Cursor vs Windsurf (Devin Desktop) pricing (October 2026)

Generated from vendor pricing pages, fetched 2026-10-16. Always confirm on the vendor page.

Which is cheaper for you?

Both list a free plan. Cursor free: Limited agent and chat requests. Windsurf (Devin Desktop) free: Light agent quota, unlimited tab and inline edits.

Cursor is cheaper to start paying for: Plus at $8/month (Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only) vs Windsurf (Devin Desktop) Pro at $20/month (Increased quotas, frontier models).

Price is not the whole story: Cursor bills as "Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price", Windsurf (Devin Desktop) as "Subscription quotas; extra usage at API pricing". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

Try your own numbers in the workload calculator.

Side by side

	Cursor	Windsurf (Devin Desktop)
Billing model	Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price	Subscription quotas; extra usage at API pricing
Free plan	Limited agent and chat requests	Light agent quota, unlimited tab and inline edits
Cheapest paid plan	Plus $8/mo - Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only	Pro $20/mo - Increased quotas, frontier models
Top individual plan	Ultra $200/mo - 50x Plus usage	Max $200/mo - Significantly higher quotas

Cursor plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Limited agent and chat requests
Plus	$8	Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only
Premium	$30	4x Plus usage; third-party models at API list price
Super	$100	15x Plus usage
Ultra	$200	50x Plus usage
Teams	$30/seat	From $30/user/month

Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Windsurf (Devin Desktop) plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Light agent quota, unlimited tab and inline edits
Pro	$20	Increased quotas, frontier models
Max	$200	Significantly higher quotas
Teams	$80	$80/mo team plan + $40/mo per dev seat

Source: https://windsurf.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Recent pricing changes

2026-10-13 Cursor: Cursor plans moved into the X Subscription. Paid tiers are now Plus $8 (Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200. Third-party models cost extra at API list price. source
2026-07-28 Cursor: Cursor added Start, an India-only plan at INR 649 a month including tax, payable by UPI or card. source
2026-06-02 Windsurf (Devin Desktop): Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop. Team pricing became an $80 monthly base plus $40 per full seat. Pro $20 and Max $200 stayed the same. source
2026-06-01 Cursor: Cursor Teams added a Premium seat with 5x the usage of Standard, at $120 a month or $96 billed annually. Standard stays $40, or $32 annually, with more included usage. source
2026-03-19 Windsurf (Devin Desktop): Windsurf Pro went from $15 to $20 and swapped monthly credits for daily and weekly quotas. A $200 Max plan was added. Extra usage is billed at API pricing. source
2025-08-12 Cursor: Cursor Teams moved to variable request costs. Auto mode began drawing on included usage at token rates instead of being unlimited. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor Pro changed from 500 requests a month to $20 of model usage at API prices. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor launched Ultra at $200 a month with 20x Pro usage. source