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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor vs Devin (formerly Windsurf)

Pick up to three tools. Prices are read from each official pricing page and shown per month.

GitHub Copilot is the cheapest to start, at $10 a month.

AttributeGitHub CopilotCursorDevin (formerly Windsurf)
CategoryCodingCodingCoding
Good forcoding, automation, productivitycoding, app building, automationcoding, automation, app building
Starts at$10/mo$20/mo$20/mo
Free planYesYesYes
Free tier limitsFree plan: 2,000 code completions and 50 chat requests per month, limited agent usage.Hobby plan with limited Agent requests and access to Composer; no credit card required.Light agent quota, limited model selection, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions.
Free plan detailsNot checked yetNot checked yetNot checked yet
The catchNot checked yetNot checked yetNot checked yet
Pricing modelFree plan + paidFree plan + paidFree plan + paid
Key features
  • Inline code suggestions
  • Chat and agent mode in the IDE
  • Copilot CLI
  • Cloud agent and code review
  • Agent for multi-file code changes
  • Choice of frontier AI models
  • Cloud agents running in background
  • Bugbot AI code review
  • Desktop app with Tab completions
  • CLI for terminal workflows
  • Parallel cloud agents
  • Multiple AI models including SWE-2
All plans
  • Pro$10
  • Pro+$39
  • Max$100
  • HobbyFree
  • Pro$20
  • Teams$40
  • Pro$20
Popularity#7 generative AI service (Cloudflare Radar)#16 generative AI service (Cloudflare Radar)Not ranked
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