Windsurf (Devin Desktop)
Free-tier AI coding IDE, formerly Codeium and Windsurf
Profile researched and drafted with AI assistance from published sources; edited and published by NorwegianSpark SA (editorial policy).
Official website: windsurf.com
About Windsurf (Devin Desktop)
Originally Codeium's free AI code-completion tool, rebranded to Windsurf in 2025, then acquired by Cognition (maker of Devin) in late 2025 and rebranded again to Devin Desktop in June 2026. Still ships a genuinely free tier alongside paid plans.
Windsurf began as Codeium, a free AI code-completion tool. It was rebranded to Windsurf in 2025 as it became a full AI coding editor, was acquired by Cognition — the maker of Devin — in late 2025, and was rebranded again to Devin Desktop in June 2026. Through those changes it has kept a genuinely free tier alongside paid plans, which is why our coding-agents comparison lists it as the free option.
What it does: autocomplete as you type, a chat that answers questions about your code, codebase search, and plugins for existing IDEs, across 70+ programming languages. That makes it a fit for developers who want AI assistance without paying for it first, and for students and hobbyists comparing tools before committing to a subscription.
This directory lists it as freemium: free, with Pro from $20 a month. After an acquisition and two renamings, plan names, limits and the relationship with Cognition's Devin agent can change, so check the current pricing and terms on its own site before you standardise a team on it.
How to choose between it and the alternatives: run the same few tasks from your own repository through each — a multi-file refactor, a bug you have already fixed, a test for existing behaviour — and judge whether you would merge the result. Cursor is the editor-first alternative here, GitHub Copilot stays inside the IDE you already use, and Devin itself is Cognition's autonomous agent for whole tasks.
Best For
Developers wanting free AI assistance
Key Features
- 70+ languages
- Autocomplete
- Code chat
- Search
- IDE plugins
- Now part of Cognition's Devin lineup
Category
Coding →How Windsurf (Devin Desktop) compares in Coding
The 8 coding agents we track, listed alphabetically. 4 of the 8 publish a free tier. Prices are the vendor’s own published starting figure and change without notice — check the vendor’s pricing page before committing.
The bar under a price compares that plan with the dearest monthly plan in this table (3 of the 8 rows are flat monthly prices). Custom, per-seat, per-usage and annual prices are not on the same scale, so they carry no bar — a missing bar does not mean cheaper.
| Tool | Starting price | Pricing model | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
 Claude Code | $17/mo (Pro, annual) | Included in paid Claude plans | No |
 Cohere | Quote (free trial key) | Per token / enterprise | Yes |
 Cursor | $8/mo (Plus) | Freemium, usage-based | Yes |
 Devin | $500/mo | Subscription | No |
 GitHub Copilot | $10/mo | Freemium | Yes |
 Replit Agent | $20/mo | Subscription + usage | No |
| Tabnine | Not published | Now part of Tricentis | No |
| Windsurf (Devin Desktop) (this page) | Free (Pro from $20/mo) | Freemium | Yes |
