Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)
A field-by-field comparison of Cursor (Anysphere) and Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) (Cognition): market position, cost, models, company funding, and enterprise security. Every metric links to its source.
Add more agents to this comparison| Field | CursorAnysphere | Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Market | ||
| Attributed output | 1.1MPublic GitHub commits attributed to Cursor | Not attributable |
| Output signal | Estimate | No public signal |
| Agent-opened PRs | 614KPublic pull requests from Cursor's background agent | Not measurable |
| Business signal | $4BReported annualized revenue · Jun 2026 | $82MWindsurf ARR at acquisition · Jul 2025 |
| Users / reach | n/a | 100Ks DAUDaily active user floor |
| npm demand floor / wk | No public npm | No public npm |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
| Cost | ||
| Entry price | Free Hobby / $20+ Individual | $20/mo Pro |
| Top self-serve | n/a | $200 |
| Pricing unit | Subscription and model usage | Plan allowance and usage credits |
| Token transparency | Token rate card | Credit proxy |
| Cost per task (AA) | $0.07Cursor CLI, Composer 2.5, API retail, AA index 62.9 | Not benchmarked |
| Break-even vs API | ~286 tasks/moIndividual at $20/mo vs $0.07/task API retail | n/a |
| Product | ||
| Surfaces | IDE, CLI, Cloud, Web, Mobile, Code review | IDE |
| Model families | Auto, GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Cursor models | Claude, GPT, Gemini, SWE models |
| Providers | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, Cursor | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Windsurf |
| MCP | Yes | Partial |
| BYOK | Yes | No / not core path |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Company | ||
| Ownership | Private | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 2022 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mountain View, CA |
| Total raised | ~$3.4B | ~$243M |
| Most recent round | Series D, $2.3B (Nov 2025) | Acquired by Cognition, Undisclosed (Jul 2025) |
| Enterprise | ||
| SSO / SCIM | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP High, HIPAA (BAA available) |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted |
| Trains on your code | Not trained on your code | Not trained on your code |
| Zero data retention | Yes | Yes |