Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

Cursor

• Agent mode for autonomous, end-to-end coding tasks, including building, testing, and preparing changes for review, that can run in parallel across repositories
• Tab, a predictive AI autocomplete that suggests multi-line edits rather than single completions
• Composer, Cursor's own in-house frontier coding model, alongside access to third-party frontier models from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), Google (Gemini), and xAI (Grok), with automatic model selection
• Codebase indexing and semantic search so the AI can ground suggestions in a project's actual code
• An 'autonomy slider' for controlling how independently the AI acts, from small targeted edits to fully autonomous runs
• Cloud Agents for running coding tasks outside the local machine
• Bugbot for automated code review on pull requests
• CLI installation for terminal-based usage alongside the desktop editor

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

• Full Windsurf IDE experience retained under the Devin Desktop name
• Agent Command Center with Spaces, Kanban-style organization, and multi-agent management
• Cascade agent with Code, Plan, and Ask modes for code changes, planning, questions, and tool use
• Tool calling, checkpoints, linter integration, web search, memories, and rules within Cascade
• Extension ecosystem and language-server support inherited from the editor workflow
• MCP server integrations for external tools and services
• Over-the-air migration from Windsurf with existing plans, pricing, extensions, settings, and in-progress work preserved

Cursor

• Agent mode for autonomous, end-to-end coding tasks, including building, testing, and preparing changes for review, that can run in parallel across repositories
• Tab, a predictive AI autocomplete that suggests multi-line edits rather than single completions
• Composer, Cursor's own in-house frontier coding model, alongside access to third-party frontier models from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT), Google (Gemini), and xAI (Grok), with automatic model selection
• Codebase indexing and semantic search so the AI can ground suggestions in a project's actual code
• An 'autonomy slider' for controlling how independently the AI acts, from small targeted edits to fully autonomous runs
• Cloud Agents for running coding tasks outside the local machine
• Bugbot for automated code review on pull requests
• CLI installation for terminal-based usage alongside the desktop editor

• All paid plans meter AI usage — even Pro can incur additional on-demand charges once the plan's included usage allowance runs out
• No official web or mobile version; Cursor is a desktop application only

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

• Full Windsurf IDE experience retained under the Devin Desktop name
• Agent Command Center with Spaces, Kanban-style organization, and multi-agent management
• Cascade agent with Code, Plan, and Ask modes for code changes, planning, questions, and tool use
• Tool calling, checkpoints, linter integration, web search, memories, and rules within Cascade
• Extension ecosystem and language-server support inherited from the editor workflow
• MCP server integrations for external tools and services
• Over-the-air migration from Windsurf with existing plans, pricing, extensions, settings, and in-progress work preserved

• The Windsurf name is being replaced by Devin Desktop, which can create product-name confusion during the transition
• Teams pricing combines a base subscription and per-full-seat charge rather than a simple flat per-seat rate
• The product is aimed at code-centric workflows and is less suitable for nontechnical users wanting pure prompt-to-app building