Replit vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

Replit

• Replit Agent, an AI app builder that writes, evolves, and deploys code from natural-language prompts across websites, mobile apps, data visualizations, and more
• Intelligent model routing that selects an AI model per task
• Built-in hosting, authentication, and database services for shipping apps without separate infrastructure setup
• Multiplayer collaboration for multiple people to work in the same codebase in parallel, with visibility into changes before they merge
• Infinite Canvas for visually exploring and tweaking app designs and applying them directly to the app
• 100+ built-in integrations, including OpenAI, Stripe, and Google Workspace
• Native iOS and Android mobile apps for chatting with Agent and editing projects on the go
• Database rollback, up to 28 days on the Pro plan, for recovering from mistakes

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

Replit

• Replit Agent, an AI app builder that writes, evolves, and deploys code from natural-language prompts across websites, mobile apps, data visualizations, and more
• Intelligent model routing that selects an AI model per task
• Built-in hosting, authentication, and database services for shipping apps without separate infrastructure setup
• Multiplayer collaboration for multiple people to work in the same codebase in parallel, with visibility into changes before they merge
• Infinite Canvas for visually exploring and tweaking app designs and applying them directly to the app
• 100+ built-in integrations, including OpenAI, Stripe, and Google Workspace
• Native iOS and Android mobile apps for chatting with Agent and editing projects on the go
• Database rollback, up to 28 days on the Pro plan, for recovering from mistakes

We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.

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

We don't publish a "cons" list for either product. No vendor's official site documents its own product's weaknesses, so there's no sourced basis for one — and we'd rather say that plainly than invent one.