Learn what Windsurf (formerly Codeium) offers as an agentic AI code editor, its Cascade agent, pricing plans, and its 2025 acquisition by Cognition.
Windsurf is an AI-powered code editor originally developed by a company founded in 2021 as Codeium. After building an AI code-completion tool, the company launched the Windsurf Editor in November 2024 as one of the first fully agentic IDEs, and completed a full rebrand from Codeium to Windsurf in April 2025.
The centerpiece of the product is Cascade, an AI agent with deep contextual awareness of a codebase that can plan and execute multi-file edits, run terminal commands, and iterate on tasks while keeping the broader project in mind, rather than just suggesting single-line completions.
In 2025 the company underwent major changes: Google hired away its CEO, a co-founder, and key research staff in a large reverse-acquihire, and within days Cognition, maker of the autonomous coding agent Devin, acquired the remaining Windsurf business. Cognition has since rebranded the Windsurf editor as Devin Desktop, positioning it as a shared interface where multiple AI coding agents can operate.
Windsurf's Cascade agent can read and reason across an entire codebase, make coordinated edits across multiple files, run commands, and proactively flag or fix issues, going beyond simple autocomplete to handle more complete development tasks.
The editor supports natural-language-to-code generation, documentation suggestions, and debugging assistance across many programming languages, and is available both as a standalone editor and as extensions for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.
Following the Cognition acquisition, the product has evolved toward an Agent Client Protocol that lets multiple coding agents, including Codex, Claude Agent, and Devin, operate within the same editor window, reflecting its transition toward a multi-agent coding environment under the Devin Desktop branding.
Historically, Windsurf offered a Free plan with limited agentic actions and model credits, alongside three paid tiers: Pro at 15 dollars per user per month, Teams at 30 dollars per user per month, and Enterprise at 60 dollars per user per month.
Paid tiers added higher usage limits for premium agentic actions and model credits, along with admin, security, and organizational management features aimed at teams and larger companies.
Because Windsurf's product and branding are in transition following the 2025 Cognition acquisition and the shift toward Devin Desktop, prospective buyers should confirm current plan names and pricing directly with Cognition before purchasing.
Windsurf is an AI-powered code editor built around the Cascade agent, originally developed by the company formerly known as Codeium.
Windsurf historically offered a free plan with limited agentic actions, alongside paid Pro, Teams, and Enterprise tiers.
In July 2025, Cognition, maker of the Devin coding agent, acquired Windsurf after Google hired away its CEO and key researchers; Cognition has since rebranded the editor as Devin Desktop.
Devin Desktop is Cognition's rebranded version of the Windsurf editor, built to let multiple AI coding agents, including Devin, run within the same interface via an Agent Client Protocol.
Yes, the company was originally known as Codeium before launching the Windsurf Editor in November 2024 and completing its rebrand to Windsurf in April 2025.
Yes, in addition to its standalone editor, Windsurf is available as plugins for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.
Reported pricing included a free tier, Pro at 15 dollars per user per month, Teams at 30 dollars per user per month, and Enterprise at 60 dollars per user per month.