Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)
7.1/10Agentic AI code editor, formerly Windsurf and now sold by Cognition as Devin Desktop, for developers and engineering teams who code with local and cloud AI agents.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Windsurf began as the AI IDE from Codeium, a company founded as Exafunction. Cognition, the maker of the Devin agent, bought it in July 2025 and renamed it Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026. Existing installs moved over through an automatic update. The editor is a VS Code fork for Mac, Windows and Linux. It offers unlimited Tab completions and inline edits. Its main local agent, Devin Local, is a Rust rewrite that replaced the old Cascade agent, which was retired on July 1, 2026. Devin Local adds subagents and a handoff to Devin Cloud agents. An Agent Command Center shows local, cloud and third-party agents on one Kanban board. Through the Agent Client Protocol, it can also run outside agents such as Codex, Claude Agent and OpenCode. The product suits individual developers and software teams that want one editor with frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google alongside Cognition's own SWE models. Pricing changed in March 2026 from monthly credits to daily and weekly token quotas. Plans are Free, Pro at $20 a month, Max at $200 a month, and Teams at an $80 monthly base plus $40 per full seat. Enterprise pricing is custom and adds SCIM, RBAC, and dedicated or VPC deployment. The Pro, Max and Teams plans can buy extra usage at model API list prices. Integrations run mostly through MCP servers, with Slack, Linear, Jira, Sentry and Figma among them. You can import VS Code and Cursor settings, but the JetBrains plugin is now in maintenance mode. The biggest limitation is that Cognition does not publish quota sizes, so heavy users find costs hard to predict. The March repricing also drew strong user backlash.
Our Rating
Who Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) is best for
Best software for DevelopersGood fit
It is an AI IDE built for writing, editing and running code with agents.
Teams and Enterprise plans add shared billing, admin controls and cloud agents for product engineering groups.
The free tier and the $20 Pro plan with frontier models give small engineering teams a cheap way in.
Enterprise adds SCIM, RBAC, audit logs, VPC deployment, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP High, but quotas are opaque and the JetBrains plugin is in maintenance mode.
Unlimited Tab completions on Free and a $20 Pro plan suit solo coders, though quota limits can interrupt heavy days.
Less suited
Useful for scripting and internal tools, but the product is aimed at software engineers, not IT operations.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Unlimited Tab completions and inline edits are included even on the Free plan.
- One $20 Pro plan gives access to Claude, GPT and Gemini models plus Cognition's cheaper SWE models, and Devin Cloud agents are included.
- The Agent Client Protocol lets Codex, Claude Agent, OpenCode or in-house agents run inside the same editor and Kanban view.
- Moving from VS Code or Cursor is simple: settings, keybindings, extensions and Cursor rules can be imported.
- Security credentials are strong for enterprise buyers: SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP High, zero data retention with model providers, audit logs and VPC deployment.
Cons
- Quota sizes are not published and reset daily and weekly, so budgets are hard to plan and heavy users can hit limits mid-task.
- The March 2026 repricing raised Pro from $15 to $20 for new customers and drew strong user backlash over reduced effective usage.
- The JetBrains plugin is in maintenance mode, which makes the product a poor fit for JetBrains-centric teams.
- Reviewers report weak billing support, including slow replies and charges after cancellation, plus occasional crashes that lose session context.
- Two renames in 2026 and the retirement of Cascade broke scripts and workflows that called the old agent by name.
Key Features
Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) Pricing
Free
- Limited model choice
- Unlimited Tab completions and inline edits
- No extra usage purchase; wait for quota reset
- Light agent quota that resets daily and weekly
Pro
- Devin Cloud agents included
- Higher daily and weekly quota
- SWE-2 model free for a limited time
- Extra usage at model API list prices
- Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others, plus open-source models
Teams
- Slack support
- Multiplayer sessions
- Flex seats draw on shared on-demand usage
- Centralized billing and three usage tiers for cost control
- Everything in Pro, with a separate quota for each full user
- $80 per month base plus $40 per month per full developer seat
- SSO listed on pricing page, but docs say SSO is Enterprise-only for new Teams contracts
Max
- Everything in Pro
- Extra usage at model API list prices
- Much higher quotas for heavy and parallel-agent use
Enterprise
- Custom pricing and terms
- Dedicated or VPC deployment
- Centralized admin controls across multiple organizations
- Highest-priority support and dedicated account management
- SAML/OIDC SSO, SCIM provisioning and role-based access control
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cognition renamed it Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026, through an automatic over-the-air update. Windsurf.com now redirects to devin.ai, and existing users kept their plans, pricing, settings and extensions.
Yes. The Free plan includes unlimited Tab completions and inline edits plus a light agent quota. Free users cannot buy extra usage and must wait for the daily or weekly reset.
Since March 2026, every plan has a daily and weekly token quota instead of monthly credits. On Pro, Max and Teams, you can buy extra usage once the quota runs out, billed at the API list price of the model you use. Free models do not count against the quota.
Yes. Existing Pro subscribers kept the $15 price and existing Teams subscribers kept $30 per seat, as long as their subscription stays active.
Cognition lists SOC 2, ISO 27001 and FedRAMP High. It also lists zero data retention with model providers, SSO, SCIM, RBAC, audit logs, private networking and custom deployment regions.
The Windsurf JetBrains plugin is in maintenance mode, and newer JetBrains releases may break it. Cognition recommends using Devin in JetBrains over the Agent Client Protocol instead.
The sources disagree. The pricing page lists SAML/OIDC SSO under Teams, but Cognition's documentation says SSO is Enterprise-only for new Teams contracts. Legacy Teams plans keep SSO.
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