Cursor vs Windsurf
Facts from each vendor's published pages, checked 2026-10-17. No scores and no winner: pick based on what you need.
 Cursor | Windsurf | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | An AI-first editor for game code | Agentic coding with unlimited free tab completions |
| What it does | AI-first code editor with agents, chat and codebase-aware edits; usable for gameplay code in any language or engine. | AI code editor with agentic coding and unlimited tab completions on the free plan. |
| Verdict | For devs who want an AI-first editor with a free tier; its terms assign suggestion rights to you, and third-party model usage is billed separately. | For an AI code editor whose free plan includes unlimited tab completions; its terms assign output rights to you. |
| Tasks | Coding assistants | Coding assistants |
| Engines | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) |
| Free plan | Free plan: Free $0 plan | Free plan: Free $0 plan |
| Pricing | Free $0/month; Plus $8/month; Premium $30/month; Super $100/month; Ultra $200/month; Teams $30+/user/month. Third-party model usage billed separately. source | Free $0/month; Pro $20/month; a $200/month tier; Teams $80/month plus $40/month per full seat. source |
| Export formats | n/a (code in your repo) | n/a (code in your repo) |
| Commercial use | Commercial use allowed Terms of Service 5.3: you retain rights in Inputs and Anysphere assigns to you all of its right, title and interest (if any) in Suggestions. source | Commercial use allowed Individual terms 3.1: Cognition assigns to you all right, title and interest in Output. source |
| Revenue share / caps | unverified | unverified |
| API | Not applicable. Editor product | Not applicable. Editor product |
| MCP server | Connects to MCP servers. Connects to MCP servers via mcp.json source | Connects to MCP servers. Cascade connects to stdio, HTTP and SSE MCP servers source |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
"Unverified" means we couldn't confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.