Windsurf

Windsurf is the AI-native IDE built by the Codeium team, fork of VS Code optimized for agentic coding workflows. Acquired by Cognition (the makers of Devin) in 2025 for ~$250M, Windsurf is positioned as the IDE-side complement to Cognition's autonomous engineering tools — bringing Devin Cloud integration, the SWE-1.5 fast agent model, and access to frontier OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini models into a single workspace. Pricing is tiered per individual or team: Free at $0 includes light agentic coding quota with limited model availability, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited Tab completions — enough to evaluate the IDE and use it for casual coding without payment. Pro at $20/month (with a 2-week free trial) increases agentic quotas, unlocks frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini), enables Devin Cloud sessions for background development tasks, and supports purchase of extra usage at API pricing. Pro+ at $200/month is for power users running heavy autonomous workflows. Teams at $40/user/month adds collaboration, admin controls, and team-shared usage pools. Windsurf's differentiation versus Cursor is the Cognition acquisition and Devin integration: Pro tier users can launch Devin Cloud sessions for autonomous background development — sending tasks to Devin to run in cloud sandboxes while continuing to work in the IDE. This positions Windsurf as the bridge between supervised IDE coding (Cursor's territory) and fully-autonomous engineering (Devin's territory), with the same product offering both modes seamlessly. The IDE supports the same VS Code extension ecosystem, Git workflows, and terminal integrations developers already know, with AI-native additions including Cascade (multi-file editing with awareness), Supercomplete (advanced autocomplete), and Memory (context retained across sessions). The platform supports 70+ programming languages and operates under SOC 2 Type II compliance.