head to head

Cursor vs Windsurf

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Cursor

The AI-native code editor that changed the default

community boosts

0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Cursor forked VS Code and rebuilt it around AI: codebase-aware chat, multi-file edits and background agents. It became the fastest-adopted developer tool in years and the benchmark others chase.

Windsurf

Agentic IDE built around flow state

community boosts

0

pricing

Freemium

what it is

Windsurf's Cascade agent plans and executes multi-step coding tasks with full codebase context. It competes head-on with Cursor with a gentler learning curve and generous free tier.