Windsurf is Now Devin Desktop: What Happened, Pricing & Models
Windsurf became Devin Desktop in June 2026 after Cognition acquired it. Free plan available, Pro costs $20/month, Max $200. SWE-2 model free until Oct 15.
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Windsurf still exists, just under a different name: as of June 2, 2026, it’s Devin Desktop from Cognition, and windsurf.com redirects to devin.ai. It’s the same VS Code-based editor, but with an agent manager front and center and the Devin Local agent instead of Cascade. Free is free, Pro costs $20 per month, Max $200.
Status as of October 3, 2026
- Name: Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf, previously Codeium). We checked October 3, 2026: windsurf.com returns a 308 redirect to devin.ai/desktop, and codeium.com leads to the same place.
- Version: 3.10.48 from September 29, 2026 (Windows, macOS, Linux).
- Owner: Cognition AI, creator of the Devin agent, since July 2025.
- Pricing: Free $0, Pro $20, Max $200, Teams from $80 per month (full seat $40), Enterprise custom pricing.
- Important deadline: free SWE-2 in paid plans ends October 15 according to documentation (October 16 according to pricing page). After that, the model costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output.
- Cascade is gone: as of version 3.9.19 from September 8, the only built-in agent is Devin Local.
What Happened to Windsurf
In short: the Windsurf company split into three parts in July 2025, and the product went to Cognition, which absorbed it into its own brand after less than a year. OpenAI was set to buy Windsurf for around $3 billion, but the deal fell through. On July 11, 2025, Google paid $2.4 billion for a technology license and hired CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and part of the research team into DeepMind. Three days later, Cognition bought the rest: the product, code, brand, and most of the team.
The team that went to Google later built Antigravity - hence the similarity between both editors. Cognition developed Windsurf alongside Devin for a year, then renamed it Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026. Your plan, pricing, extensions, and rules transferred automatically through a regular update.
Windsurf Timeline 2024-2026
We compiled these dates from the official changelog, Cognition blog, and press reports.
| Date | What Happened |
|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2024 | Codeium releases Windsurf Editor, a VS Code fork with the Cascade agent. |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Codeium company renames to Windsurf, old plugins become Windsurf Plugins. |
| May 15, 2025 | Proprietary models SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini (version 1.9.0). |
| May 2025 | Media report agreed acquisition by OpenAI for approx. $3 billion. |
| Jul 11, 2025 | OpenAI exclusivity expires. Google pays $2.4 billion for license and hires Windsurf leadership into DeepMind. |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Cognition signs agreement to acquire remainder of company: product, IP, brand, and team. |
| Oct 29, 2025 | SWE-1.5 model, up to 950 tokens per second. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Google unveils Antigravity, built by former Windsurf team. |
| Mar 19, 2026 | End of credits: daily and weekly limits, Pro from $15 to $20, new Max plan at $200. |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Windsurf 2.0: Agent Command Center, Spaces, and cloud Devin agent inside editor. |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Devin for Terminal (CLI) and new local agent Devin Local as option alongside Cascade. |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Windsurf renamed to Devin Desktop (version 3.0.12), support for external agents via ACP protocol. |
| Jul 8, 2026 | SWE-1.7, built on Kimi K2.7. |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Cognition acquires Poke, an assistant that works in messaging apps. |
| Aug 2026 | SpaceX makes acquisition offer for Cognition five days after buying Cursor. Cognition declines. |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Cascade removed from Devin Desktop (version 3.9.19). |
| Sep 10, 2026 | SWE-2, model built on Kimi K3, free in paid plans for about a month. |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Sign in with ChatGPT: GPT models billed against ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscription (version 3.10.48). |
More in our articles SpaceX tried to acquire Cognition and Cognition acquired Poke.
What is Devin Desktop
Devin Desktop is an application for Windows, macOS, and Linux built on Windsurf, and therefore on VS Code. When you launch it, you see the Agent Command Center - a Kanban board with all agent sessions, local and cloud. The classic editor is under Ctrl+G (Cmd+G on Mac). Key features:
- Devin Local - local agent, successor to Cascade, rewritten from scratch in Rust. According to the maker, it uses up to 30% fewer tokens, has sub-agents, plan mode, and sandbox. The same engine runs in Devin CLI.
- External agents via ACP - Agent Client Protocol lets you run Codex, Claude Agent, OpenCode, or your company’s own agent in the same window.
- Spaces - groups of sessions, pull requests, files, and context for one task, with shared Git worktrees.
- Devin Cloud - hand off a task to an agent on a cloud machine; close your laptop and come back to a ready PR. Paid plans only.
- Tab, Supercomplete, and Fast Context - inline suggestions with no limit in all plans and fast file search via the swe-grep model.
- Devin Review and Quick Review - review agent changes before pushing.
- MCP, extensions, and SSH - MCP servers, VS Code extensions, work over SSH, WSL, and Dev Containers.
According to Cognition’s FAQ, Devin Desktop is meant to be where a developer spends over 90% of the day managing agents. The editor with suggestions is still there, but it’s no longer the main screen.
How to Get Started Step by Step
- Download Devin Desktop from devin.ai/desktop. If you have Windsurf, the update will come automatically and migrate your settings, extensions, and conversations.
- Sign in with a Devin account. Free requires no payment; paid plans use Stripe (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay).
- Open a project folder and confirm workspace trust, because local agents won’t run without it.
- Create a session and choose where the agent works: Local, Worktree (separate branch), or Cloud (paid plans only).
- Select a model. In Pro, SWE-2 is the smart choice until mid-October because it doesn’t count against your limit.
- From the command palette, run “Shell Command: Install devin-desktop command in PATH”. The
devin-desktopcommand replaces the oldsurf.
Models: SWE-2 and Everything Else
The model list in the documentation has over 250 entries, because each model comes in several reasoning levels and a “Fast” version. Below are the most important ones, with pricing for self-serve plans verified October 3, 2026. These rates determine how quickly your limit depletes.
| Model | Provider | Input / output (USD per 1M tokens) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-2 (Medium, High, Max) | Cognition | 0 / 0 until Oct 15, then 3 / 15 | Launched Sep 10, 2026, built on Kimi K3; in Free in “Slow” mode |
| SWE-1.7 Medium | Cognition | 0 / 0 | Previous flagship; Lightning variant on Cerebras 2.50 / 12.50 |
| Adaptive | Cognition | 0.50 / 2 | Router that picks the model; flat rate |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | 4 / 20 | Low to Max levels, Fast version twice as expensive |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | 10 / 50 | Most expensive Claude in the lineup |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | 2 / 10 | Can be billed against ChatGPT subscription |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | 10 / 50 | Most powerful OpenAI model on the list |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro / Gemini 3.8 Flash | 2 / 12 and 0.75 / 3.75 | Flash at promotional price until Dec 31, then 1.50 / 7.50 | |
| Grok 4.6 | SpaceXAI | 2 / 6 | Grok 4.7 not found on the list |
| Kimi K3, GLM-5.3, DeepSeek V4 Pro | Moonshot, Z.ai, DeepSeek | 3 / 15; 1.40 / 4.40; 1.32 / 3.96 | Open models |
Three things that set Devin Desktop apart from competitors:
- It has GPT-6. Cursor doesn’t, because OpenAI is cutting off Cursor after the SpaceX acquisition. Devin Desktop has GPT-6 Sol, Luna, and Astra, and since September 29 you can bill GPT usage against your ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan (except Fast variants). We compared similar sign-in features in other tools in Sign in with ChatGPT.
- Fusion. An expensive leading model plans and checks, while a cheaper helper writes code and runs tests; each billed at its own rate. According to Cognition, Fusion with GPT-6 Astra and SWE-2 costs 39% less than Astra alone - that’s the maker’s data, not our measurement. Paid plans only.
- No Claude Sonnet 5.5. The documentation lists Sonnet 5, but we didn’t find Sonnet 5.5 from September 28.
How Much Does Windsurf (Devin Desktop) Cost
We checked pricing October 3, 2026 on devin.ai/pricing and in the documentation. There’s no Polish price list; prices are in dollars.
| Plan | Price (USD per month) | What You Get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | “Light” agent limit, restricted model list, unlimited Tab and inline edits, SWE-2 in slow mode, no Devin Cloud or integrations |
| Pro | 20 | Daily and weekly limit, all models, free SWE-2 until mid-October, Devin Cloud, up to 10 concurrent sessions, Slack, Linear, GitHub, additional usage at API rates |
| Max | 200 | Like Pro, but much larger weekly limit and no daily limit |
| Teams | minimum 80, full seat 40 per person | Up to 200 people; full seat has Pro-level limit and Devin Desktop, free “flex” seat uses shared pool and no Devin Desktop |
| Enterprise | custom quote | SAML/OIDC SSO, VPC deployment, ACU billing |
How the limit works:
- Since March 19, 2026, there are no credits. Paid plans have a daily and weekly budget that renews automatically.
- Budget depletes based on token count and model price. Free models (currently SWE-2 and SWE-1.7 Medium) don’t consume it.
- After exhausting the limit, Free waits for renewal, while paid plans can buy additional usage at API rates.
- Cognition doesn’t publish the limit size in dollars or tokens.
- Those who paid before March 19 kept the old price: $15 for Pro and $30 per Teams seat.
A detailed calculation of how much one agent session costs on different models and what changes after October 15 is in Windsurf pricing.
What Changed After Moving to Devin Desktop
A table for those who remember Windsurf from 2025.
| Element | Windsurf (2025) | Devin Desktop (October 2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Name and address | Windsurf, windsurf.com | Devin Desktop, devin.ai (308 redirect) |
| Billing | Credits per prompt, monthly pool | Daily and weekly limits counted in tokens |
| Pro | $15, 500 credits | $20, daily and weekly limit |
| Highest individual plan | none | Max, $200 |
| Teams | $30 per person | minimum $80, $40 per full seat; SSO now Enterprise only |
| Additional usage purchase | 250 credits for $10 ($0.04 per credit) | At API rates for chosen model |
| Local agent | Cascade | Devin Local (Cascade removed Sep 8, 2026) |
| Main screen | Editor with Cascade panel | Agent Command Center, editor under Ctrl+G |
| Cloud agent | none | Devin Cloud in paid plans |
| Other agents in editor | none | Codex, Claude Agent, OpenCode, and others via ACP |
| Proprietary model | SWE-1, then SWE-1.5 | SWE-2 (Medium, High, Max) |
| Memories, Workflows, App Deploys, Arena | Available in Cascade | Not in Devin Local; memory and workflows must be migrated to “skills” with migration wizard |
| Rules | .windsurfrules, .windsurf/rules/ |
.devin/rules/ and AGENTS.md, old files still read |
| Terminal command | surf, windsurf |
devin-desktop |
| JetBrains | Windsurf plugin with Cascade | Plugin in maintenance mode, Cascade being phased out; Devin via ACP recommended |
The 2025 prices ($15, $30, $0.04 per credit) are confirmed by Cognition documentation. We know the 500-credit Pro pool from contemporary comparisons, not from the maker’s site.
Devin Desktop vs Cursor vs Antigravity vs Copilot vs Kiro
| Tool | Form | Models | Free | Paid Start | Differentiator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Desktop (Windsurf) | Editor (VS Code) with agent manager, CLI, cloud | SWE-2, Claude, GPT-6, Gemini, Grok, Kimi | Free with light limit | Pro $20, Max $200 | Free SWE-2 until Oct 15, external agents via ACP, GPT-6 from ChatGPT plan |
| Cursor | Editor (VS Code), Agents Window, web, iOS | Composer, Grok, Claude, Gemini, GPT-5.x until Nov 12 | Hobby with limit | Pro $20, Ultra $200 | Cloud agents, Bugbot, proprietary Composer model |
| Antigravity | Agent app, IDE, CLI | Gemini 3.x, Claude 5.5 (paid plans), GPT-OSS | Yes, weekly limit | Google AI Pro $20 | Built by former Windsurf team |
| GitHub Copilot | Editor plugin, CLI, cloud agent | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, Kimi | 2000 completions and 50 chat queries | Pro $10 | Cheapest start, stay in your editor |
| Kiro (AWS) | Editor, CLI | Auto, Claude, GPT-5.6, open models | 50 credits | Pro $20 (1000 credits) | Work from specification |
In our view, Devin Desktop has two strong arguments: the broadest model list including GPT-6, and several different agents in one window. The weaker point is the pace of change - in one year the name, billing, agent, and Teams price all changed. A comparison of fourteen tools is in our guide AI for programming.
Who is Devin Desktop For
- For existing Windsurf users - the old $15 price stays. Migrate Memories and workflows to skills, because Devin Local doesn’t read them.
- For people using multiple agents at once, like Codex and Claude Code, who want to see them on one board.
- For companies paying for Devin - one usage pool works across Desktop, CLI, Cloud, and Review.
- For ChatGPT Plus or Pro subscribers who want GPT-6 in their editor.
- Probably not for beginners - the agent manager assumes you know what to delegate and how to check the result. If you don’t code, read Cursor won’t help if you don’t know what to ask first.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened to Windsurf?
In July 2025, Google hired Windsurf’s leadership and bought a technology license for $2.4 billion, while Cognition, creator of Devin, acquired the rest of the company. On June 2, 2026, the editor was renamed Devin Desktop and continues to operate.
Does windsurf.com still work?
The address redirects. We checked October 3, 2026: windsurf.com leads to devin.ai/desktop, and windsurf.com/pricing to devin.ai/pricing.
How much does Windsurf cost?
Free is free, Pro costs $20 per month, Max $200, and Teams at least $80 with $40 per full seat. Those who paid for Pro before March 19, 2026 still pay $15.
Is Windsurf free?
Yes, Free gives unlimited Tab suggestions, inline edits, and a light agent limit, but no Devin Cloud, integrations, or full model list.
Windsurf or Cursor - which to choose?
Both cost $20 in Pro and are VS Code forks. Devin Desktop if you want GPT-6, free SWE-2, or multiple agents in one window. Cursor if you care about its cloud agents and Bugbot.
What replaced Cascade?
Devin Local, an agent rewritten from scratch in Rust. Cascade was removed September 8, 2026; you can migrate an old conversation with “Continue in Devin Local”.
Does Windsurf work in Polish?
The interface is in English. To have the agent respond in Polish, add a rule in .devin/rules/ or AGENTS.md.
Can I use my ChatGPT subscription in Windsurf?
Yes, since September 29, 2026. After connecting your ChatGPT Plus or Pro account, queries to GPT models count against your ChatGPT limit, not Devin’s.
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We verified everything October 3, 2026. Before purchasing, compare prices with the official price list.
- Devin - pricing
- Devin Desktop - product page and FAQ
- Cognition - Windsurf is now Devin Desktop (Jun 2, 2026)
- Documentation - Windsurf transition FAQ
- Documentation - Devin Desktop (Windsurf) changelog
- Documentation - models and pricing
- Documentation - daily and weekly limits
- Documentation - self-serve and Teams plans
- Documentation - Devin Local and limitations
- Documentation - Fusion
- Documentation - billing via ChatGPT plan
- Cognition - SWE-2
- Cognition - Sign in with ChatGPT
- Windsurf - company rename from Codeium (April 2025)
- TechCrunch - Windsurf CEO goes to Google, OpenAI deal falls apart
- The Batch - Google and Cognition carve up Windsurf
- TechCrunch - why Cognition bought Poke
- Kiro - pricing
- GitHub - Copilot plans
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