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An IDE whose Cascade agent tracks your actions and edits across the codebase.

75

Trust score · Mostly verified

2 data points checked · 2026-09-14

Model stack: DisputedEntry price: UnverifiableVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

3.10.31

Entry cost

Free tier · from $20/mo

Changes / 30d

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The short answers · verified September 17, 2026

What is the latest version of Windsurf?
The current shipped version of Windsurf is 3.10.31, as of September 17, 2026.
How much does Windsurf cost?
Windsurf starts at $20 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of September 17, 2026.
What AI model does Windsurf use?
Windsurf runs primarily on Claude Fable 5.1.

Source: Cognition — windsurf.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • Cascade agent
  • Supercomplete
  • Live previews
  • Memories
  • Deploys
  • Devin Local Agent
  • Devin Cloud Agent
  • Cascade Agent
  • Tab completions
  • Inline edits
  • MCP servers integration
  • Codemaps
  • DeepWiki
  • Vibe and Replace
  • Agent
  • Context awareness
  • MCP support
  • Cloud agents
  • Subagents
  • Terminal
  • Cascade
  • Local agent
  • MCP servers
  • AI Commit Messages
  • AI agents
  • Devin Local
  • Devin Cloud
  • Context Awareness
  • Devin Cloud agents
  • MCP servers support
  • Command approvals
  • Rules and Memories
  • Browser previews
  • Terminal integration
  • AI agent (Devin Local)
  • Multi-model support
  • Browser Previews
  • App Deploys
  • Terminal agent integration
  • Memories and rules
  • Devin Local agent
  • Devin Cloud access
  • Command Center
  • Devin Desktop
  • Agent Command Center
  • MCP Support
  • Custom Subagents
  • Custom App Icons
  • VS Code import
  • AI-powered code assistant
  • Local Agents
  • AI-powered IDE
  • Cascade Context Awareness
  • Cascade (JetBrains)
  • Terminal Browser Previews
  • Devin Desktop IDE
  • Code Lenses
  • Cascade AI Assistant
  • Terminal Integration
  • Multi-root Workspaces
  • MCP
  • Workflows
  • Devin Desktop Next
  • AI Editor
  • Cascade (legacy)
  • Devin Review
  • MCP server support
  • VS Code/Cursor settings import
  • VS Code extension import
  • Git/GitHub integration
  • Terminal experience
  • SSH remote connection
  • VS Code settings import
  • MCP Servers
  • Adaptive Fusion
  • SSH connection
  • Devin Fusion
  • Remote SSH sessions
  • Devin API

Pricing

  • Free

    Light quota, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and tab completions

    Free

  • Pro

    Increased quotas, access to frontier models, free SWE-2, access to Devin Cloud

    $20

  • Max

    Significantly higher quotas than Pro

    $200

  • Teams

    $80/mo flat team plan fee + $40/mo per full dev seat

    $80

Entry price over time

12 of 53 points reconstructed from Internet Archive captures (hollow dots) — dated by capture, not by when we first saw the page. View a capture

4/5/2025 · $159/17/2026 · $20

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Cascade

    Cognition

    unknown

  • Claude

    Anthropic

    inferred

  • Claude Fable 5.1

    Anthropic

    disclosed

  • Claude Sonnet 4.5

    Anthropic

    disclosed

  • Devin

    Cognition

    inferred

  • Devin Local

    Cognition

    unknown

  • Fast

    Cognition

    unknown

  • Fusion

    Cognition

    unknown

  • Gemini

    Google

    inferred

  • GPT

    OpenAI

    inferred

  • GPT 5.2 Mini

    OpenAI

    disclosed

  • GPT-5.2

    OpenAI

    disclosed

  • GPT-5.6

    OpenAI

    disclosed

  • Haiku

    Anthropic

    disclosed

  • Kimi K2.5

    Moonshot AI

    disclosed

  • OpenAI frontier models

    OpenAI

    inferred

  • SWE 1.7

    Cognition

    disclosed

  • SWE-1.5

    Cognition

    disclosed

  • SWE-2

    Cognition

    disclosed

  • Ultra

    Cognition

    unknown

Context window

Varies by model

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • vscode-extension

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.10.31

    3.10.273.10.31

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $20/mo

    $0$20

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added SWE-2 to its model stack

    Cascade, Claude, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Devin Local, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, UltraCascade, Claude, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Devin Local, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, SWE-2, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Devin API

    78 tracked79 tracked · +Devin API

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Remote SSH sessions

    77 tracked78 tracked · +Remote SSH sessions

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.10.27

    3.10.233.10.27

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added Claude Fable 5.1 to its model stack

    Cascade, Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Devin Local, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, UltraCascade, Claude, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Devin Local, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Devin Fusion

    76 tracked77 tracked · +Devin Fusion

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.10.23

    v3.10.233.10.23

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP Servers, Adaptive Fusion

    73 tracked75 tracked · +MCP Servers, Adaptive Fusion

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added Devin Local to its model stack

    Cascade, Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, UltraCascade, Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Devin Local, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SSH connection

    75 tracked76 tracked · +SSH connection

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to v3.10.23

    3.9.19v3.10.23

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Terminal experience, SSH remote connection, VS Code settings import

    70 tracked73 tracked · +Terminal experience, SSH remote connection, VS Code settings import

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.9.19

    3.8.203.9.19

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cascade (legacy), Devin Review, MCP server support

    64 tracked68 tracked · +Cascade (legacy), Devin Review, MCP server support, VS Code/Cursor settings import

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: VS Code extension import

    68 tracked69 tracked · +VS Code extension import

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Git/GitHub integration

    69 tracked70 tracked · +Git/GitHub integration

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI-powered IDE

    51 tracked52 tracked · +AI-powered IDE

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.8.20

    3.7.253.8.20

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI-powered code assistant, Local Agents

    49 tracked51 tracked · +AI-powered code assistant, Local Agents

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added Fast, Fusion, Ultra to its model stack

    Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cascade Context Awareness

    52 tracked53 tracked · +Cascade Context Awareness

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cascade (JetBrains), Terminal Browser Previews

    53 tracked55 tracked · +Cascade (JetBrains), Terminal Browser Previews

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added Devin to its model stack

    Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, UltraClaude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Devin Desktop IDE

    55 tracked56 tracked · +Devin Desktop IDE

    source
  • model

    Windsurf added Cascade to its model stack

    Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, UltraCascade, Claude, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Devin, Fast, Fusion, GPT, GPT 5.2 Mini, GPT-5.2, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Haiku, Kimi K2.5, OpenAI frontier models, SWE 1.7, SWE-1.5, Ultra

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Code Lenses

    56 tracked57 tracked · +Code Lenses

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cascade AI Assistant, Terminal Integration, Multi-root Workspaces

    57 tracked60 tracked · +Cascade AI Assistant, Terminal Integration, Multi-root Workspaces

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP, Workflows

    60 tracked62 tracked · +MCP, Workflows

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Devin Desktop Next

    62 tracked63 tracked · +Devin Desktop Next

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI Editor

    63 tracked64 tracked · +AI Editor

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to v3.7.25

    3.7.25v3.7.25

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Custom Subagents

    46 tracked47 tracked · +Custom Subagents

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to 3.7.25

    v3.7.253.7.25

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: MCP Support

    45 tracked46 tracked · +MCP Support

    source
  • version

    Windsurf moved to v3.7.25

    3.7.25v3.7.25

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Agent Command Center

    44 tracked45 tracked · +Agent Command Center

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Devin Desktop

    43 tracked44 tracked · +Devin Desktop

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $0/mo

    $20$0

    source
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APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Windsurf — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/windsurf
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-windsurf,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Windsurf — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/windsurf}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}