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GitHub Copilot vs Devin Desktop
Copilot brings completions, chat and agents to the editors you already use. Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf: Cognition's own IDE, now built around a command center for local and cloud agents.
Side by Side
| GitHub Copilot | Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | |
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| What It Is | GitHub's AI pair programmer with completions, chat and coding agent across popular editors. | AI-native IDE from Cognition, renamed from Windsurf (originally Codeium), with the Cascade agent for multi-file edits. |
| Category | AI Editors & Agents | AI Editors & Agents |
| Where It Runs | Agent mode in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Eclipse and Xcode, plus the Copilot CLI and github.com. | Its own IDE, with Spaces and a board for every agent session. Windsurf for JetBrains is still available. |
| Free Plan | Limited chat and agent usage. Agent mode, MCP and the CLI are included. Code review and cloud agents are not. | A light agent quota, limited models, and unlimited Tab completions and inline edits. |
| Cloud Agents | Pro and up: assign work to Copilot and it opens a pull request. Pro+ and Max can also hand tasks to Claude and Codex agents (preview). | Pro and up include Devin Cloud, and a session can move between your machine and the cloud with the same context. |
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| Pricing | Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo. They include $15, $70 and $200 of GitHub AI Credits a month, part of it a flex allotment that may change. Paid plans can buy more. | Pro $20/mo with frontier models and Devin Cloud. Max $200/mo for much higher quotas. Teams $80/mo plus $40 per full seat. Extra usage bills at API pricing. |
| Website | github.com | devin.ai |
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Pricing and plan details checked October 29, 2026 on each vendor's official pages: Copilot plans, Devin pricing, Devin Desktop. Plans change, so confirm before you buy.
Which One to Pick
Pick GitHub Copilot If
You want to keep your editor, live on GitHub, and assign work that comes back as a pull request, starting at $10 a month.
More on GitHub CopilotPick Devin Desktop If
You want one IDE that runs and tracks many agents at once, locally and in the cloud, with unlimited Tab completions even on the free plan.
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