By Cognition Labs
Windsurf is a standalone agentic integrated development environment (IDE) designed to streamline software development for individual developers and enterprise teams. The platform offers context-aware code completion and multi-step workflow automation to accelerate coding tasks and application deployment. It is built to compete with other AI coding assistants by providing a comprehensive suite of tools that manage everything from initial code suggestions to final app deployment.
Free tier + $15/mo Pro. A Pro plan is available for $15 per month, while a 50% discount is offered to students with a verified .edu email address.
Windsurf was reportedly in acquisition talks with OpenAI for $3 billion in early 2025 and has been identified as a product from Cognition Labs.
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Windsurf is a standalone agentic integrated development environment (IDE) designed to streamline software development for individual developers and enterprise teams. The platform offers context-aware code completion and multi-step workflow automation to accelerate coding tasks and application deploy
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