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Windsurf

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.

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What you can do with it
  • Users can automate multi-step coding workflows by chaining operations into coherent sequences using the Cascade tool.
  • Developers can receive intelligent, context-aware code suggestions through the Tab and Supercomplete features.
  • The platform allows users to deploy projects directly by prompting the Cascade AI assistant or using a dedicated deploy button.
  • Users can integrate the tool directly with GitHub to manage their code repositories and version control.
  • Teams can manage large-scale projects with enterprise features including SSO, centralized billing, and zero data retention policies.
Standout features
Cascade agentic assistantTab and Supercomplete AI suggestionsArena Mode and MemoriesPlan and Code modes with automatic switchingMCP and terminal integration
Pricing

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.

Background

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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  1. 2026-09-14New profile

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