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Cursor vs Windsurf
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceCursorWindsurf
- Pricing
- $20/mo (Pro)
- $15/mo (Pro)
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Freemium
- Founded
- 2022
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- Location
- San Francisco, USA
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- Bootstrapped
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- Open source
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- Category
- AI Coding Agents
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- Indie alternatives
- 10
- 0
- Founders
- Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark, Aman Sanger
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Key differences
Pricing
Windsurf starts cheaper at $15/mo (Pro); Cursor starts at $20/mo (Pro).
Funding
Both are venture-backed.
Indie alternatives
Cursor has 10 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Windsurf has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Cursor
Founder of Windsurf
No founder details documented yet.
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