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Windsurf
AI-native IDE with the Cascade agent for autonomous edits
Part of this entry was LLM-drafted and is being polished.
Windsurf (formerly Codeium's main product) is a VS Code fork built around Cascade, an agent that reads your whole codebase and proposes multi-file edits. Now owned by Cognition (Devin's makers). Free tier is more generous than Cursor's.
Editor's verdict
Direct Cursor competitor with similar UX. Cascade's planning is genuinely strong for medium-complexity tasks. Hardest call: ecosystem velocity and stability since the Cognition acquisition is uncertain. If you're choosing today, Cursor is the safer bet; pick Windsurf if the free tier matters or you specifically prefer Cascade's planning style.
Use cases
- agentic coding
- multi-file refactor
- codebase q&a
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Last updated: 2026-04-29