$25 credits: Droid ran 8 hours and finished, Devin burned out in under an hour
matanSF · x · 2026-09-29
A user tested two coding agents with $25 of credits each:
- Devin: burned through the entire budget in under an hour.
- Droid: ran for 8 hours, finished the task, and still had several dollars left.
Takeaway: "harness matters" — orchestration engineering has a huge impact on agent efficiency. Droid's official account acknowledged the feedback.
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