Lower starting price
Cursor, Windsurf Editor
$0.00 / monthLowest structured monthly starting price · tie
AI Orbit comparison
Cursor vs Windsurf Editor
Compare Cursor vs Windsurf Editor pricing, features, use cases and verified product data side by side.
Cursor
AI-native coding editor with agents, frontier models, cloud agents, MCP, code review and team governance.
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Windsurf Editor
AI coding IDE now renamed Devin Desktop, combining local editing with multi-agent orchestration, fast codebase context and cloud agents.
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Items compared2
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Shared benchmarks0
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Pricing coverage2 / 2
Products with structured pricing plans
Evidence freshnessOct 2026
Latest verified pricing or benchmark evidence
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Free plan listed
Cursor, Windsurf Editor
2 productsStructured pricing includes a free option · tie
API access
Cursor, Windsurf Editor
2 productsVerified as available or limited API access · tie
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Side-by-side comparison
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| Metric | Cursor | Windsurf Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anysphere | Windsurf |
| Category | Coding & Development | Coding & Development |
| Pricing model | PaidEnterprise | FreePaidEnterprise |
| Starting monthly price | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | WindowsmacOSLinux | WindowsmacOSLinux |
| API access | Limited / selected API access | Limited / selected API access |
| Open source | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Self-hosting | Self-hosting not supported | Self-hosting not supported |
| Deployment | DesktopCloud | DesktopCloud |
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Structured pricing plans
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CursorFresh
Hobbyincluded
$0.00/mo
Prosubscription
$20.00/mo
Pro Plussubscription
$20.00/mo
Teamsper_seat
$40.00/mo
Teams Standardsubscription
$40.00/mo
Windsurf EditorFresh
Freeincluded
$0.00/mo
Prosubscription
$20.00/mo
Teamssubscription
$80.00/mo
Maxsubscription
$200.00/mo
Official pricing / enterprisecustom
Custom / usage-based — see official source
Shared benchmark head-to-head
Only exact benchmarks with verified results for at least two selected items count toward win totals.
No exact shared benchmark yet
AI Orbit has not found a verified benchmark/version with results for at least two selected items, so no benchmark winner is declared.
Additional one-sided benchmark evidence 3
These verified results provide context but do not count as head-to-head wins because the other selected items do not have the same benchmark result.
CursorMartian Code Review Bench — Online F161.70%
CursorMartian Code Review Bench — Offline F145.50%
Windsurf EditorG2 Verified User Rating — Product Experience84.00 points
Capability differences
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No unique capability difference verified.
No unique capability difference verified.
Use-case coverage
Structured use-case relationships only. Missing relationships are not interpreted as lack of capability.
CURSOR
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
WINDSURF EDITOR
Distinct use-case matches
No unique structured use-case match is verified for this comparison yet.
Evidence & freshness
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CursorFresh
- Verified benchmark results
- 2
- Benchmark evidence
- Aug 28, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Oct 1, 2026
- Profile review
- Sep 26, 2026
Windsurf EditorFresh
- Verified benchmark results
- 1
- Benchmark evidence
- Aug 28, 2026
- Pricing evidence
- Oct 1, 2026
- Profile review
- Sep 26, 2026
Evidence dates show the latest dated record available to AI Orbit; they do not imply that every field was re-verified on that date.