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Windsurf

Agentic IDE with a flow-based coding assistant

4.3(420) ratingsFree tierBy Windsurf · since 2021
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Updated 6 Aug 2026

What Windsurf does

Windsurf, formerly Codeium, is an AI-native editor whose Cascade agent keeps track of your actions and edits across files.

Our review of Windsurf

Windsurf's pitch is flow: the agent watches what you are doing and stays in sync rather than waiting for a prompt. In practice that means fewer explanations and more momentum on medium-sized tasks. It has a genuinely useful free tier and an autocomplete engine that supports a wide language range. It is a close alternative to Cursor and worth trialling both before committing.

Pros

  • Capable free tier
  • Context-aware Cascade agent
  • Broad language support
  • Also available as an editor plugin

Cons

  • Smaller community than Cursor
  • Occasional agent overreach
  • Rapid changes between versions

Pricing

Free tier; paid plans from roughly $15/month per user.

Use cases

Agentic codingAutocompleteTest generation

Integrations

GitHubJetBrainsVS CodeMCP servers

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