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DeepSeek vs. Devin (& Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DeepSeek

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAn advanced generative AI, DeepSeek LLM is an advanced language model comprising 67 billion parameters. It has been trained from scratch on a vast dataset of 2 trillion tokens in both English and Chinese.N/A

    Devin

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ADevin is an autonomous software engineering platform from Cognition that can plan, write, run, test, and review code for engineering teams. The current product includes cloud-based agent workflows and Devin Desktop, which Cognition describes as the new name for Windsurf and positions as an IDE for managing local and cloud agents from one editor surface.

    $20

    per month

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    DeepSeekDevin
    Editions & Modules
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    Pro
    $20
    per month
    Max
    $200
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DeepSeekDevin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    DeepSeekDevin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    Usability
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    DeepSeekDevin
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    DeepSeek
    since v4 flash came out everyone in my organization has stopped using gemini flash and has been already using deepSeek v4 flash
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    If you already have technical knowledge and understanding of coding, Windsurf could be a valuable platform to debug and rewrite code. It was helpful to me to expand coding, since I am not a traditionally programmer. I was able to enhance my base code and functionality much quicker than manually trying.
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    Pros
    DeepSeek
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    • Quick code isolation of sytax errors
    • quick suggestions on how to correct coding error
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    Cons
    DeepSeek
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    • Windsurf is target to more medium to advanced users
    • Windsurf does fast debugging, but technical skills are needed.
    • Windsurf is not as intuitive as I initially thought.
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    Usability
    DeepSeek
    never failed for me. cache hits have almost never let me down. this is enterprise grade performance
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    Windsurf is a good tool for developers with more than basic coding skills. I would recommend it as a tool to quickly mitigate coding errors and issues. I did not take a deeper dive into the integrated extensions, but the library of extensions appear to be solid. An experience developer could quickly launch this platform, scan and test coding, and resolve issues quickly. I did not test this for larger code sets.
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    Alternatives Considered
    DeepSeek
    BYOK support has integrated DeepSeek well
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    Windsurf would be more comparable to GitHub Copilot or Perplexity to me. I think it's more of a pure code debugging line by line than some of the other tools listed above, however, they all have some capabilities to rewrite and test new coding. It boils down to what toolset you are most comfortable with. I typically will work with two platforms with the same issue to see how it is approached and the differences.
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    Return on Investment
    DeepSeek
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    Cognition AI, Inc.
    • ROI is significant time saved from debugging, rewriting code, and testing
    • AI generated development can test executable code in a controlled environment
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