Comparison
GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf
GitHub Copilot: AI assistant that suggests code in real time inside your editor Windsurf: IDE with AI agents that edit and refactor code on their own.
| GitHub Copilot | Windsurf | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Price | Freemium Free plan (2,000 completions/month). Pro from $10/month. Pro+ $39/month. Max $100/month. Business $19/user/month. Enterprise $39/user/month. | Freemium Free plan available with limits. Pro from $20/month. Max $200/month for heavy users. Teams from $40/user/month. |
| Free plan | ||
| API available | ||
| Open source | ||
| In Spanish | ||
| No watermark | — | — |
| Platforms | Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Extension | Web · Windows · Mac · Linux |
GitHub Copilot
- Native integration in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains and other popular editors
- Advanced AI models: access to Claude Opus, GPT-5, and specialised or custom models
- Autonomous agents that carry out complex tasks without constant supervision
- The interface and prompts work best in English; quality drops in other languages
- Limited official completions API; there is no public endpoint to integrate into your own apps
Windsurf
- Deeply integrated Cascade agent with strong codebase awareness and visualised multi-file changes
- Aggressive pricing ($20/month) against competitors such as Cursor, which costs the same but with less agency
- Support for SWE-1.5, a proprietary model optimised for software engineering that does not consume credits
- Interface available only in English, with no Spanish localisation
- Turbulent brand history (Codeium → Windsurf → Devin Desktop) confuses users