Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) vs Cursor
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition's agentic IDE, renamed from Windsurf in June 2026
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Cursor
AI code editor and coding agents, now sold inside The X Subscription
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free: a light agent quota and limited model availability, with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits | Free plan: limited agent and Chat requests and a starter allowance for Cursor's coding agents, no card listed |
| Paid from | Pro $20/month, Max $200/month, Teams $80/month plus $40 per seat | $8/month (Plus, Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | Not reliably disclosed | 1m+ developers |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 |
| Maker | Cognition AI, Inc. | SpaceX |
| Verdict | 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... |
Cursor remains one of the strongest AI editors: agents that work across a whole codebase, cloud agents and automations, and Bugbot reviews, with Grok and Composer models included in a weekly allowance. The October 2026 m... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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