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Wind Surf and Cursor are two AI-powered IDEs built on forks of VS Code, designed to enhance developer productivity. Both tools offer similar features such as predictive autocomplete and inline chat, but Wind Surf's Cascade feature, which combines AI agents and co-pilot functionalities, is highlighted as a significant differentiator. Wind Surf is also noted for its competitive pricing and extensive free tier. The post recommends trying both IDEs to determine which best suits individual needs, while acknowledging Wind Surf's superior user experience with its Cascade feature.

Windsurf vs Cursor: The AI IDE Battle

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Cursor vs Windsurf: AI IDE Battle

Cursor vs Windsurf: AI IDE Battle

Hey if you don’t want the video, here’s my thoughts. Both offer similar features in terms of autocomplete and user experience with Command K/I for inline edits. Windsurfs cascade and its agents to me felt better than Cursors composer. It seemed to understand the context of what I did better and was able to continue my work. I also show off why I dislike AI for creating full projects still, as asking for a react app it tried to run create-react-app. Windsurf has unlimited completion on its free tier and it’s half the price pro tier at $10. Worth noting that it only allows 1000 steps of cascade on pro and it’s unclear what constitutes as a step to me

Since both of them are still lacking of a portable option, I still stick by the side of codium and OG VSCode