Windsurf
An IDE whose Cascade agent tracks your actions and edits across the codebase.
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Windsurf vs Cursor
Windsurf (Cognition) and Cursor (Anysphere) both sit in Coding. Windsurf is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available, paid tiers for advanced usage/customization.. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 7). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Windsurf Cognition | Cursor Anysphere |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | 3.10.23 | Projects |
| Entry cost | Free tier available, paid tiers for advanced usage/customization. | Free tier · from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free | Hobby free · Pro $20 · Pro+ $60 · Ultra $200 |
| Model stack | Cascade · Claude · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Devin · Devin Local · 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 | 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 Opus 5 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Composer 2.5 · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.6 |
| Context window | Varies by model | 1000000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 10 | 7 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Cascade agent, Supercomplete, Live previews, Memories, Deploys, Devin Local Agent, Devin Cloud Agent, Cascade Agent | Agent mode, Tab completion, Codebase indexing, Background agents, Bugbot review, Composer, Cursor Router, Cloud Agents |
Cursor
A VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing, agent mode, and codebase-wide context.
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