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 is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available, paid plans exist for enterprise and advanced usage (pricing not published in context). Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 8). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Claude Code Anthropic | Windsurf Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | CLI / Extensions / Desktop App / Web | 3.10.23 |
| Entry cost | from $17/mo | Free tier available, paid plans exist for enterprise and advanced usage (pricing not published in context) |
| Pricing tiers | Pro (Monthly) $20 · Pro (Annual) $17 · Team (Monthly) $25 · Team (Annual) $20 | Free free |
| Model stack | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 | Cascade · Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Devin · Fast · Fusion · Gemini · GPT · GPT 5.2 Mini · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.6 · Haiku · Kimi K2.5 · OpenAI frontier models · SWE 1.7 · SWE-1.5 · Ultra |
| Context window | 200k | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 17 | 8 |
| 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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