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Devin vs Windsurf
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
D
Choose Devin if…
- you work on Web, Windows, Linux
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, 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 Devin Windsurf
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$20/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, Linux, SlackmacOS, JetBrains
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyCognitionCognition AI, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
D Devin
- Autonomous coding through to merge-ready pull requests
- Codebase mapping with updated architecture diagrams
- Browser testing of its own builds with session recordings
- Parallel cloud agents for large tasks
- Code review for bugs and vulnerabilities
- Scheduled and trigger-based automations for CI failures and alerts
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Jira and Linear integrations
- Cloud, desktop and CLI with per-session VMs
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.
Devin
Free$0
Pro$20/mo
Max$200/mo
Teams$80/mo team fee + $40 per full dev seat
EnterpriseCustom
Windsurf
Free$0
Pro$20 per month
Max$200 per month
Teams$80/mo + $40/mo per full seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Devin
- Free plan with unlimited inline edits and Tab completions
- Pro plan at $20/month includes frontier models and Devin Cloud
- SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP certifications
- Works from Slack, Teams, Jira and Linear
- Free plan has a light quota and limited models
- Usage beyond quotas is billed at API pricing
- Teams plan adds an $80 team fee on top of seats
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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