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Retired from the stack — 2026-07-22

Cognition acquired Windsurf in July 2025 and folded it into the Devin brand as "Devin Desktop" on June 2, 2026 — same editor, same team, pricing now matches Devin's ladder exactly. It stopped being a distinct competitive seat the day the rename shipped. Replaced by Devin.

The Stack / Coding

Windsurf

03 Creation

Retired from the stack. Windsurf isn't a distinct competitor to Cursor anymore — Cognition renamed it Devin Desktop, folded it into Devin's Kanban of local + cloud agent work, and converged its pricing onto Devin's own ladder. If you used Windsurf, you already have Devin Desktop via an over-the-air update; the delegated-engineering seat in this stack is now just devin.

The job in the stack

Formerly the alternate AI-editor seat: Cascade agent workflows in an editor whose March 2026 quota model made costs predictable. Cognition (Devin's maker) acquired Windsurf in July 2025 and merged it into the Devin brand as "Devin Desktop" on June 2, 2026 — same editor, same team, no longer a separate product.

Pricing

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	$0	Now Devin Desktop's Free tier — limited daily agent quota; Tab autocomplete unlimited
Pro	$20/mo	Converged with Devin's Pro tier since the June 2026 rename
Max	$200/mo	New tier added at the Devin Desktop merge — matches Devin's Max
Teams	$80/mo + $40/seat	Repriced from the old flat $40/user to match Devin's Teams structure; Enterprise custom

Pricing verified 2026-08-23. Plans change — the source of truth is Windsurf's own pricing page.

Models & versions

CascadeThe agent — consumes quota; multi-file edits, terminal actions
TabInline autocomplete — unlimited on all plans, never metered

The honest read

What works

+Quotas refresh daily/weekly — no month-end credit anxiety
+Unlimited autocomplete on every tier including Free
+Cascade handles real multi-file agent work
+Free tier is a genuine daily driver for light use

What breaks

−March 2026 repricing raised Pro to $20 — parity with Cursor, less undercutting
−Extension ecosystem and polish still trail Cursor
−Ownership changes around the company create roadmap uncertainty worth watching

Use it for

→Developers who want predictable AI-editor costs
→Heavy autocomplete users — the unlimited Tab is the quiet value
→Cursor users burned by metered agent months

Skip it if

×You're settled in Cursor and the bill is fine — switching costs exceed gains
×Terminal-first agent work — Claude Code fits tighter

Questions operators ask

?What happened to Windsurf?

Cognition — the company behind Devin — acquired Windsurf in July 2025 and, on June 2, 2026, renamed it Devin Desktop. It's not a shutdown: existing users got the new name and UI via a routine update, Cascade became "Devin Local," and it now runs alongside cloud Devin jobs in one Kanban view. If you're choosing an agentic editor today, you're choosing Devin, not Windsurf.

What changed

2026-08-23Freshness sweep — reverified, no change. Devin Desktop rebrand story and pricing (Free/Pro $20/Max $200/Teams $80+$40-per-seat) confirmed still accurate via devin.ai.
2026-07-22Freshness sweep — retired from the stack. Cognition (Devin's maker) acquired Windsurf in July 2025 and folded it into the Devin brand as "Devin Desktop" via OTA update on June 2, 2026: same editor, same team, pricing converged onto Devin's Free/Pro $20/Max $200/Teams $80+$40-per-seat ladder. No longer a distinct seat — replaced by devin.
2026-07-06Added to the stack (alternate AI-editor seat). Verified: March 19, 2026 repricing — credits replaced by daily/weekly quotas; Free, Pro $20, Max $200, Teams $40/user; Tab unlimited on all plans.