MiniMax M2.7 logoOur pick
A
8.4/10

MiniMax M2.7

VS
Devin logo
B
7.4/10

Devin

MiniMax M2.7 vs Devin

Tier-list head-to-head. MiniMax M2.7 takes the A-tier slot — here's the breakdown.

Last reviewed May 21, 2026· sweep-fresh

Spec sheet

At a glance

 MiniMax M2.7 logoMiniMax M2.7Devin logoDevin
TierA-tierwinB-tier
Overall score8.4 / 10win7.4 / 10
Powered byCognition proprietary orchestration over Claude / GPT / Gemini + Devin's own tuned components
Free tierYeswinNo
Starting price$0$20
Best forAgentic coding and tool-use workflows on a budget.Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code…
Last reviewed2026-04-272026-05-21

Head-to-head

Score showdown

Rated 1-10 on the same rubric across all 130 tools we cover.

Ease of useTie
MiniMax M2.7
6.5
Devin
6.5
Output quality+1.0 MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7
9.0
Devin
8.0
Value+2.5 MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7
9.5
Devin
7.0
Features+0.5 MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7
8.5
Devin
8.0
Overall+1.0 MiniMax M2.7
MiniMax M2.7
8.4
Devin
7.4

What you'll pay

Pricing snapshot

Look past the headline number -- entry-tier limits drive most cost surprises.

MiniMax M2.7 logo

MiniMax M2.7

Free tier available

  • Self-hosted (Free)$0
  • API (M2 / M2.5 reference, MiniMax / OpenRouter)$0.30/per 1M input tokens
  • API (M2.7)Not yet published
Devin logo

Devin

No free tier

  • Core$20/mo
  • Team$40/mo

Benchmark Head-to-Head

MiniMax-M2.7 (229B total, ~10B active MoE) -- self-evolving agent positioning per vendor benchmarks — Devin has no published benchmarks

BenchmarkScore
SWE-Bench Pro56.22%
Terminal Bench 257%
SWE Multilingual76.5%
Multi SWE Bench52.7%
VIBE-Pro55.6%

The decision

Which should you pick?

Use-case anchors and category strengths, side by side.

Our pick
MiniMax M2.7 logo

Pick MiniMax M2.7if…

A
8.4/10
  • Higher output quality (9.0 vs 8.0) where polish matters more than speed
  • Better value at the price you'll actually pay (9.5/10 on value)
  • Free tier lets you actually try it before paying
  • Agentic coding and tool-use workflows on a budget.
  • Best price-to-SWE-Bench ratio of any open-weights model in 2026.

Agentic coding and tool-use workflows on a budget. Best price-to-SWE-Bench ratio of any open-weights model in 2026.

Visit MiniMax M2.7
Devin logo

Pick Devinif…

B
7.4/10
  • Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent.
  • Best when the task description is detailed and specific.

Development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent. Best when the task description is detailed and specific.

Visit Devin

Bottom line

The verdict

MiniMax M2.7 is the clear winner: 8.4/10 (A-tier) versus 7.4/10 (B-tier). Devin isn't a bad tool, but on every category that drives the overall score, MiniMax M2.7 comes out ahead. The tier gap is repeatable -- not methodology noise -- and the day-to-day experience reflects it.

On pricing, MiniMax M2.7 starts free while Devin requires a paid plan from day one ($20+). If you're testing the waters or running an occasional workload, that gap matters more than the score differential. MiniMax M2.7 starts at $0; Devin starts at $20. Compare what each entry tier actually unlocks before you compare list prices -- the limits matter more than the headline number.

By use case: pick MiniMax M2.7 when agentic coding and tool-use workflows on a budget. Pick Devin when development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent. The two tools aren't fighting for the same person -- they're aiming at adjacent jobs that occasionally overlap. If you're squarely in MiniMax M2.7's lane, the tier-list ranking and the use-case fit point the same direction; if you're in Devin's lane, the score gap matters less than the fit.

Bottom line: MiniMax M2.7 is the better tool for most people right now. Pick Devin only when development teams that want to offload well-scoped tasks like bug fixes, test writing, and boilerplate code to an autonomous agent -- that's its lane, and inside that lane it still earns its place.

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