Architecture comparison

Cognition (Devin) vs Magic

Magic runs closer to the foundational model (Native (own / self-hosted weights)) than Cognition (Devin) (Direct API). No shared foundational model — different bets.

Cognition (Devin)

AI-coding

Proximity

Direct API

Models

Anthropic · ClaudeOpenAI · GPT

Cloud · datastore

AWSPostgreSQLvector

Compliance

SOC 2

Architecture

Autonomous SWE agent (Devin) orchestrating Claude + GPT over its own long-horizon planning and code-execution sandboxes.

Magic

AI-coding

Proximity

Native (own / self-hosted weights)

Models

proprietary / self-built models

Cloud · datastore

Multi-Cloudobject

Compliance

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Architecture

Builds its own ultra-long-context (LTM) code models for autonomous software engineering.

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