Refact.ai vs Devin

Refact.ai (Refact) and Devin (Cognition) compared head-to-head: prices from $0 and $20, model-dependent vs. agentic sandbox context, free tiers, models, limits plus strengths and weaknesses. Find out which AI coding agent fits your workflow.

Refact.ai vs Devin — Category side-by-side

Provider	Refact.ai Refact	Devin Cognition
From /month	Free	$20
Billing	freemium + credits	subscription + usage (ACU)
Top models	Refact-1.6, frontier models	Devin (Cognition)
Context	model-dependent	agentic sandbox
Limits	Free: daily agent cap; Pro: coin-based	ACU-based; ~$9/h of Devin time
Free tier	yes — personal free tier	no — paid only
Best for	Teams wanting self-hostable open-weight coding LLMs	Offloading well-scoped engineering tasks to an autonomous agent
Strengths	Open-weight, self-hostable models Autonomous agent Strong free tier	Truly autonomous end-to-end agent Parallel tasks PR-ready output
Weaknesses	Smaller ecosystem Coin accounting takes getting used to	Expensive at scale Needs well-scoped tasks

Recommendation by priority

💰 On a budget? Refact.ai ($0) is cheaper than Devin ($20).

Refact.ai is especially strong when you care about "Teams wanting self-hostable open-weight coding LLMs".

🆫 Start without budget? Refact.ai shines with a free tier (yes — personal free tier).

Refact.ai is especially strong when you care about "Teams wanting self-hostable open-weight coding LLMs".

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Frequently asked questions: Refact.ai vs Devin

Refact.ai or Devin: which is cheaper?

The entry price depends on each provider and plan tier. This page shows the current indicative values side by side.

Which offers more context — Refact.ai or Devin?

Refact.ai reaches model-dependent, Devin reaches agentic sandbox. More context helps with long files and large repos.

Is there a free tier for Refact.ai or Devin?

Yes — details on free tiers and free quotas are in the side-by-side table above.