Chat-based AI software engineer that builds full-stack web apps and sites from prompts.
Windsurf
AI Coding & App BuildersWindsurf, the AI code editor formerly from Codeium, was acquired by Cognition and renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026; windsurf.com now redirects to it and existing plans and settings carried over. The editor keeps its Supercomplete tab completion, while the Cascade agent was replaced by Devin Local in July 2026, alongside handoff to Devin cloud agents and a free SWE-2 model. A Windsurf-branded plugin for JetBrains IDEs remains available.
Pricing
Windsurf pricing
Free plan; Pro $20/mo (raised from $15 in 2026); Teams/Max tiers
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on devin.ai
Features
What Windsurf does
- Supercomplete tab completion
- Devin Local agent for multi-file edits (replaced Cascade)
- Handoff between local and Devin cloud agents
- Free access to Cognition's SWE-2 model plus other models
- MCP integrations such as Slack, Linear, Figma and Stripe
- JetBrains plugin
Pros
- Fast, context-aware tab completion
- In-house model available at no extra cost
- Local and cloud agents managed from one app
- Has a free plan
Cons
- The Windsurf brand and Cascade agent have been retired, creating migration churn
- Product direction now tied to Cognition's Devin roadmap
- Heavy use of frontier third-party models draws on paid quotas
- Requires switching from the user's current editor unless using the JetBrains plugin
Fit
Who Windsurf is for
Look elsewhere if: Users who want a stable, long-standing product identity or a hosted no-code app builder should look at other options.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Now branded Devin Desktop under Cognition; FedRAMP High and DoD IL4-6 offerings exist, and the self-hosted option is in maintenance mode.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
- Enterprise plan
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- —
- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
- —
- Data residency options
- —
- No training on your data
- Opt-out enables ZDR
- Audit logs
- —
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud, hybrid, FedRAMP High
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| Coding & Apps feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Type | IDE (now Devin Desktop) |
| Inline code completion | Yes |
| Multi-file agent | Yes |
| Builds full apps from prompts | Yes |
| Hosting / deploy included | No |
| Backend / database | No |
| GitHub integration | Yes |
| Choice of AI models | Yes |
| Export / own the code | Yes |
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