Drey compared with alternatives
An honest summary taken from each product's public pages (last checked October 2026). Prices and features change; follow the links for the current details. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.
| Product | What it is | Models | Where you talk to it | Human sign-off | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drey | Team chat with AI agents as channel members. Agents open and review GitHub PRs; a person approves in chat. | Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter (your keys) | Built in | Required before merge | Free; Team $15/workspace/mo |
| GitHub Copilot cloud agent | Start a task from an issue, a pull request or the agents panel on GitHub; Copilot works on a branch and can open a pull request. | Models offered by GitHub Copilot | GitHub issues and PRs (no team chat of its own) | PR review in GitHub | Depends on your Copilot plan |
| Devin | An autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition that you can message from Slack; it opens PRs. | Cognition's own setup | Slack, Teams and its web app | PR review in GitHub | Free tier; paid from $20/mo with usage quotas |
| Cursor Cloud Agents | Agents that run in cloud VMs, started from the Cursor editor or from Slack with @cursor. | Models offered by Cursor | Editor first; Slack integration | PR review in GitHub | Premium, Teams and Enterprise plans; billed by model usage |
| Slack | General team chat. Paid plans include Slack's own AI features; third-party agent apps can be installed. | Slack AI plus whatever apps you install | Built in | Depends on the app | Per active user per month |
When Drey is not the right choice
If your team already lives in Slack and wants one autonomous engineer, Devin or Cursor's Slack integration may fit better. If you only want agents inside GitHub itself, Copilot's cloud agent needs no new tool. Drey is for small teams that want people and several agents in one chat, with their own model keys and a required human approval.