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Cursor vs Windsurf

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-09-24.

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Verdict

Cursor offers a free tier ("Free"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Windsurf. The page we cite for Windsurf does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-09-24. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

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Cursor

Riskstable
CategoryAI Coding
TierFree
Verified2026-09-24
Last read2026-09-24
Changes1 recorded
AI-powered code editor built on VS Code. Hobby is the free plan: no credit card required, limited Agent requests, access to Composer — cursor.com/pricing states no completion or request figure for it. Individual paid plans: Pro $20/month, Pro+ $60/month (3x Pro's Agent limits), Ultra $200/month (20x). Teams is $40/user/month for a Standard seat or $120/user/month for a Premium seat (5x Standard's Agent limits). Enterprise is custom-priced with pooled usage, invoice/PO billing and SCIM. Cursor renders only the selected tier's price in the page body.

Windsurf

Risk
CategoryAI Coding
TierFree
Verified2026-06-25
Last read2026-06-25
Changes2 recorded
Windsurf is now Devin Desktop ("Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf."), Cognition's AI IDE. windsurf.com/pricing redirects to devin.ai/pricing, which prices it together with Devin. The Free plan ($0) includes a "Light quota to code with agents", "Limited model availability", "Unlimited inline edits" and "Unlimited Tab completions", with quotas that reset daily and weekly. Pro is $20/month, Max $200/month, and Teams "$80/month for team plan + $40/mo per full dev seat"; paid plans can buy extra usage at API list prices. Pro subscribers on the old $15/month price keep it indefinitely.The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-09-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Pricing Change History

Cursor

restructured effective 2025-06-16 medium impact
Cursor moved Pro from 500 requests a month to usage-based pricing and introduced a $200/month Ultra tier. Source ↗

Windsurf

rebranded effective 2026-06-02 low impact
Cognition renamed Windsurf Devin Desktop. Existing Windsurf users kept their plans and prices. Source ↗
restructured effective 2026-03-19 medium impact
Windsurf replaced credits-based pricing with daily/weekly quotas (Mar 19, 2026). New tiers: Pro $20/mo (was $15), Teams $40/user/month, Max $200/month. Free tier changed from flexible credits to hard quotas. Existing Pro subscribers grandfathered at $15/mo Source ↗

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