Windsurf News & Updates

What is Windsurf?

Windsurf is an AI Coding Assistant tool. AI coding agent that helps developers build better software faster. Windsurf is freemium: it has a free plan, and paid plans start at $20/month. It is available on macOS, Web App, Windows and Linux. It is aimed at engineering teams, developers and enterprise customers.

Devin is an AI coding agent and software engineer that helps developers build better software faster. It includes parallel cloud agents for serious engineering teams.

Built for engineering teams, developers, enterprise customers and software engineers.

Key capabilities

Features

Parallel Cloud Agents
Supports serious engineering teams with parallel processing
End to End Testing
Conducts tests on its own computer
Model Integration
Utilizes the best from every frontier model
Continuous Work
Continues working when the laptop is closed
Thread Integration
Joins the thread when @Devin is mentioned
Proactive Issue Fixing
Identifies and fixes issues proactively
PR Automation
Completes hard engineering work from problem to merged PR
Planning and Understanding
Code and Test
Automation and Maintenance
Tool Integration
Connects once and delivers repeatedly with favorite tools

Use cases

Automate and maintain code processes
Execute code and testing processes
Fix issues proactively
Plan and understand engineering tasks
Perform end to end testing on its own computer

Popular use cases

Write & Complete Code

Who it's for

Engineering Teams
Developers
Enterprise Customers
Software Engineers
Serious Engineering Teams
Software Development Teams

Pros & cons

Pros

Free plan available
Paid plans from USD 20/month
Custom/enterprise pricing via sales
Integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Notion, GitHub, Jira
Supports macOS, web, Windows, Linux

Cons

No documented limitations yet.

Pricing

Freemium — paid plans start at $20/month.

Windsurf plans
Plan	Price
Free	Free
Pro	$20 / month
Team	$80 / month

See current pricing on Windsurf's website

Integrations

AI models

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Grok 4

Security & compliance

SSO
SAML

As stated on Windsurf's website — not independently verified by AiByts.

FAQ

What is Windsurf?

Windsurf is an AI Coding Assistant tool. AI coding agent that helps developers build better software faster. Devin is an AI coding agent and software engineer that helps developers build better software faster. It includes parallel cloud agents for serious engineering teams.

Is Windsurf free?

Windsurf has a free plan; advanced features require a paid plan.

How much does Windsurf cost?

Windsurf offers 3 plans: Free (Free), Pro ($20 / month) and Team ($80 / month).

What platforms does Windsurf support?

Windsurf is available on macOS, Web App, Windows and Linux.

Who should use Windsurf?

Windsurf is built for engineering teams, developers, enterprise customers, software engineers and serious engineering teams. Common uses: automate and maintain code processes, execute code and testing processes, fix issues proactively and plan and understand engineering tasks.

What does Windsurf integrate with?

Windsurf integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Notion, GitHub and Jira.

What are the best alternatives to Windsurf?

Similar tools on AiByts include Zentask, Kilo Code, Cline, AI For Developers and OpenAI Codex.

Windsurf news & updates

Devin in Pylon: Driving faster Median Time To Fix
Support teams can now start Devin investigations directly from Pylon, and engineers pick them up with the first pass of work already done.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Oct 13, 20265 min read
Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Devin
Gemini 4 Argon is now live in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI, at 75% off list price through October 27, 2026. On FrontierCode 1.1 it scores 60.5%, surpassing GPT-6.1 Sol and matching GPT-6 Sol, the highest score of any Gemini model on the leaderboard.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Oct 13, 20262 min read
Claude Haiku 5.5 is now available in Devin
Claude Haiku 5.5 is now live in Devin. On FrontierCode 1.1 it scores 58.4%, ahead of Sonnet 5 at about an eighth of the cost per task, and it joins the sidekick lineup in Devin Fusion.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Oct 7, 20261 min read
Memory and dreaming: how Devin learns from working with you
Memory lets Devin carry useful learnings about the way you like to work across sessions. Dreaming is a daily asynchronous process that improves the index of Devin's memories about you.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Oct 5, 20264 min read
GPT-6.1 Sol is now available in Devin
OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol. It is live now in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. Same $2/$10 list price as GPT-6 Sol, but cache reads are now 95% off, and on FrontierCode 1.1 it matches GPT-6 Sol's score at roughly half the cost per task at every reasoning effort.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 29, 20261 min read
Sign in with ChatGPT
You can now sign in to Devin with ChatGPT and use your eligible ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan for OpenAI model usage across Devin Cloud, Devin Desktop, and Devin CLI.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 29, 20262 min read
Cognition and MongoDB partner to modernize enterprise infrastructure in months, not years
Cognition and MongoDB are bringing Devin into MongoDB’s Application Modernization Platform (AMP) to help customers migrate legacy applications to MongoDB Atlas.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 29, 20263 min read
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available in Devin
On FrontierCode 1.1, Sonnet 5.5 is a significant improvement from Sonnet 5 at 64.4%, surpassing even Fable 5.1 at extra high reasoning effort.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 28, 20261 min read
Devin is now up to 40% more cost-efficient
Devin is now 30-40% cheaper in Fusion and Normal mode, 15-20% cheaper in Ultra, and up to 70% cheaper in Devin Review, thanks to the latest models and a more efficient harness.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 28, 20264 min read
Devin now works across Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365
Native support to @ mention Devin in Microsoft Teams, plus a first-party Microsoft 365 integration that connects Devin to mail, calendar, files, tasks, chats, and your directory.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 23, 20264 min read
GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are now available in Devin
OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. Both are live now in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. On FrontierCode 1.1, Sol matches GPT-5.6 Sol at 61% lower cost per task, and Luna beats GPT-5.6 Luna at a quarter of the cost, making it the cheapest model on the leaderboard.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 22, 20261 min read
Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in Devin
Claude Opus 5.5 is now live in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI. It is the new #1 on FrontierCode 1.1, edging out Fable 5 and GPT-6 Astra at less than a tenth of the cost of Fable 5.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 22, 20261 min read
Grok 4.7 is now available in Devin
Grok 4.7 is now live in Devin Desktop and the Devin CLI. On FrontierCode 1.1 it is strongest on hard, multi-module backend tasks, and trails Grok 4.6 on the aggregate because it tends to over-scope.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 21, 20261 min read
Bringing Devin Cloud to your terminal
Starting today, you can create, steer, resume, and watch your Devin Cloud sessions right from your favorite terminal. Just use devin --cloud or /cloud.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 21, 20262 min read
Introducing Code Scans
Code Scans turns broad engineering goals into concrete improvements across your codebase. Tell Devin what you want to achieve, and it investigates what needs to change, evaluates the findings, and turns them into pull requests.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 16, 20267 min read
Bringing macOS to Devin
Today, we're launching macOS support for Devin, extending Devin's autonomous cloud development workflows to iOS apps, native macOS applications, and any project that depends on Apple's development tools.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 15, 20269 min read
Governing AI agents at scale with BlackRock
We’re introducing Devin Plugins, which give enterprises a way to manage the context and capabilities their agents use at scale. Plugins bundle skills, rules, MCP servers, hooks, and subagents, with consistent configuration and governance across local and cloud agents.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 9, 20263 min read
GPT-6 Astra is now available in Devin
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra. It is available now in Devin Desktop and Devin CLI, and is part of the model mixture in Devin Cloud. On FrontierCode 1.1 it surpasses Fable 5.1 and is second only to Fable 5, at 64% lower cost.
Windsurf Editor (Codeium)Sep 3, 20261 min read