Windsurf
An IDE whose Cascade agent tracks your actions and edits across the codebase.
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Windsurf vs Tongyi Lingma
Windsurf (Cognition) and Tongyi Lingma (Alibaba) both sit in Coding. Windsurf shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (10 vs 9). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Windsurf Cognition | Tongyi Lingma Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | 3.10.23 | 2.0 |
| Entry cost | Free tier available, paid tiers for advanced usage/customization. | Free for individual use, enterprise options available |
| Pricing tiers | Free free | 个人版 (Individual Edition) free |
| 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 | Qwen · Qwen3-Coder · Tongyi Qianwen · Tongyi Qwen |
| Context window | Varies by model | 1M tokens (repo indexing) |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 10 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Cascade agent, Supercomplete, Live previews, Memories, Deploys, Devin Local Agent, Devin Cloud Agent, Cascade Agent | Agent mode, Repo-level context, Unit test generation, Qoder IDE, Code completion, AI chat, Multi-file editing, Image to code |
Tongyi Lingma
IDE plugin plus agent mode built on Qwen-Coder, widely deployed inside Chinese enterprises.
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