Windsurf
A unified command center for managing multiple AI agents within your IDE
- Vendor
- Cognition
- Also known as
- windsurf
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Windsurf?
A desktop IDE that orchestrates local and cloud-based AI agents, enabling developers to coordinate multiple tasks, review code changes, and ship projects from a single integrated workspace.
Windsurf pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $0/month with free tier. Paid plans from $20/month.
Free
FreeLight quota for agent coding with limited model availability
- Light quota to code with agents
- Limited model availability
- Unlimited inline edits
- Unlimited Tab completions
Pro
Increased quotas with access to frontier and open source models
- Increased quotas with frontier models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, SpaceXAI, open source)
- Full model availability
- Free use of SWE-2
- Access to cloud agents (Devin Cloud)
- Purchase extra usage at API pricing
Max
Power user plan with significantly higher quotas
- Everything in Pro, plus significantly higher quotas
Teams
Contact salesTeam collaboration with centralized management and enterprise features
- Up to 200 users
- Share and collaborate
- Centralized billing and admin dashboard
- Priority support and dedicated account management
- SAML/OIDC SSO
- Dedicated deployment option
- Support for major model providers
What Windsurf does
The capabilities that matter for ai coding agents, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Vs code extension cline
- Terminal bash execution and self correction loops
- ✓
- Mcp model context protocol integration
- ✓
- Bring your own key byok API support
- -
- Multi file diff generation and automated apply
- ✓
- Workspace indexing and semantic codebase search
- -
- Browser automation support for visual qa
- ✓
- Privacy mode zero data retention for enterprise
- ✓
- Rag on external documentation urls
- -
- Local LLM support via ollama or lmstudio
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- ✓
- Mit or apache permissive oss license
- -
- Pricing model
- Usage based cloud
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Teams•
- Linear•
- Jira•
- GitLab•
- Bitbucket•
- GitHub
- Slack
- Jetbrains IDEs
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
Windsurf FAQ
Common questions about Windsurf, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Windsurf?
Windsurf is a development environment available as both a standalone editor and plugin for Jetbrains IDEs, enabling users to work with AI agents for code generation, testing, and debugging. It supports collaboration with cloud-based agents and integrates with existing developer tools. It is indexed under AI Coding Agents.
Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing/(organization-plan-setup)/teams
Is Windsurf free?
Windsurf offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Free, Pro and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing/(organization-plan-setup)/teams
What platforms does Windsurf support?
Windsurf supports the web, Windows, macOS and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing/(organization-plan-setup)/teams
Can Windsurf be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Windsurf, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing/(organization-plan-setup)/teams
What does Windsurf integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Windsurf, including GitHub, Slack and Jetbrains IDEs. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing/(organization-plan-setup)/teams
What security certifications does Windsurf have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Windsurf. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Windsurf not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://windsurf.com/security
Where is Windsurf available?
Windsurf is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Source: https://windsurf.com
Windsurf alternatives
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Side by side against other ai coding agents, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Windsurf, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 45 | 0.09 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.04 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.04 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Soc2 type ii: Yes · Pricing model: usage_based_cloud · Architecture model: vs_code_extension_cline · Mcp model context protocol integration: Yes · Browser automation support for visual qa: Yes · Multi file diff generation and automated apply: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 50% |
Pricing
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