Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

How Cursor and Devin Desktop compare on price, setup, and workflow. Hands-on scores are not published yet.

The short version

Cursor — Desktop IDE. Free, Plus $8/mo, Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo.
Devin Desktop — Desktop IDE. Free, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo.
Hands-on scores are not published yet.

Side by side

Prices and setup checked October 17, 2026.

Price

Cursor. Free, Plus $8/mo, Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo

Devin Desktop. Free, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo

Where it runs

Cursor. Desktop IDE

Devin Desktop. Desktop IDE

Model choice

Cursor. Included usage covers Cursor models: Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5, and Composer 2.5. Free and Plus do not include third-party models or your own API keys. Premium and above can use third-party models at API list price.

Devin Desktop. Pro includes frontier models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and SpaceXAI, plus leading open-source models. SWE-2 is Cognition’s in-house model. The model docs say it was free on self-serve plans through October 15, 2026, and list price applies after that: $3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output tokens, and $0.30 per million cached input tokens. The Free plan has limited model availability.

Open source

Cursor. Closed source

Devin Desktop. Closed source

Best fit

Cursor. Still being tested on Add a feature and tests, and Fix a known bug.

Devin Desktop. Still being tested on Add a feature and tests, and Fix a known bug.

Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop): price, where each tool runs, model choice, source, and the tasks we test.
Fact	Cursor	Devin Desktop
Price	Free, Plus $8/mo, Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo	Free, Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo
Where it runs	Desktop IDE	Desktop IDE
Model choice	Included usage covers Cursor models: Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5, and Composer 2.5. Free and Plus do not include third-party models or your own API keys. Premium and above can use third-party models at API list price.	Pro includes frontier models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and SpaceXAI, plus leading open-source models. SWE-2 is Cognition’s in-house model. The model docs say it was free on self-serve plans through October 15, 2026, and list price applies after that: $3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output tokens, and $0.30 per million cached input tokens. The Free plan has limited model availability.
Open source	Closed source	Closed source
Best fit	Still being tested on Add a feature and tests, and Fix a known bug.	Still being tested on Add a feature and tests, and Fix a known bug.

Where these tools are tested

Add a feature plus tests to a real project
The tool gets a real project and a written feature spec. It can change the code and add tests. We score it with checks the tool does not see.
Fix a known bug in a real project
We plant a known bug in a real project. The tool has to find and fix it, without breaking the rest of the app or rewriting the feature.

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