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Windsurf Review

4.2

Agentic 'Cascade' flows in a polished IDE

Who it's for

Developers who want a full AI-native IDE with unlimited autocomplete plus flexible access to multiple top-tier LLMs, and who are open to Devin's autonomous agent capabilities as Cognition integrates them post-acquisition.

Who it's not for

Users wary of platform instability should be cautious, since Windsurf's 2026 rebrand/merge into Devin Desktop and its March 2026 pricing overhaul (credits to quotas) signal ongoing product and pricing change.

Pricing

PlanPriceNotes
Free$0Light daily quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.
Pro$20/moIncreased usage quotas, full model access (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini), free use of the proprietary SWE-1.5 model, cloud agent sessions.
Max$200/moEverything in Pro with significantly higher usage quotas.
Teams$80/mo + $40/mo per seatUnlimited team members, centralized billing and admin dashboard, priority support.
EnterpriseCustomDedicated account management, SAML/OIDC SSO, optional VPC deployment.

Pros

  • Unlimited Tab autocomplete and inline edits on every plan, including Free
  • Access to multiple frontier models (GPT, Claude, Gemini) plus the proprietary SWE-1.5 model
  • Cloud/background agent sessions for longer-running tasks
  • Now backed by Cognition's Devin agent technology following the 2025 acquisition

Cons

  • March 2026 pricing overhaul replaced credits with quotas, causing user confusion
  • Pro price rose from $15 to $20/mo in the same overhaul
  • Brand is being folded into "Devin Desktop," creating naming confusion for existing Windsurf users

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