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AI Tool Comparison
Devin vs Windsurf
A side-by-side breakdown to help you pick the right tool for your workflow.
Devin
Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer plans, writes, tests, and ships code changes independently in a cloud environment. Now on SWE 1.6.
Coding
paid
Windsurf
An agentic coding IDE pairing an editor with autonomous coding agents — renamed Devin Desktop after Cognition AI's acquisition, keeping the same editor and Claude/GPT/Gemini model choice.
Coding
freemium
Bottom Line
Windsurf edges ahead on rating (4.7 vs 4.3), but the right pick still comes down to which workflow you're running.
Choose Devin if…
Coding
Choose Windsurf if…
Coding
| Attribute | Devin | Windsurf |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding | Coding |
| Pricing | paid | freemium |
| Pricing Detail | Free / $20/mo Pro / $200/mo Max / Teams from $80/mo + $40/seat | Free / $20/mo Pro / $40/seat Teams / $200/mo Max |
| Rating |
Key Features
Devin
- End-to-end task execution
- Sandboxed browser and terminal
- Long-horizon planning
- Git integration
- Asynchronous task runs
Windsurf
- Cascade AI agent
- Multi-step task execution
- Full codebase awareness
- Terminal integration
- VS Code based
Pros
Devin
- •Can complete entire coding tasks autonomously
- •Works while you do other things
- •Handles complex multi-step engineering
- •Rapidly improving with each release
Windsurf
- •Excellent autonomous coding agent
- •Tracks what it changed and why
- •Good free tier
- •Handles complex multi-file refactors
Cons
Devin
- Very expensive, enterprise pricing
- Still makes mistakes on complex tasks
- Not a replacement for senior engineers yet
Windsurf
- Agent can go off-track on complex tasks
- Newer product with occasional instability
- Less plugin ecosystem than VS Code