Compare Windsurf and Bolt.new on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both AI Coding tools, freemium vs Usage-based pricing to decide which fits your…
At a Glance
Windsurf
Bolt.new
Primary category
AI Coding
AI Coding
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
freemium
Usage-based
Starting price
Free plan available; Pro from USD15 per user per month
Free
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Yes
Platforms
Mac, Windows
Web
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Yes
Yes
Public API
Not documented
Yes
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Windsurf
Free — $0 monthly
Pro — $15 per user per month
Teams — $30 per user per month
Enterprise — $60 per user per month
Bolt.new
Free — $0 monthly
Pro — $20/month monthly
Pro 50 — $50/month monthly
Pro 100 — $100/month monthly
Pro 200 — $200/month monthly
Pros & Cons
Windsurf
Pros
Powerful agentic capabilities that go beyond simple autocomplete
Supports a broad range of languages and works across popular IDEs
Free tier available for individual developers to try the product
Now backed by Cognition's Devin technology for deeper task automation
Established product with a large existing user base from its Codeium roots
Cons
Product direction and branding are in flux following the 2025 Cognition acquisition
Key original founders and researchers left for Google shortly before the acquisition
Users may need to migrate workflows as the product shifts toward Devin Desktop
Per-seat Teams and Enterprise pricing can become costly for larger organizations
Bolt.new
Pros
Generates and runs complete full-stack apps entirely in the browser, no local setup required
Free tier available to try the product before subscribing
Native integrations with Supabase, GitHub, Netlify, Stripe, and Cloudflare
Fast iteration through conversational refinement of generated code
Cons
Free tier does not allow exporting the generated project
Token-based pricing can be hard to predict for larger or more complex projects
Browser-based execution can hit performance limits on very large projects
Higher usage tiers ($50-$200/month) are needed for serious ongoing development
Use Cases
Windsurf
Agentic feature development — Developers delegate multi-file coding tasks to the Cascade agent to speed up feature implementation.
Team-based AI-assisted coding — Engineering teams use Teams or Enterprise plans for shared AI coding assistance with admin controls.
Multi-agent coding workflows — Developers use the Agent Client Protocol to run several coding agents, including Devin, in one workspace.
Bolt.new
Rapid prototyping — Founders and product teams turn an idea into a working full-stack prototype from a single prompt.
No-code app building — Non-developers build functional web apps and internal tools without writing code manually.
Developer scaffolding — Developers use Bolt.new to quickly scaffold a full-stack project structure, then continue editing by hand.