Cursor is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it. Windsurf is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it. Both are listed under AI IDEs & Editors, so this is a like-for-like comparison. Neither is ranked above the other — Flocci carries no sponsored placement.
Cursor is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it and is listed for AI-first VS Code fork with agent mode. Windsurf is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it and is listed for agentic IDE with the Cascade flow. Both sit in AI IDEs & Editors.
Neither — Cursor and Windsurf are both freemium, so the choice comes down to capability rather than cost. Both entries list what they uniquely do above.
Choose Cursor if you need AI-first VS Code fork with agent mode; choose Windsurf if you need agentic IDE with the Cascade flow. Flocci AI Tools does not rank one above the other — it shows both feature sets side by side and lets the requirement decide.
| Cursor | Windsurf | |
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| Pricing tier | Free tier + paid plans | Free tier + paid plans |
| Free to start | Yes | Yes |
| Category | Code & Development | Code & Development |
| Type | AI IDEs & Editors | AI IDEs & Editors |
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| Tags | ide, editor, cursor, agent, multi-file, free | ide, windsurf, cascade, agent, cognition, free |
| Website | cursor.com | windsurf.com |
| Full page | Cursor details → | Windsurf details → |
| Alternatives | Cursor alternatives → | Windsurf alternatives → |