Blackbox AI vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Blackbox AI
Former coding assistant turned enterprise-only inference provider for...
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition's agentic IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | Free: a light agent quota and limited model availability, with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits |
| Paid from | Quoted on request: annual committed spend, drawn down at published per-token rates | Pro $20/month, Max $200/month, Teams $80/month plus $40 per seat |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 10m+ developers | Not reliably disclosed |
| Founded | 2021 | 2024 |
| Maker | Ahmad Al-Masri, Andrew Tan | Cognition AI, Inc. |
| Verdict | Blackbox AI is no longer the cheap coding assistant many people remember. It now sells encrypted, zero-retention inference across 300+ models on annual per-token commitments, with dedicated deployments and a forward-depl... |
Devin Desktop, the former Windsurf, is still a strong AI editor: unlimited Tab completions even on the free plan, a capable local agent, cloud agents on Pro, and the ability to run Codex or Claude Agent alongside Devin t... |
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