Windsurf
Free tierAgentic AI code editor from Codeium — Cascade agent handles multi-file tasks end to end.
Free tier available·Technical·Powered by Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2·API available
Key strengths
AI-powered IDE with agent management (Devin Desktop / Spaces)Multi-agent orchestration and Kanban viewSupercomplete next-thought code predictionFast Context for instant codebase searchSupport for multiple frontier model providersFree SWE-2 model accessVPC/enterprise deployment optionsExtensive integrations via MCP servers and language servers
Free tier + paid plans · from $20 USD/mo
Mountain View, US
Founded 2024
Self-hostable
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Recent changes
- API: now available
- Self-hosting: now available
- Models updated: Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2
- Starting price: $15/mo → $20/mo
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Windsurf — Technical Overview
Windsurf is an AI-powered IDE and agent management platform built for software developers and engineering teams. It combines a full code editor with multi-agent orchestration, enabling developers to run, monitor, and coordinate AI agents directly from their development environment.
Core architecture highlights:
- Devin Desktop / Spaces: A dedicated agent management layer that lets developers spin up, supervise, and interact with cloud agents alongside local coding sessions.
- Multi-agent orchestration: A Kanban-style view for tracking concurrent agent tasks across a project or team.
- Supercomplete: Next-thought code prediction that goes beyond single-line completions to anticipate multi-step developer intent.
- Fast Context: Instant codebase-wide search and context retrieval, enabling agents and completions to reference relevant code without manual file selection.
- Model flexibility: Route tasks to OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, leading open-source models, or Cognition's own SWE-2 — all configurable per session or agent.
- API available: Integrate Windsurf capabilities programmatically into existing toolchains.
- Self-hostable / VPC deployment: Enterprise teams can deploy Windsurf within their own infrastructure for data residency and compliance requirements.
- Integrations: Connects via MCP Server, language servers (ESLint, rust-analyzer, clangd, gopls, Prettier), and third-party platforms including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Linear, Slack, Notion, Figma, Sentry, Stripe, Vercel, Datadog, and Atlassian (Jira & Confluence).
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