JetBrains AI Assistant vs Windsurf
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Windsurf
Agentic AI IDE — rebranded Devin Desktop by Cognition, June 2026
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | AI Free: 3 credits/month + unlimited local completions (Ollama/LM Studio) | — |
| Paid from | AI Pro $10/mo (10 credits); AI Ultimate $30/mo (35 credits); free AI Free tier | Free; Pro $20/month; Max $200/month; Teams $80/month + $40/seat/month |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | Built into JetBrains IDEs (12.5M+ users); AI is opt-in via free/paid tiers | Not reliably disclosed |
| Founded | 2000 | 2021 |
| Maker | JetBrains | Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen |
| Verdict | JetBrains AI Assistant is the strongest AI option for developers who already live in a JetBrains IDE — its access to the type system, refactoring engine, and test runner gives it context plugins can't match. Junie, the b... |
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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