The agentic IDE with Cascade AI that understands your code

Launched in 2020

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🇺🇸United States

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ComplexityEasy

Origin

🇺🇸United States

Ideal for

IndividualsFreelancersStartupsSmall businessesMedium businessesMid-cap companies

About Windsurf

Strengths

Cascade: AI agent that understands your entire codebase
Memories: persistent contextual memory
Automatic Auto Lint Fixing
MCP support for external integrations
SWE-1.5 proprietary Fast Agent model
Visual previews and integrated deployments
Free plan with 25 credits/month
Competitive Pro pricing ($15/month)

Limitations

25 credits/month on free plan (very limited)
More restricted extension ecosystem than VS Code
Credit system not always transparent
Less community and resources than Cursor
Variable performance on very large projects

Features

Code Completion

Multi-Model Support

Inline AI Chat

Autonomous Agent Mode

Multi-File Editing

Terminal Integration

Git Integration

AI-Assisted Debugging

MCP Support

Context Window

128K tokens

AI Code Review

Open Source

Cloud execution

Remote / Mobile Control

Real-Time Collaboration

Pricing

Free

25 credits/month
Unlimited completions
Cascade AI
All premium models

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