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Windsurf pricing & features
Agentic IDE (formerly Codeium) — Cascade AI flow + SWE-1.5 model
VS Code-based agentic IDE from Codeium team (acquired by Cognition, June 2024). Cascade agent, SWE-1.5 proprietary model, generous free tier, Deploys feature.
Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Daily + weekly refresh of basic quota. Includes SWE-1.5 + Cascade (limited) + Tab. |
| Light | Free | Unlimited with daily + weekly refresh. Free higher quota tier. |
| Pro | $20/mo | $20/month. All premium models. Fast Context. Usage billed at API price. |
| Teams | $40/mo | $40/user/month. Team + admin dashboard + RBAC. |
| Max | $200/mo | $200/month. Unlimited + all features. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom. Unlimited + SSO + SOC 2 + on-prem option. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | acquisition | Acquired by Cognition (Devin makers) in 2024 | Ownership |
| — | context engine | Fast Context (indexed codebase + live analysis) | Context system |
| — | editor base | VS Code fork | Editor base |
| — | enterprise on prem | Self-hosted available on Enterprise | On-prem option |
| — | models supported | SWE-1.5, Claude, GPT, Gemini + custom BYO | Models available |
| — | origin | Codeium — renamed Nov 2024 after Cascade launch | Company origin |
| — | plugin editors | VS Code (primary), JetBrains, Xcode, Eclipse, Neovim, Chrome (Codeium legacy) | Editor support |
| — | proprietary model | SWE-1.5 — Codeium in-house software-engineering-tuned model | In-house model |
| — | referral program | $10 extra usage for referrals | Referrals |
Features
- .windsurfrules — Project-level system prompts.
- Bring Your Own Key — Use your OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure keys to bypass quotas.
- Cascade — AI agent flow with read/write tool use across files. · docs
- Chat Panel — Sidebar chat with codebase context.
- Command (inline edit) — Ctrl/Cmd+I → natural language edits.
- Deploys — One-click deployment to Netlify + custom targets.
- Fast Context — Optimized context retrieval engine for codebase queries.
- Image Input — Drag screenshots into chat for context.
- MCP Support — Hook MCP servers for extended tools.
- Memories — Persistent notes Cascade can refer to.
- Previews — Live preview pane inside IDE for web apps.
- Tab Completions — Next-edit + inline completions, multi-cursor aware.
- Terminal Integration — Cascade reads + writes terminal. Confirms risky ops.
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rules | .windsurfrules | other | — |
| plugins | JetBrains / Xcode / Eclipse / Neovim Plugins | other | — |
| mcp | MCP Support | mcp | — |
| cli | Windsurf CLI | cli | 0.x |
| windsurf-app | Windsurf Desktop App | other | 1.x |
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