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ByHeather MacAvelia·Last verified Jun 24, 2026
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Windsurf

4.1/ 5

by Cognition

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AI-powered IDE by Cognition (formerly Windsurf) combining local editor with cloud agent orchestration. Manage fleets of agents from one surface. Free tier; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo.

From

$20

freemium

GitHub

Stars

G2

4.2 / 5

34 reviews ↗

MCP

⚡ Yes

Compatible

Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf, is the AI-powered IDE from Cognition that combines a local code editor with cloud agent orchestration in a single surface. Unlike standalone IDEs such as Cursor that focus on interactive coding assistance, Devin Desktop lets developers manage fleets of local and cloud agents simultaneously: plan, delegate to autonomous Devin Cloud sessions, review results, and ship code without leaving the editor. The product retains all original Windsurf capabilities including the Cascade agentic engine, Codemaps for codebase understanding, and 40+ IDE plugins for JetBrains, Vim, Neovim, and Xcode. Devin Desktop integrates natively with GitHub for PR creation and code review, Slack for task assignment and status updates, Linear for issue-based task triggering, VS Code via extensions, Jira for project management, and MCP for connecting external tools and data sources. The joint product surfaces also include Devin CLI for terminal-based agent access, Devin Review for automated pull request analysis, Devin Windows VM for Windows development, and DeepWiki for AI-powered codebase documentation. All integrations are included on the Pro plan. Missing from the current set: no native Confluence, Notion, or documentation platform connections beyond DeepWiki. Pricing is fully public and shared with the Devin platform. Free at $0 includes limited agent usage, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited tab completions. Pro at $20/month adds increased quotas with access to OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini frontier models, full model availability, free use of SWE 1.6, and Devin Cloud access. Max at $200/month provides significantly higher quotas for developers running heavy autonomous workflows. Teams at $80/month base plus $40/month per full developer seat adds shared collaboration and admin controls. Enterprise pricing is custom with SAML/OIDC SSO. Developers who prefer a lighter, purely interactive coding assistant should evaluate Cursor at $20/month for deep multi-file editing without the autonomous agent layer, or GitHub Copilot at $10/month for broad editor support across VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim. Claude Code at $20/month via the Max plan offers terminal-native agentic coding without a dedicated IDE. Devin Desktop's differentiator is the bundling of interactive IDE coding with autonomous cloud agent sessions under a single subscription, something no competitor currently offers. Current state Q2 2026: Cognition completed the full rebrand from Windsurf to Devin Desktop, retiring the Windsurf brand and redirecting windsurf.com to devin.ai/desktop. SWE 1.6, Cognition's latest proprietary model, is available across all tiers. The product now serves as the primary IDE surface for the Devin platform. Cognition holds SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and CCPA certifications. The G2 profile remains under the Windsurf name with 34 reviews at 4.2/5 as of June 2026.

Pricing

freemium · $20

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Segment

b2c

Setup

easy

Verified

Jun 24, 2026

Transparency

Public

Contract

Monthly or Annual

Data training

Trained

Autonomy

Human Optional

Capabilities

ideagentic-codingmulti-file-editingautonomousterminal-agentcode-generation

Pros & Limitations

Editorial assessment

Pros

  • Unique bundling of interactive IDE coding with autonomous cloud agents: Devin Desktop is the only product that lets developers code interactively in a local editor while simultaneously delegating tasks to autonomous Devin Cloud sessions, combining two workflows no competitor packages together.
  • SWE 1.6 proprietary model and Cascade agentic engine provide strong multi-file editing and codebase reasoning with 40+ IDE plugins for JetBrains, Vim, Neovim, and Xcode, maintaining the broad editor ecosystem that made the original Windsurf popular.
  • Pricing at $20/month for Pro includes both Devin Desktop and Devin Cloud access: better value than running Cursor ($20/month) plus a separate autonomous agent, effectively getting two products for the price of one.

Limitations

  • Brand and product direction uncertainty: the full rebrand from Windsurf to Devin Desktop, combined with the departure of Windsurf's founding team to Google, means the long-term IDE roadmap is now driven by Cognition rather than the original team that built it.
  • Autonomous cloud sessions operate asynchronously and can take minutes to hours: developers who need immediate interactive responses for tight iteration loops will find the cloud agent layer slower than Cursor or Claude Code's real-time agentic modes.
  • G2 profile still under the legacy Windsurf name with only 34 reviews at 4.2/5: independent evidence is thinner than Cursor (2,700+ reviews) or GitHub Copilot (2,200+ reviews), making it harder for enterprise procurement teams to evaluate user sentiment at scale.

Technical Details

Deployment
desktop
Model architectureClaude / GPT-4 / Gemini
Avg setup timeUnder 15 minutes (download Devin Desktop from devin.ai/desktop, sign in with Devin account, import VS Code settings)
Autonomous rateDevin Cloud completes approximately 75% of assigned tasks autonomously; Devin Desktop provides interactive agentic coding with optional cloud agent delegation
MCP compatibleYes
Integrations
GitHubSlackLinearVS CodeJiraMCPDevin CloudDevin CLIDeepWiki
Security
SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001CCPA

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Rating

4.1/ 5

Editorial score

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Score breakdown

AutCap 5 · IntDepth 4 · PriceTrans 5 · IndEvid 3 · SetupAcc 4 = 4.10

Industries

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