Cursor
A VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing, agent mode, and codebase-wide context.
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Cursor vs Windsurf
Cursor (Anysphere) and Windsurf (Cognition) both sit in Coding. Cursor is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $8/mo. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (14 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Cursor Anysphere | Windsurf Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Voice Chat Release (Nov 2026) | 3.12.28 |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $8/mo | Free tier · from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Plus $8 · Premium $30 · Super $100 · Ultra $200 · Teams $30 | Free free · Pro $20 · Max $200 · Teams $120 |
| Model stack | Claude 4 Sonnet · Claude 4.5 Haiku · Claude 4.5 Opus · Claude 4.5 Sonnet · Claude 4.6 Opus · Claude 4.6 Sonnet · Claude 4.7 Opus · Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Composer 2.5 · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · Gemini 4 Argon · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.6 · Grok 4.7 | 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 | 1000000 | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 4 | 14 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Agent mode, Tab completion, Codebase indexing, Background agents, Bugbot review, Composer, Cursor Router, Cloud Agents | 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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