Switch from Devin to Task Machine
Devin connects sessions to engineering tickets and repository work. Task Machine gives people and agents shared Tasks, reusable workflows and an Inbox for decisions.
Prefer the side-by-side comparison?Why people switch
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Automation skips personal lessons
Devin's automation sessions do not read or write personal memory. Corrections saved there do not reach those sessions through memory.
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Seat quota excludes automations
On Teams, Automations and Devin Review draw from shared on-demand credits rather than full-seat quota. When credits run out, Automations stop and Review switches to its diff viewer.
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Full queues drop events
With automation queueing enabled, events arriving at a full queue are dropped. Set the queue depth deliberately before relying on it for every incoming request.
What maps to what
Every answer links to its source and shows when we last checked it. The oldest check on this page was November 15, 2026.
| Area | In Devin | In Task Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks |
In Devin
Assign a Linear ticket to Devin to start a session with its default skill. Its activity feed, plan and follow-up messages appear on Linear's agent session. |
In Task Machine
Every job is a Task that a person or an agent owns. It keeps its plan, discussion, decisions, runs and history together, so people and agents hand work to each other on the same record. |
| Recurring work |
In Devin
Automations start sessions from schedules, tickets, messages and webhooks. Each schedule has its own timezone and can run once or repeat. |
In Task Machine
Start a Task or Workflow once or on a repeat in your timezone. A recurring job keeps one stable root Task, with each occurrence's own status and history. |
| Workflows |
In Devin
Dynamic Workflows use deterministic Python scripts to order agents and pass structured results between stages. Interrupted runs replay completed results and rerun unfinished work. |
In Task Machine
Build explicit steps with branches, human questions and approvals. Verifier checks judge results against requirements and send failed work back with feedback, such as a report missing its source data. |
| Approval |
In Devin
Devin CLI rules allow, deny or prompt for commands, file access and Model Context Protocol tools. You can approve an action once, for a session, for a project or always. |
In Task Machine
Set each agent's actions to Ask first or Automatic. Decisions arrive in your Inbox with context, and a Human approval step can hold a workflow before sending a report. |
| Memory |
In Devin
Memory keeps preferences, corrections and project lessons as Git-backed notes. It is personal within each organization rather than shared with teammates. |
In Task Machine
Agents keep lessons such as an accepted example or a mistake to avoid. Notes can belong to an agent, Project, Goal, Team or workspace, and you can inspect, correct and restore them. |
| Execution |
In Devin
A Devin Cloud session runs on a virtual machine with the repository and environment prepared. You can connect over SSH and copy files with scp. |
In Task Machine
Run agents in Managed Cloud with nothing to install, or connect a Local Worker for files, tools and accounts on a computer you control. You choose where each agent runs. |
| Pricing |
In Devin
Free is $0, Pro $20 a month and Max $200 a month. The pricing page describes Teams as $80 a month plus $40 per full developer seat, while the billing guide describes an $80 monthly minimum. |
In Task Machine
Usage based, from $29 a month before tax. The whole payment becomes usage that your workspace shares, with no base fee. |
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You may stay with Devin if
You may stay with Devin if your work centers on engineering tickets and its Linear handoff already fits your team. Its testing workflow runs the application through a browser and sends an annotated video for review. Devin also has recurring automations and deterministic workflows, so needing those alone is not a reason to move.
What you give up
Task Machine's docs do not describe a Devin workflow importer, a Python orchestration engine equivalent to Dynamic Workflows, or a bundled browser-test video workflow equivalent to Devin's. Keep your existing test suites and decide which steps to rebuild in the Workflow builder. Reconnecting accounts, translating procedures and checking results takes time.
There is no trial. AI work and execution consume usage even when an attempt falls short. Read Billing before moving a high-volume job.
How the switch works
- Before cancelling, preserve branches and pull requests at your Git provider. Copy needed files from live cloud machines using Devin's documented SSH and scp access. Keep repository skills and saved workflow scripts, copy useful personal memory notes, and check Devin's export options for any session history you need.
- Create your workspace. Connect the repositories and service accounts for one selected job. Repository access and provider actions such as creating a pull request need separate setup.
- Adapt a Playbook or rebuild the selected job in the Workflow builder. Translate the skill's procedure, expected outputs and failure checks rather than assuming its Python script will import. Put reusable reference material in the Library and review lasting lessons in Memory.
- Set autonomy to ask first for unfamiliar work and add an approval before external writes. Test a small job with copied inputs and inspect its Run history before increasing volume.
- Match the schedule and timezone, then disable the original Devin automation before enabling the replacement's live actions. Check event filters and destination accounts so both systems do not act on the same request.
Common questions
Can I keep my code and session files?
Preserve branches and pull requests at your Git provider. Devin documents scp access to cloud session files. Check its export options for session history, and archive anything you need before cancelling rather than assuming it will transfer.
How do the costs compare?
Devin's Free and paid plans combine quotas with extra usage, while Task Machine's pricing funds shared workspace usage from $29 a month before tax, with no base fee and no trial. Compare one representative job rather than equating the units. You keep 100% of your revenue, Task Machine takes no cut and never custodies your accounts.
Do my memories and skills move automatically?
Task Machine's docs do not describe a Devin memory or workflow importer. Review the notes you want to keep in Devin Memory, retain your skill files, and recreate the relevant instructions and Memory in the appropriate scope.
Must I move every engineering job?
Move one job first. Keep Devin for the browser-test recordings or ticket handoffs you still need, and avoid enabling both systems' live actions for the same request.