Claude Code vs Windsurf
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal-native agentic coding tool
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Windsurf
Agentic AI IDE — rebranded Devin Desktop by Cognition, June 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 9 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Paid from | Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo), Max ($100/$200/mo), or Team/Enterprise | Free; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month + $40/seat/month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | WAU doubled in early 2026 (one of the most-loved coding tools) | Not reliably disclosed |
| Founded | 2025 | 2024 |
| Maker | Anthropic | — |
| Verdict | Claude Code set the bar for agentic coding in 2026 — it works in the terminal and IDEs, reads and edits across a whole codebase, runs tests, and carries multi-step tasks to completion rather than autocompleting lines. Je... |
Windsurf is now Devin Desktop: Cognition acquired the Codeium-built IDE in July 2025 and folded it into the Devin brand on June 2, 2026. The product itself remains a strong agentic editor — VS Code-derived, with the Rust... |
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