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Overview

Product Information on Windsurf

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Windsurf?

Windsurf is a software designed to optimize cloud spending through advanced automation and analytics. It provides organizations with tools to monitor, analyze, and manage cloud costs across various platforms, enabling visibility into resource utilization and inefficiencies. The software features budget tracking, cost anomaly detection, forecasting, and actionable recommendations for cost-saving opportunities. Its centralized dashboard facilitates comprehensive reporting and allocates expenses across teams, supporting finance and IT departments in addressing budgeting and usage challenges. Windsurf software aims to address complex cloud cost management issues by streamlining financial operations and improving cloud infrastructure decisions.

Windsurf Pricing

Windsurf software offers a subscription-based pricing model with different tiers based on the number of users and included features. Pricing structure typically scales according to usage and selected plan, with monthly and annual payment options available. The software may also provide a free trial period and additional charges for advanced modules or support services.

Overall experience with Windsurf

Engineering Manager
500M - 1B USD, Finance (non-banking)
FAVORABLE

“Efficiency Improvements Observed, But Large Projects Cause Noticeable Slowdowns”

4.0
Nov 6, 2025
Overall experience has been great, have been using Windsurf for a couple of months now. The efficiency has increased tremendously after introducing it. There's still some room for refinement but worth 4 stars.
Senior Software Engineer
250M - 500M USD, Software
CRITICAL

“Does it better than peers, but agentic coding isn't all there; in more ways than one.”

3.0
Jun 25, 2025
The concept is great. Execution falls somewhat flat because of the underlying issues with LLMs. Inability to consistently deliver good results. Struggles with large context for existing legacy systems. Homegrown agents deliver poorer results than general models.

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in AI Code Assistants (Transitioning to Enterprise AI Coding Agents)
4.5

About Company

Company Details

Updated 18th April 2025
Year Founded
2021
Head office location
California, United States
Number of employees
51 - 200
Website
https://windsurf.com

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User Sentiment About Windsurf
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Windsurf Likes & Dislikes

Like

The intuitive interface is the best along with seamless collaboration features. It's super easy to onboard new users to the platform. Also, MCP integrations w/ existing tooling is amazing plus.

Like

Automated workflows, persistent memories, and a good UI for engaging with code systems.

Like

What I like most if how clean and responsive the interface is, along with how seamlessly WIndsurf's AI features fit into the coding workflow.

Dislike

At times, the performance slows down when working with larger projects due to large heap size consumption, which makes the entire agent slow.

Dislike

Windsurf struggles with large context, tool calls failing repeatedly, and most importantly just outright ignoring instructions in the agent mode.

Dislike

Integrations with more third-party tools and version control platforms would make it even stronger.

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Windsurf Reviews and Ratings

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  • Engineering Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Efficiency Improvements Observed, But Large Projects Cause Noticeable Slowdowns

    4.0
    Nov 6, 2025
    Overall experience has been great, have been using Windsurf for a couple of months now. The efficiency has increased tremendously after introducing it. There's still some room for refinement but worth 4 stars.
  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Smooth Workflow and Responsive Design Stand Out in Windsurf Evaluation

    5.0
    Mar 27, 2026
    My overall experience with Windsurf is very positive. Do note that I am also a user of Cursor, and to me Windsurt and Cursor both work really well together. The combination of AI assistance and smooth code editing features makes everyday development faster and more enjoyable.
  • Software Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    AI Assistance and Multi-Editor Support Enhance Coding Speed and Efficiency

    5.0
    Feb 3, 2026
    Smart AI assistance, context aware suggestions and coding automation help boost productivity. Clean interface and ease of migrating from VS code
  • Senior Business Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Integrated Code Suggestions Benefit Developers While Registry Changes Raise Concerns

    4.0
    Jan 28, 2026
    Good product. Using Windsurf gives a great integrated experience. It explains your code to you and offers sound code suggestions.
  • Manager, IT Security and Risk Management
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    My Experience With Windsurf - Flawless and Fast Coding

    5.0
    Feb 9, 2026
    Windsurf is a great AI powered coding assistant and has helped us boost productivity when building apps/software. It offers all developer tools including easy code generation, debugging, and code suggestions which makes app development easy thus increased productivity.
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4.5

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Rating Distribution

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4 Star
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3 Star
7%
2 Star
1%
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