10 sessions on Core and unlimited on Team. |
| Control spend | Partly. Each workspace has one pool of credits billed by the second. Tokens come through company plans or keys. There is no per-person spend control. | Partly. ACUs are metered per session on the plan. Enterprise is priced on request. A per-person ACU cap is not documented. |
| Avoid depending on a single model provider | Can. Agents use Claude, GPT, Grok, Meta, and open models. A provider outage or price change means choosing another model on the next ticket. | Can. Devin runs SWE-2, Claude, GPT, Gemini, or an open model per session. The harness is always Devin's. |
| Replace ChatGPT or Claude as your team's AI assistant | Can. Anyone on the team opens a chat with any model and the project's repos, docs, connectors, and skills attached. Nobody needs a separate chatbot app. | Partly. Ask Devin answers questions about the codebase, and Devin Wiki documents it. Neither is a general assistant for the rest of the company. |
How their capabilities differ
Each capability names a task you would hand to Superconductor or Devin. These tasks show where the tools differ.
| Capability | Superconductor | Devin |
|---|---|---|
| Choose the agent harness per task | Built in. You choose the agent harness per ticket. Devin is turned on per workspace. | Not offered. Devin runs only its own harness. |
| Choose your favorite model | Built in. You choose a harness and a model for each ticket. Models include Claude, GPT, Grok, Meta, and open models. | Built in. As of October 2026 you choose SWE-2, Claude, GPT, Gemini, or an open model per session. |
| Edit the code yourself mid-task | Built in. You get a terminal into the agent's environment with a shared filesystem, or pull the branch into any editor. There is no bundled IDE. | Built in. The Devin IDE is inside the session. Devin Desktop is Cognition's own editor. |
| Use tokens from existing plan subscriptions | Built in. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscriptions, or API keys, pay for tokens. | Partial. A ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan covers GPT models in Devin Cloud, Desktop, and CLI, on a paid Devin plan. Claude and Gemini usage is billed in ACUs. An Anthropic API key works in Devin Desktop only. |
| Use benchmarks to choose an agent harness for your codebase | Built in. The benchmark scores harnesses on pull requests your team has merged. | Not offered. Devin has no benchmark on your own pull requests. |
| Control what agents can reach on the network | Built in. Each project allows no external access, an allow-list of domains, or open access. | Partial. Enterprise plans have fine-grained access controls. |
| Run in your own private cloud | Partial. The Enterprise plan runs the cloud computers in your own cloud. | Partial. The Enterprise plan offers VPC deployment. |
| Generate codebase documentation | Not offered. Superconductor does not generate codebase documentation. | Built in. Devin Wiki writes codebase documentation. Ask Devin answers questions from it. |
What happens when you assign a task to Devin
Devin describes itself as an AI software engineer. You brief Devin with a project description or a set of requirements. Devin works on its own cloud computer until it produces a pull request. Teammates follow Devin's progress in the Slack thread. The finished change reaches them as a pull request. Devin's cloud computer has a browser, a shell, and the Devin IDE. Devin Review annotates the pull request. Devin Wiki keeps generated documentation of the codebase. Ask Devin answers questions about the project. A coordinator session can split a large job into child sessions on separate machines.
What happens when you file a ticket in Superconductor
Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform where work starts from a ticket. You write a prompt and choose one or more harnesses from Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory Droid, Grok Build, Amp, OpenCode, Pi, and Devin. You also choose a model from a wide range of frontier and open models. Each agent works on a dedicated cloud computer that runs your whole app.
A Superconductor session attaches to the ticket. The session shows the agent's chat, the diff, a live preview of the running app, any agent-recorded screenshots or videos, and a terminal into the environment side by side. Anyone on the team opens the Superconductor session, asks the agent a question, or redirects the agent from the app or from Slack. Unlike Devin, Superconductor includes no bundled editor. Each engineer pulls the branch into the editor they already use. The agent opens a pull request on GitHub.
Support for work beyond code
In Superconductor, work also starts outside the app. The meeting assistant joins a Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and creates new tickets or links existing ones as people speak. Forward customer emails to Superconductor to create new tickets or link existing ones. Teammates who don't use an editor can review the running app from a phone or Slack.
Devin takes work from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, and the API. Devin sees meetings afterwards through Granola notes on a scheduled session.
Where you'll end up reviewing the work
Both products put the review next to the agent's work.
A Devin session belongs to the engineer who started it. Devin puts the plan, chat, editor, browser, shell, preview, and Devin Review in front of the engineer who started the session. The rest of the team sees the finished change as a pull request.
In Superconductor the session itself is multiplayer. In Superconductor, Guided Review and QA Checks work on the session for any supported agent harness. Everyone on the team reviews in the same place.
Model choice and who pays for tokens
In Devin you choose a model for each session. Devin always uses its own harness. Devin supports SWE-2, Claude, GPT, Gemini, and open models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, and GLM. Usage is billed in ACUs. There is one exception. Since September 2026, you can sign a ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription into Devin Cloud, Desktop, and CLI. GPT model usage is then billed to that plan instead of ACUs. Devin does not support Claude subscriptions. An Anthropic API key works in Devin Desktop only.
In Superconductor you pick an agent harness and a model for each ticket. The built-in benchmark scores harnesses against pull requests your team has already merged. In Superconductor, tokens come from the subscriptions or API keys you already have. Superconductor charges only for the cloud computers.
Security, compliance, and integrations
Devin integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Linear, Jira, Shortcut, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. Devin Core includes unlimited users and an API. Team is priced per developer seat. The Devin Enterprise plan adds deployment in your own virtual private cloud, SOC 2 Type II, audit logs, fine-grained access controls, and identity provider integration.
Superconductor supports GitHub. As of October 2026, GitLab and Bitbucket are not yet supported. Superconductor has a built-in Linear integration and a connector for Jira. Each Superconductor implementation runs on its own cloud computer with project-level network rules. The workspace manages repository scoping, shared credentials, and roles. Superconductor's Enterprise cloud computers run in your own cloud. A Superconductor agent sets up the project environment. Connecting a repository requires someone with GitHub admin rights.
Superconductor vs Devin pricing (ACUs vs credits)
Superconductor credits and Devin ACUs measure different things. A Devin ACU bundles the model's tokens with about 15 minutes of active agent work. A long session on an expensive model costs more ACUs.
A Superconductor credit pays for machine time only. Your own plan or API key pays for tokens.
Superconductor
Superconductor charges for compute in credits. Superconductor pools credits across the workspace. There is no per-seat price. In Superconductor, 100 credits buy one cloud computer hour on a 1 vCPU / 2 GB machine. Larger machines use credits in proportion to their size. Superconductor bills usage per second. The meter stops while a computer is idle. Model tokens come from your own Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscription, or from API keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, OpenRouter, and others. Credits pay for the cloud computers only.
- Free. 20,000 credits to start. Connecting Slack and inviting teammates adds bonus credits. Up to 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM, 4 team members, 4 concurrent agents. Start here
- Pro, from $50 a month. 20,000 to 400,000 credits a month ($50 to $1,000), up to 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM, 40 team members, unlimited concurrent agents, and the benchmark on your own pull requests. Usage past the monthly credits is $25 per 10,000 credits, and unused credits roll over for one month.
- Enterprise, custom. Unlimited credits, up to 16 vCPU / 64 GB RAM, unlimited members, private infrastructure, SLAs, dedicated support.
Superconductor pricing figures match the pricing page as checked on October 27, 2026.
Devin
Devin charges per unit of agent work, called an ACU, on top of a monthly plan. A Devin ACU covers about 15 minutes of active work, including machine time, model inference, and network traffic. ACUs are not consumed while Devin waits for you, for a test run, or for a repository to clone. Devin includes model usage in ACUs for cloud sessions, whichever model you pick. When you sign in with ChatGPT Plus or Pro, GPT model usage is billed to that plan instead. Devin Desktop accepts your own Anthropic API key.
- Core, from $20 a month. 9 ACUs included, then $2.25 per ACU. Up to 10 concurrent sessions, unlimited users, the Devin IDE, Ask Devin, Devin Wiki, and the API.
- Team, $80 a month plus $40 per developer seat. Unlimited concurrent sessions. Usage is metered in ACUs.
- Enterprise, custom. VPC deployment, SOC 2 Type II, audit logs, fine-grained access controls, identity provider integration, custom Devins.
Devin pricing figures match Cognition's published rates as checked on October 20, 2026. Current pricing is available at devin.ai/pricing.
When it makes sense to use both
Superconductor runs the Devin agent on its cloud computers. Engineers who want Cognition's SWE models pick the Devin harness on a ticket and review the result in the same session as a Claude Code or Codex run. The whole team sees Guided Review, QA Checks, the diff, and the running app in Superconductor. You turn Devin on per Superconductor workspace and sign in with your own Devin account. Devin Wiki, Devin Review, and the Devin IDE stay in Devin. Using Devin in Superconductor has a billing tradeoff. Cognition bills a Devin ticket's ACUs to your Devin plan on top of Superconductor's compute credits. A Claude Code ticket on a Claude subscription adds only credits because the fixed-price plan covers tokens.
Which one should I choose?
Devin is built around one engineer driving each session. Superconductor is built around a session the whole team shares. Teams whose code is on GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps, or whose tickets are in Shortcut, have a practical reason to stay with Devin as of October 2026. Anyone who wants Devin's harness inside a shared session can turn Devin on as an agent harness in a Superconductor workspace.
Go with Superconductor if
- You want to pick the agent harness per ticket and use your existing Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscriptions.
- You want a single multiplayer AI platform where technical and non-technical people can collaborate in shared agent sessions.
- Tickets come from meetings and customer email, and reviewers check the running app from a phone or Slack.
Go with Devin if
- You want one agent you can treat like a colleague. You choose the model it runs, and its coordinator splits large tasks on its own.
- Your code is on GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps, your tickets are in Shortcut, or you want Devin's built-in Jira integration rather than a connector.
- You want one vendor to supply the agent, the editor, and generated documentation of the codebase as a single package.
Frequently asked questions
Is Devin better than Superconductor?
Neither Devin nor Superconductor is the best fit for every team. Devin covers GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Shortcut and bundles an IDE and documentation. Superconductor lets you pick the agent harness per ticket, pays for tokens with the plans you already hold, and gives the whole team one session to review in.
Is Devin just for developers?
Devin is built for engineering teams. Devin takes work from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, or Jira, works in its own IDE, and hands back a pull request. Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform built for whole teams of engineers and non-technical users. Product managers, designers, customer support managers, and others can write tickets and check the running app before anything merges.
Can Superconductor run Devin or Cognition's models?
Yes, Superconductor runs Devin and Cognition's models. Superconductor runs the Devin agent on cloud computers with support for Cognition's SWE-2 models. Turn on the Devin harness per workspace using your own Devin account. Cognition bills the ACUs to your Devin plan. Superconductor bills the cloud computer.
How does paying per ACU compare with Superconductor's pricing?
Devin's Core plan starts at $20 a month plus ACUs. Team costs $80 a month plus $40 per seat and ACUs. Superconductor starts with 20,000 free credits. Pro starts at $50 a month. In Superconductor, 100 credits buy one hour on a 1 vCPU / 2 GB machine. Tokens come from your team's existing plans or API keys. The two units are not comparable because an ACU includes the model's tokens and a credit does not.
Can I choose the model in Devin?
Yes, you choose the model in Devin. As of October 2026, Devin lets you choose current SWE-2, Claude, GPT, Gemini, or open models such as DeepSeek, Kimi, and GLM per session. The harness is always Devin's. In Superconductor you choose a harness and a model for each ticket. The benchmark scores harnesses against pull requests your team has merged.
What are the Devin alternatives for teams?
The common alternatives are Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Factory Droid, each a single harness with its own surface. Superconductor is a multiplayer alternative that runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory Droid, and Devin on cloud computers in a hosted workspace. In Superconductor, the whole team reviews the diff and the running app in one session. Existing plans pay for tokens. Credits pay for compute. Devin remains the choice for teams that want one bundled agent with its own IDE across GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, and Shortcut.
How much does Devin cost in 2026?
Cognition's published Devin prices were checked October 20, 2026. Core starts at $20 a month. Team costs $80 a month plus $40 per developer seat. Enterprise pricing is on request. On top of the plan, Devin's work is metered in ACUs, about 15 minutes of active work each. A ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan can cover GPT model usage instead of ACUs. Current pricing is available at devin.ai/pricing.
Superconductor publishes this page and is one of the two products compared. Facts are from each vendor's public pages as of the dates listed in the Sources section.
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Devin's facts come from Cognition's documentation and blog and from third-party pricing reviews checked in October 2026.
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