DevinFreemium
Cognition's autonomous cloud software engineer, plus Devin Desktop — the IDE and agent command center that used to be Windsurf — under one subscription.
AI Coding comparison
Devin vs OpenAI Codex
Pricing, pros, cons, and ideal use cases — side by side.
OpenAI CodexFreemium
OpenAI's agentic coding product — CLI, IDE extension, cloud agent, and the ChatGPT desktop app — bundled into every ChatGPT plan down to Free, and the direct rival to Claude Code.
At a glance
| Devin | OpenAI Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | FreemiumFree $0; Pro $20 per month; Max $200 per month; Teams $80/month for the team plan plus $40/month per full developer seat; Enterprise is "Let's talk". Each paid plan carries a usage allowance that refreshes automatically on a daily and weekly basis. As read on devin.ai/pricing in early October 2026. | FreemiumBundled into ChatGPT plans: Free $0; Go $8/month; Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month (with $100, $200, and $500 options); Business $20/user/month billed annually or $25 monthly (2-user minimum); Enterprise and Edu contact sales. ChatGPT Work and Codex share one usage budget; Plus and Pro can buy extra credits, and an API key routes Codex usage to standard API rates instead. As read on OpenAI's ChatGPT plan pricing doc (learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing) in early October 2026. |
| Category | AI Coding | AI Coding |
| Ideal for | Engineering teams with a backlog of well-specified tickets to delegateFormer Windsurf users deciding whether to stay on Devin DesktopPlatform teams that want cloud agents and an IDE from one vendorEnterprises evaluating autonomous agents with a reference list they recognize | Engineering teams already on ChatGPT Business or EnterpriseSolo developers who want one subscription for chat and codingTeams that want a cloud agent working on branches in parallelOps and internal-tools builders who prefer a CLI they can script |
Pros & cons
Devin
Pros
- One entry covers two high-demand products — the cloud agent and the former Windsurf IDE
- Most autonomous agent available for defined, bounded tasks
- Desktop runs third-party agents, including Codex and Claude Agent
- Published plan ladder with a free tier
- Enterprise reference customers at scale
Cons
- Breaks down on ambiguous or exploratory work that needs mid-task judgment
- Usage allowances add up quickly on long iterative tasks
- Rename from Windsurf (June 2026) means older guides and habits are stale
- Two products under one brand make scoping a purchase confusing
- Vendor-reported revenue figures are unaudited
OpenAI Codex
Pros
- Included on every ChatGPT tier, including Free
- Four surfaces — CLI, IDE extension, cloud agent, and the ChatGPT desktop app
- API-key option bills at published API rates for CI and automation
- A third-party 2026 roundup reports strong token efficiency on comparable tasks
- Published plan ladder, including a $500 Pro option for heavy users
Cons
- Token-credit metering makes cost harder to forecast than a seat
- Entry tiers hit usage limits quickly on real work
- Shared budget means heavy chat use eats coding allowance and vice versa
- Agent output still needs review before it touches production
- openai.com blocks non-browser fetches — a nuisance for link audits, not buyers
Which should you choose?
Devin is built around engineering teams with a backlog of well-specified tickets to delegate; OpenAI Codex leans more toward engineering teams already on chatgpt business or enterprise. Shortlist the one whose strengths line up with your biggest constraint.
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