CodeGeeX vs Windsurf
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
CodeGeeX
Zhipu AI's free Copilot alternative, big in China's dev scene
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Windsurf
Agentic AI IDE — rebranded Devin Desktop by Cognition, June 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free individual use | Free: a light agent quota, with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits |
| Paid from | — | Free; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month + $40/seat/month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ developers | Not reliably disclosed |
| Founded | — | 2021 |
| Maker | Zhipu AI | Cognition (acquired July 2025) |
| Verdict | Free with no usage caps is CodeGeeX's whole argument, and it's a decent one: completion, code translation and in-IDE chat via VS Code (1.1M+ installs) and JetBrains plugins, running on the open-sourced CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B m... |
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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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.