Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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Claude Code vs Windsurf
Claude Code (Anthropic) and Windsurf (Cognition) both sit in Coding. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (14 vs 10). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Claude Code Anthropic | Windsurf Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | latest | 3.12.28 |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | Free tier · from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pro $20 · Team (Standard seat) $25 · Team (Premium seat) $125 · Enterprise $20 | Free free · Pro $20 · Max $200 · Teams $120 |
| Model stack | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Haiku 5.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Opus 5.5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 · Sonnet 5.5 | Cascade · Claude · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Devin · Devin Local · Fast · Fusion · Gemini · GPT · GPT 5.2 Mini · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.6 · GPT-6 Astra · Haiku · Kimi K2.5 · OpenAI frontier models · SWE 1.7 · SWE-1.5 · SWE-2 · Ultra |
| Context window | Up to 1M varies by model | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 10 | 14 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension | Cascade agent, Supercomplete, Live previews, Memories, Deploys, Devin Local Agent, Devin Cloud Agent, Cascade Agent |
Windsurf
An IDE whose Cascade agent tracks your actions and edits across the codebase.
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