VibeCursor vs Windsurf (Devin Desktop) pricing
Cursor starts at $8 a month for Plus, but only with Cursor and Grok models. Windsurf is now Devin Desktop, and its Pro plan is $20 a month with Claude, GPT and Gemini included.
Quick answer
- Cursor Plus, $8 a month: the cheapest paid plan of the two, but it only runs Cursor and Grok models. No Claude, GPT or Gemini, and no cloud agents.
- Devin Desktop Pro (formerly Windsurf), $20 a month: the cheapest way to get frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google inside your plan quota, plus cloud agents.
- Cursor Premium, $30 a month: 4 times the Plus usage pool and cloud agents. Third-party models like Claude or GPT are billed on top at API list price, from prepaid credit.
- Power users: both top plans cost $200 a month (Cursor Ultra and Devin Max).
Cursor
Plus · base weekly usage pool · $80 billed yearly
weekly AI usage pool
Free: limited agent and chat requests.
Catch: Plus runs Cursor and Grok models only. Claude, GPT and Gemini need Premium ($30) and are billed at API list price on top.
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Pro · daily and weekly usage quota
usage quota + on-demand credits
Free: light agent quota, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.
Catch: neither Devin nor Cursor publishes the exact quota size. Past it, you pay API pricing from on-demand credits.
Side by side
| Cursor | Devin Desktop (Windsurf) | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0, limited agent and chat requests | $0, light agent quota, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits |
| Cheapest paid plan | Plus, $8/mo ($80 a year) | Pro, $20/mo (yearly price not shown) |
| Models on the cheapest paid plan | Cursor and Grok models only | Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and SpaceXAI, plus open-source models |
| Mid plan | Premium, $30/mo ($300 a year), 4x Plus usage | None between Pro and Max |
| Top individual plan | Ultra, $200/mo ($2,000 a year), 50x Plus usage. Super is $100/mo for 15x | Max, $200/mo, a much larger weekly quota with no daily cap |
| How usage resets | One weekly pool, shared with Grok | Pro: daily and weekly quota. Max: weekly only |
| Past your limit | Top-offs, or wait for the weekly reset | On-demand credits at API pricing. Bought credits never expire |
| Third-party models | Premium and up, at API list price from prepaid credit, not from your pool | Included in the Pro and Max quota |
| Cloud agents | Premium and up | Pro and up (Devin Cloud) |
| Teams | $30, $100 or $200 per seat a month | $80 a month minimum, $40 per full seat, free flex seats on shared credits |
Prices in US dollars, before tax. Cursor is now sold as part of The X Subscription (Grok, Cursor and X). Neither company publishes its quotas as a fixed number of requests or tokens.
Which one fits
- You're happy with Grok and Cursor's own models: Cursor Plus at $8 is the cheapest real plan here.
- You want Claude or GPT without watching a meter: Devin Pro at $20 includes them in the quota. On Cursor, the same models cost Premium ($30) plus API list price.
- You code every day for hours: compare Cursor Super ($100, 15x Plus) and Ultra ($200, 50x) against Devin Max ($200).
FAQ
Is Cursor or Windsurf cheaper?
Cursor, at the entry level. Cursor Plus is $8 a month, against $20 for Devin Desktop Pro (formerly Windsurf). But Plus only runs Cursor and Grok models. If you want Claude, GPT or Gemini, Devin Pro at $20 includes them, while Cursor needs Premium at $30 plus pay-as-you-go model costs.
Is Windsurf now Devin Desktop?
Yes. windsurf.com/pricing now redirects to devin.ai/pricing, and the paid plans there include Devin Desktop. The plans are Free, Pro at $20, Max at $200 and Teams from $80 a month.
Can I use Claude or GPT on the cheapest plan?
Not on Cursor Plus, which is limited to Cursor and Grok models. On Cursor Premium and up you can, billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Devin Pro includes frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in its quota.
Do the limits reset daily or weekly?
Cursor uses one weekly usage pool on every paid plan. Devin Pro has both a daily and a weekly quota, and Devin Max has a weekly quota with no daily cap.
What happens when I hit the limit?
On Cursor you can buy top-offs or wait for the weekly refresh. On Devin you keep going with on-demand credits charged at API pricing. Credits you buy never expire.
How much do team plans cost?
Cursor Teams seats are $30, $100 or $200 per user a month. Devin Teams costs at least $80 a month, with full seats at $40 each and free flex seats that draw from shared credits.
Is old Cursor Pro at $20 still available?
Only for existing subscribers. Cursor's legacy Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60) and Ultra ($200) plans keep working for people who have them, but new customers get the Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra plans.
Sources
Last checked . We read each page ourselves. windsurf.com/pricing redirects to devin.ai/pricing.