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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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Cursor vs Windsurf
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $20/mo)
- you work on Web, Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
W
Choose Windsurf if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on JetBrains
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Cursor Windsurf
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary for operations and legitimate business needs—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001—
Updates, last 90 days5—
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents
AI PR review
MCP support—
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackmacOS, JetBrains
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.Cognition AI, Inc.
Based in——
Founded——
Part ofSpaceX—
Key features
C Cursor
- Agent mode that plans and builds features from prompts
- Cloud agents running tasks in parallel on own machines
- Command-line agent installable via curl
- Slack integration that opens pull requests
- AI code reviews on GitHub PRs via Bugbot
- Model choice across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, Cursor
- Cmd+K targeted inline edits
- Privacy mode excluding code from training
W Windsurf
- Agent command center with Spaces and Kanban view
- Manage third-party agents via Agent Client Protocol
- Handoff sessions between local machine and Devin Cloud
- Subagent coordination with separate PRs per task
- Fast Context codebase search
- Built-in Devin Review for diffs
- Fusion pairing of lead and sidekick models
- Supercomplete tab predictions
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Cursor
Free$0/month
Plus$8/month
Premium$30/month
Super$100/month
Ultra$200/month
Teams$30+/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Windsurf
Free$0
Pro$20 per month
Max$200 per month
Teams$80/mo + $40/mo per full seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Cursor
- Free plan available
- Works in desktop, terminal, Slack and GitHub
- Supports models from several providers
- SOC 2, ISO27001 and ISO42001 certified
- Plus plan is limited to Grok models
- Third-party model usage is billed separately at API list price
- Cloud agents and code reviews require Premium ($30/month) or higher
- Prices exclude taxes
Windsurf
- Free plan includes unlimited Tab completions and inline edits
- Supports models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and open-source models
- Integrations with Slack, Linear, Jira, Sentry, Figma and more
- Existing Windsurf settings and plans carry over automatically
- Desktop download listed only for macOS on the page
- Free plan has a light quota and limited model access
- Usage beyond quota is charged at API pricing
- Concurrent sessions capped at 10 on Pro and Max
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