Devin vs OpenHands
Independent side-by-side comparison — trust scores, security compliance, legal risk, and community signals.
Devin
2026-W14
25/100
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★ WINNER
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OpenHands
2026-W14
65/100
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Trust & Risk Scores
| Category | Devin | OpenHands | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trust Score | 25/100 | 65/100 | ▶ |
| Security Score | 30/100 | 25/100 | ◀ |
| Legal Risk Score | 15/100 | 85/100 | ◀ |
| Financial Stability | 98/100 | 45/100 | ◀ |
| Integration Score | 90/100 | 10/100 | ◀ |
Compliance & Security
| Certification / Feature | Devin | OpenHands | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | ✅ | ❌ | ◀ |
| ISO 27001 | ❌ | ❌ | |
| GDPR | ❌ | ❌ | |
| HIPAA | ❌ | ❌ | |
| SSO | ✅ | ❌ | ◀ |
| IP Indemnification | ⚠️ | ⚠️ |
Community Signals
| Signal | Devin | OpenHands | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Mentions | 2 | 6 | ▶ |
| Negative Mentions | 29 | 4 | ▶ |
Pros & Cons
Devin
✅ Pros
- Demonstrates a unique capability for end-to-end autonomous task completion.
- Vendor is exceptionally well-funded, ensuring long-term product viability.
- Integrates directly with GitHub/GitLab, submitting standard pull requests that fit into existing developer workflows.
❌ Cons
- Poses a critical, unacceptable legal risk due to the lack of IP indemnification.
- Terms of Service do not guarantee customer ownership of generated code.
- Default data policy allows the vendor to use proprietary customer code for model training.
- community feedback suggests room for improvement in provide standard enterprise security and compliance documentation (e.g., public SOC 2 report).
- Significant public evidence suggests real-world performance is far below marketing claims.
OpenHands
✅ Pros
- Free and open-source, eliminating software licensing costs.
- Highly customizable and extensible via the Python SDK.
- Model-agnostic, providing flexibility and preventing vendor lock-in to a specific LLM provider.
- Strong developer community and rapid feature development.
❌ Cons
- Critical lack of enterprise security and compliance (No SOC 2, DPA, etc.).
- Unacceptable legal risk due to absence of enterprise ToS and IP indemnification.
- Known medium-severity security vulnerability (CVE-2026-33718).
- Vendor is a new entity with no established track record.
- No official enterprise support or SLA.
- Zero built-in enterprise integrations like SSO or audit logging.
Segment Fit
| Segment | Devin | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Startup (1–50) | Caution | Caution |
| Midmarket (50–500) | Caution | Caution |
| Enterprise (500+) | Caution | Caution |
📋 Our Assessment
Devin leads this comparison with a trust score of 25/100 vs 65/100.
For security-conscious teams, Devin has the stronger compliance posture (30/100 vs 25/100).
Read full reports: Devin Report → | OpenHands Report →