AI-native code editor
Windsurf
Windsurf is a code editor built around Cascade, an agent that handles multi-file edits, plus tab completion and inline edits that stay free of the usage quota. It ships its own fast agent model, SWE-1.5, alongside access to frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Usage is metered by daily and weekly quotas rather than a monthly credit pool, and paid plans can buy extra usage at API rates.
Visit website →Best for
- Developers who want an AI-native editor with a bundled agent
- Teams that want a fast in-house model (SWE-1.5) plus frontier options
- Solo developers who want predictable daily and weekly quotas
Not best for
- Terminal-first workflows that do not want an editor
- Users who prefer per-token billing with no quota ceiling
- Teams that need deep single-vendor governance controls