Windsurf (Devin Desktop) vs GitHub Copilot 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. Windsurf (Devin Desktop) free: Light agent quota, unlimited tab and inline edits. GitHub Copilot free: Limited chat and agent usage.

GitHub Copilot is cheaper to start paying for: Pro at $10/month ($15/mo total AI credits ($10 base + $5 flex)) vs Windsurf (Devin Desktop) Pro at $20/month (Increased quotas, frontier models).

Price is not the whole story: Windsurf (Devin Desktop) bills as "Subscription quotas; extra usage at API pricing", GitHub Copilot as "Seat price plus GitHub AI Credits (token-based since June 1, 2026)". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

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Side by side

	Windsurf (Devin Desktop)	GitHub Copilot
Billing model	Subscription quotas; extra usage at API pricing	Seat price plus GitHub AI Credits (token-based since June 1, 2026)
Free plan	Light agent quota, unlimited tab and inline edits	Limited chat and agent usage
Cheapest paid plan	Pro $20/mo - Increased quotas, frontier models	Pro $10/mo - $15/mo total AI credits ($10 base + $5 flex)
Top individual plan	Max $200/mo - Significantly higher quotas	Max $100/mo - $200/mo total AI credits ($100 base + $100 flex)

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.

GitHub Copilot plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Limited chat and agent usage
Pro	$10	$15/mo total AI credits ($10 base + $5 flex)
Pro+	$39	$70/mo total AI credits ($39 base + $31 flex)
Max	$100	$200/mo total AI credits ($100 base + $100 flex)

Source: https://github.com/features/copilot/plans, fetched 2026-10-16.

Recent pricing changes

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 GitHub Copilot: Copilot replaced premium requests with token-based GitHub AI Credits on every plan. Seat prices did not change. source
2026-05-29 GitHub Copilot: GitHub added Copilot Max at $100 a month, its top individual plan. 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
2025-06-18 GitHub Copilot: GitHub started enforcing premium request allowances: Pro 300, Pro+ 1,500, Business 300, Enterprise 1,000 a month, with extras at $0.04 each. source
2025-04-04 GitHub Copilot: GitHub launched Copilot Pro+ at $39 a month with 1,500 premium requests. source
2025-04-01 Windsurf (Devin Desktop): Windsurf dropped flow action credits and cut Teams from $35 to $30 a user. Pro stayed at $15. source