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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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JetBrains AI vs Windsurf
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose JetBrains AI if…
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $20/mo)
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: software developers, jetbrains ide users
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Choose Windsurf if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on macOS
- you're in its core audience: software engineers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature JetBrains AI Windsurf
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$10/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents
AI PR review
Bring your own key—
MCP support—
PlatformsWeb, JetBrainsmacOS, JetBrains
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyJetBrains s.r.o.Cognition AI, Inc.
Based inCzech Republic—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
J JetBrains AI
- Run multiple coding agents in parallel across projects
- Supports Claude Agent, Codex, Junie, Copilot and OpenCode
- Connect other agents through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP)
- Review agent diffs and comment on specific lines
- Event-triggered automations for PRs, merges, issues and commits
- Bring your own provider subscription or API keys
- Shared cloud environments with team-wide MCP servers
- Admin controls over which models and agents people can use
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.
JetBrains AI
AI FreeFree
AI TrialFree
AI Pro$10 or $20 (two figures listed)
AI Ultimate$30 or $60 (two figures listed)
AI Enterprise$60
Windsurf
Free$0
Pro$20 per month
Max$200 per month
Teams$80/mo + $40/mo per full seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
JetBrains AI
- Free tier includes 3 AI credits every 30 days
- Works with several third-party agents, not only JetBrains' own
- Accepts your own API keys or provider subscriptions
- Purchased credits stay valid for 12 months
- The free tier does not allow buying extra credits
- The IDE plugin for Air is in alpha
- Mobile app is listed as coming soon
- AI Free is not available in Android Studio or the Community editions of PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA
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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