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.