Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
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Tongyi Lingma vs Windsurf
Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) and Windsurf (Cognition) both sit in Coding. Tongyi Lingma is the cheaper entry point at Free to use for individuals. Free enterprise trials are available.. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (14 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba | Windsurf Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | 2.0 | 3.12.28 |
| Entry cost | Free to use for individuals. Free enterprise trials are available. | Free tier · from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Personal Edition / 个人版 free · Enterprise Standard Edition / 企业标准版 free | Free free · Pro $20 · Max $200 · Teams $120 |
| Model stack | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen | 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 | 1M tokens (repo indexing) | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 14 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code | 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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