An in-depth comparison of Cursor and Windsurf across reliability, speed, cost, ease of use, integrations, and community support. Vote for your favorite.
Pick a winner in each category — you can change your vote anytime.
Cursor is a fork of VS Code redesigned from the ground up for AI-powered development. It features tab completions, natural language code editing, codebase-wide chat, and multi-file editing. Its deep editor integration makes it one of the most polished AI coding tools available.
Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is an AI-first code editor featuring Cascade — an agentic flow that can handle multi-file, multi-step coding tasks. It combines the familiarity of VS Code with powerful AI capabilities including code generation, refactoring, and terminal integration.
Whichever AI agent you choose, Standard Compute gives you unlimited LLM compute at one flat monthly price. No rate limits, no per-token billing.