Devin vs Windsurf

A side-by-side comparison of Devin and Windsurf — pricing, free tiers, and who each tool is genuinely best for.

	Devin	Windsurf
Tagline	Autonomous AI software engineer that ships PRs	Agentic IDE with Cascade flows that keep you and the AI in sync
Category	AI Coding	AI Coding
Pricing	No permanent free tier; starts at ~$20/mo (pay-per-ACU); Team plan ~$500/mo; Enterprise custom — verify at devin.ai	Free tier; Pro from ~$15/user/mo; Teams/Enterprise tiers above
Free tier
Best for	Engineering teams that want to delegate full end-to-end tasks — from issue to merged PR — without constant supervision.	Developers wanting an AI-native IDE with tightly integrated agentic flows and a generous free tier.
Not for	Developers who need deep IDE integration for line-by-line pair programming rather than delegated autonomous tasks.	Teams that prefer to keep their existing editor and just bolt on completions.
Use cases	Autonomous feature implementation Bug triage and repair Code migration and refactoring Writing and running tests	Agentic multi-step edits Codebase-aware autocomplete Feature implementation Refactoring AI chat over your project
	Visit Devin	Visit Windsurf

Choose it if: Engineering teams that want to delegate full end-to-end tasks — from issue to merged PR — without constant supervision.

Choose it if: Developers wanting an AI-native IDE with tightly integrated agentic flows and a generous free tier.