Company facts
What is Waydev?
Waydev is an AI-native engineering intelligence platform that measures the adoption, impact and ROI of AI coding tools and agents across engineering organizations. It connects to Git, ticketing, CI/CD and AI tool usage data through read-only APIs, and reports delivery, quality and cost metrics built on DORA, SPACE and developer experience (DX). Waydev never ingests source code.
Waydev at a glanceOct 2026
Engineering orgs
300+
incl. Fortune 500
Founded
2017
San Francisco
Backed by
YC
W21
AI tools measured
- GitHub Copilotadoption · impact · ROI
- Cursoradoption · impact · ROI
- Claude Codeadoption · impact · ROI
- OpenAI Codexadoption · impact · ROI
- Windsurf, Devin, moreadoption · impact · ROI
At a glance
Waydev at a glance
| Category | AI-native engineering intelligence platform (software engineering intelligence, SEI; developer productivity insight platform) |
|---|---|
| What it measures | AI adoption, AI impact, AI ROI and AI spend; DORA metrics; SPACE; developer experience; cycle time; code quality and rework; resource allocation; cost capitalization |
| AI tools covered | GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Windsurf, Devin, Augment Code, OpenCode |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California. Waydev, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. |
| Backed by | Y Combinator (W21) |
| Customers | 300+ engineering organizations, including Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Dropbox, Caterpillar and PwC, plus Capgemini, Genpact and Tata |
| Recognition | Named in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Developer Productivity Insight Platforms (May 2026). G2 Market Leader in Software Engineering Intelligence. |
| Patent | Granted USPTO patent on Git-based engineering measurement |
| Security | SOC 2 Type II (report under NDA), public SOC 3, SAML SSO and SCIM, role-based access control, AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit |
| Deployment | Waydev cloud (US region; dedicated EU or Australia instance on request) or self-hosted in your VPC on AWS, Azure or GCP, including air-gapped |
| Pricing model | Annual license per active contributor. Pro, Premium and Enterprise plans. Free proof of concept. |
Use cases
What problems does Waydev solve?
- Is our AI spend paying off? Waydev compares AI spend on seats, tokens, models and agents against delivery gains measured on DORA, SPACE and cycle time baselines, by tool, team and initiative. See AI ROI and AI Spend Hub.
- Who is actually using AI, and how much? Adoption by team, group and individual across vendors, including token consumption. See AI Adoption.
- How much code do humans, AI-assisted developers and agents write? Waydev attributes merged work using commit and PR metadata, bot and agent identities, and usage data from connected AI tools. See Human and Agent Spend.
- Did AI change delivery and quality? Cycle time, throughput, rework and change failure rate against a pre-AI baseline. See AI Impact.
- How do we govern coding agents? Expand, monitor or restrict agents by code impact, review depth, quality and spend. See AI Agent Governance.
- How do we report engineering to the CFO and board? Executive reporting, cost per feature, resource allocation and cost capitalization. See Cost Capitalization.
Platform
Main product areas
| Area | Features |
|---|---|
| AI measurement | AI Adoption, AI Impact, AI ROI, AI Spend Hub, Human and Agent Spend, AI Feature Spend, AI Agent Observability, AI Agent Governance |
| Delivery | DORA Metrics, Cycle Time, Pull Request Insights, Sprints Commitment, Merge Quality, Benchmark, Hygiene |
| Developer experience | DX surveys through Slack and Microsoft Teams, combined with Git and ticketing data |
| Planning and finance | Resource Planning, Resource Allocation, Project Costs, Cost Capitalization, Executive Reports |
| Automation | Waydev Agent (questions in plain language, forecasts, editable SQL), Signals (AI-evaluated alerts), Goals, Waydev MCP, API |
Integrations
Integrations
- Source control: GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, GitLab Self-Managed, Bitbucket, Bitbucket Server, Azure DevOps, Azure DevOps Server, AWS CodeCommit, Gerrit
- Work tracking: Jira, Jira Server, Azure Boards, ClickUp, ServiceNow
- Code quality: SonarQube
- AI coding tools: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Windsurf, Devin, Augment Code, OpenCode
- Notifications and IDE: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat; VS Code, IntelliJ, PyCharm
Full list: Waydev documentation.
FAQ
Questions engineering leaders ask
What is Waydev?
Waydev is an AI-native engineering intelligence platform. It measures the adoption, impact and ROI of AI coding tools and agents, and delivery performance using DORA, SPACE and developer experience metrics, for engineering organizations of up to 20,000 engineers.
Which AI coding tools does Waydev measure?
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Windsurf, Devin, Augment Code and OpenCode. Waydev combines each tool’s usage and cost data with Git and ticketing data to show adoption, impact on delivery, and cost per merged pull request.
How does Waydev calculate AI ROI?
Waydev compares total AI spend (seats, tokens, models and agents) with delivery gains measured against pre-AI baselines for DORA, SPACE and cycle time. It reports ROI by tool, team and initiative, and uses cost per merged pull request as the unit metric.
Does Waydev read our source code?
No. Waydev reads metadata such as commits, pull requests, reviews and work items through read-only APIs. Source code content is not ingested or stored.
Can Waydev run on-premise or in a private cloud?
Yes. Waydev runs in Waydev’s cloud or self-hosted inside your own VPC on AWS, Azure or GCP, including a fully air-gapped option. Dedicated EU and Australia cloud instances are available for data residency.
Is Waydev SOC 2 compliant?
Yes. Waydev has a SOC 2 Type II report, available under NDA, and a public SOC 3 report. It supports SAML SSO and SCIM (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping), role-based access control and audit logs.
Who uses Waydev?
More than 300 engineering organizations, including Fortune 500 companies such as American Express, Dropbox, Caterpillar and PwC.
How is Waydev different from Jellyfish, LinearB, DX and Swarmia?
Waydev focuses on measuring AI coding tools and agents (adoption, impact, ROI and spend) on the same data model as DORA, SPACE and DX, and offers self-hosted and air-gapped deployment. See the comparison hub for feature tables.
How is Waydev priced?
Waydev is licensed annually per active contributor, with Pro, Premium and Enterprise plans and a free proof of concept. See pricing.
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