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Shaliach vs Devin
Devin, from Cognition, is an AI software engineer you hand tickets to. Shaliach is broader and runs at home: a team of Claude Code agents that code, browse and do business errands on your own machine.
Atlas, the short answer: Devin is a polished hosted coding agent with its own plans, and a VPC option for enterprises. Shaliach is self-hosted on your own Mac or server, runs on the Claude plan you already have, and isn't only for code.
Side by side
| Shaliach | Devin | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Your Mac or your own server (Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, macOS). | Devin Cloud; Enterprise can "deploy in your virtual private cloud" (Devin pricing). |
| Who holds your data | Stays on your machine. Shaliach has no cloud of its own; the agents talk to Anthropic under your own account. | Cognition's cloud, or your VPC on Enterprise. |
| One agent or a team | A team. Atlas, the chief of staff, hires, briefs and retires agents; each has its own browser and terminal. | A coding agent; you can run several sessions. |
| Watch and take over | Yes: watch any agent's screen live and take it over. | Yes: Devin works in its own IDE, terminal and browser, and you can follow and take over (Devin docs). |
| Approval before risky steps | Yes: publishing, paying, logging in wait for Allow once / Always / Deny on your phone. A convenience, not a sandbox. | Not something we could verify on Devin's public pages. |
| Source code | Source-available (PolyForm Noncommercial). Read every line. | Closed source. |
| Cost model | Free for noncommercial use; agents use your own Claude plan. Business licence for companies (with your own Anthropic API key). | Free, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo, Teams $80/mo + $40 per developer, Enterprise custom (Devin pricing). |
| Setup | One install command, and you look after the machine. | Sign up and connect your repos. |
Which one fits
Pick Devin if
- you want a hosted coding agent wired into your tickets and repos
- you need enterprise SSO and a vendor contract
- you never want to run the infrastructure yourself
Pick Shaliach if
- you want the agents, their browsers and your logins on hardware you own
- you already pay for a Claude plan and want to use it around the clock
- you want several agents working as a team, and to watch or take over any of them
- you want to read the code before you hand it the keys
Questions
Is Shaliach a Devin alternative?
For many teams, yes: Shaliach gives you Claude Code agents that write code in their own terminal and browser, on your own server. It also does non-code work, like research, email drafts and portals.
Can Shaliach agents write and ship code?
Yes. Each agent is a full Claude Code session with its own terminal. Anything risky, like a push or a deploy, can be set to wait for your approval.
How do the costs compare?
Devin has its own plans. Shaliach is free for noncommercial use and the agents use your own Claude plan; running several agents at once uses that plan faster.
Try it on your own box
curl -fsSL https://shaliach.me/install | sh
Sources
Facts about other products come only from the public pages below, as read on 2 October 2026. Products change fast: if something here is out of date, open an issue and it gets fixed.