How much does Windsurf cost?
- Free plan
- Yes
- Enterprise
- Contact sales
In your favor
- Free plan. Free plan with a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions
Watch out for
- Going over the Teams allowance costs $40 to $40 per full dev seat per month. Included: 200 users.
How you buy and get started
- Sign up
- Self-serve signup at app.devin.ai; free download "[Sign up](https://app.devin.ai/auth/signup)"
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Enterprise is contact-sales only "Let's talk"
- Support
- Priority support on Teams; highest priority support on Enterprise "Priority support"
- Support
- Support email "[Support](mailto:support@cognition.ai)"
What Windsurf does
Devin Desktop lets developers manage coding agents locally or in Devin Cloud from one place, with Kanban/Spaces views, subagents, code review and Tab completions. Paid tiers add more usage quota, cloud agents, team features and enterprise controls such as SSO.
- Good for
- Professional developers and engineering teams who want AI agents to write, review and ship code inside existing repositories; not a prompt-to-app builder for non-coders.
- Channels
- Desktop app (MacOS), Web app (app.devin.ai), CLI, JetBrains plugin, Slack, Microsoft Teams
- Main product
- Devin Desktop
- Also includes
- Agent Command Center (Spaces, Kanban view, multi-agent management), Devin Cloud agents, Devin Local, Devin Review, Fast Context, Tab completions (Supercomplete)
- Connects to
- Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, Notion, Atlassian, Datadog, Sentry, Figma, Vercel, Stripe, GitHub
- Public API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
- Prompt-to-app generationNot stated
- Code export to GitHub
GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
- One-click hosting and deployNot stated
- Built-in backend and databaseNot stated
- Multi-user team workspaces
Share and collaborate
- SSO and SAML
SAML/OIDC SSO
- SOC 2 compliance
Cognition has been SOC 2 Type II certified since September 2024.
- Third-party integrations and MCP
[See all integrations](/plugins)
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Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | yes | "By default, we may use your data for model training purposes to improve and enhance the Services. If you’re on a paid plan, you can opt out at any time on the Data Controls setting"security |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | SOC 2 Type II since September 2024 | "Cognition has been SOC 2 Type II certified since September 2024."security |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | Not stated | |
| PCI | Not stated | |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | SAML/OIDC SSO on Enterprise | "SAML/OIDC SSO"pricing |
| Trust center | https://trust.cognition.ai/ | "For more details about our security please visit our [Trust Center](https://trust.cognition.ai/)."security |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | – | – | – | "Light quota to code with agents" |
| Proper month | $20 | – | – | – | "$20per month" |
| Teams/month for team plan + $40/mo per full dev seat | $80 | – | 200 usersUp to 200 users | $40 to $40/full dev seat per month | "$80/month for team plan + $40/mo per full dev seat" |
| Maxper month | $200 | – | – | – | "$200per month" |
| Enterprise | Quote | – | – | – | "Let's talk" |
Free plan: Free plan with a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions
Windsurf price history
| When | Plan | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Q4 → 2026Q1 | Teamsbilled monthly | $30 | $40 | +33% |
| 2025Q4 → 2026Q1 | Probilled monthly | $15 | $20 | +33% |
From archived copies of the pricing page in the Internet Archive, one per quarter, in USD.
Fine print
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Extra usage can be purchased and is consumed at API pricing "you can purchase extra usage which is consumed at API pricing."
- Contract
- Not stated
- Refunds
- Not stated
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Price change notice
- Not stated
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- Cognition AI, Inc.
- Address
- San Francisco (headquarters)
- Online since
- May 22, 1998 Domain registration date
- Ships updates
- 68 in the last 12 months Last on Oct 26, 2026, from their changelog
- Funding
- Raised over $400M from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures and others "We have raised over $400M from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures, and other leading investors."
- Customers
- "1M+ users and 4000+ enterprise customers" their claim
- Backing
- "Over $400M raised from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures" their words
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Questions
Is Windsurf free?
Yes. Free plan with a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions Paid plans start at $20/month.
How much does Windsurf cost?
Paid plans start at $20 per month.
Does Windsurf train AI on your data?
Yes, according to Windsurf: "By default, we may use your data for model training purposes to improve and enhance the Services. If you’re on a paid plan, you can opt out "