Sweep AI vs Devin Desktop (2026)

Sweep AI

by Sweep

Devin Desktop

by Cognition

Pros

• ✓A custom Tab autocomplete model built for the JetBrains code intelligence layer, with unlimited autocomplete on every paid plan.
• ✓Remote MCP servers with OAuth 2.0 and 2.1, web search and fetch tools, and AI code review for branch diffs.
• ✓SOC 2 compliance with zero data retention by default, and Privacy Mode keeps code out of model training.

Limitations

• –The VS Code and Zed extensions are newer than the JetBrains plugin, which Sweep built first.
• –Chat, code generation and advanced completions draw on monthly API credits, so heavy users may need automatic top-ups.
• –The Free Trial is limited to 1,000 autocompletes and $5 in API credits.

Pros

• ✓Bundles interactive IDE coding with asynchronous cloud agents under one subscription, so a developer can keep editing locally while delegating longer tasks to Devin Cloud sessions and reviewing the results in the same surface.
• ✓MCP works in both directions. Devin Desktop connects out to external MCP servers such as the Slack MCP Server, and Cognition publishes its own MCP server with documented setup instructions for streamable HTTP clients.
• ✓Pricing is public and self-serve up to the Teams tier, with a permanently free plan and a documented usage-quota model, so a team can evaluate and adopt the product without talking to sales.
• ✓Devin Desktop is FedRAMP High authorized and meets DoD IL4, IL5 and IL6 through Palantir FedStart, with ITAR and FIPS 140-2 and 140-3 coverage on the same scope.

Limitations

• –SAML and OIDC single sign-on, virtual private cloud deployment, teamspace isolation and centralized admin controls are all Enterprise-tier items, so the $20 Pro plan carries none of them and concurrent sessions are capped at ten.
• –Customer data may be used for model training by default under Cognition's platform terms, and the contractual opt-out is restricted to paid tiers, so free-plan users have no opt-out at all. On the Teams tier only an administrator can exercise it.
• –Cognition publishes no autonomous task-completion rate on any surface, so the product's autonomy rests on its own product descriptions and customer quotes rather than a measured rate. FedRAMP High and the DoD impact levels cover Devin Desktop today, while the Devin Cloud agents are slated for the second half of 2026.