Devin vs OpenHands
A side-by-side comparison of Devin and OpenHands, two Agent tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
Compared from listings verified as of
At a glance
| Attribute | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Agent | Agent |
| Pricing (differs) | PAID | FREEMIUM |
| License (differs) | Proprietary | Open core |
| Deployment (differs) | Cloud | Hybrid |
| Platforms (differs) | Web | Web, CLI, API |
| Model support (differs) | Single model (proprietary) | BYO key / model |
| Vendor (differs) | Cognition AI | All Hands AI |
The honest brief
Devin
Runs asynchronously in its own cloud sandbox aimed at whole tickets, not autocomplete — plans, codes, and opens a PR.
- Autonomous, async whole-ticket work
- Own sandbox: browser, terminal, editor
- Submits PRs end-to-end
- Good for long-horizon tasks
- Closed model and harness
- Hosted-only, no self-host
- Premium-priced
- Reliability varies on complex tickets
OpenHands
Leading open-source, self-hostable Devin-style SWE agent — read the code, swap any model, run your own sandbox.
- Browser, terminal, and editor in a sandbox
- Inspect and modify the full codebase
- Model-agnostic (Claude/GPT/Gemini/local)
- Active research community and benchmarks
- Setup heavier than hosted rivals
- Autonomy still hit-or-miss on complex tasks
- Sandbox infra adds compute cost
- Less polished than commercial peers