Head-to-Head Comparison
Devin vs Windsurf
Which Code Assistant is right for you? See our complete breakdown.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Devin | Windsurf |
|---|---|---|
| MegaOne Score | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Category | Code Assistant | Code Assistant |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting Price | $20.00/mo | $20.00/mo |
| Free Tier | Yes | Yes |
| API Available | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| iOS App | No | No |
| Android App | No | No |
| Chrome Extension | No | No |
| Company | Cognition AI Inc. | Cognition AI |
| Total Funding | $1.7B | $243M |
Visual Comparison
Devin Windsurf
About Devin
Devin is the world's first autonomous AI software engineer that plans, executes, and debugs complex engineering tasks end-to-end.
Devin is an autonomous AI software engineer designed to work independently on complex, multi-step engineering tasks within a sandboxed environment. It can plan, write code, run tests, debug failures, and generate pull requests without continuous human prompts. The tool leverages a compound AI architecture, orchestrating multiple specialized models to handle tasks from analysis to deployment, and supports dynamic re-planning if it encounters roadblocks.
About Windsurf
Windsurf is an agentic AI code editor built on a VS Code base, designed to accelerate software development by understanding entire codebases and performing multi-file edits autonomously.
Windsurf is an AI-native integrated development environment (IDE) that leverages its Cascade agent to understand entire code repositories, plan and apply multi-file edits, run terminal commands, and verify changes against tests. It features a Flow mode for real-time collaboration between developers and AI, a Memories system that learns codebase patterns and preferences, and predictive suggestions to anticipate coding steps. The tool aims to empower developers by automating tedious tasks and providing deep codebase awareness.
The Verdict
Devin takes the edge
With a MegaOne score of 8/10 versus 7/10, Devin edges ahead of Windsurf in our analysis. However, Windsurf may still be the better choice depending on your specific use case and budget.
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