/coding-agentscompare
Compare Coding AgentsPreviewThis index is in active development: we are still adding agents, refining attribution signatures, and verifying data against sources. The date in the header is when key figures were last re-checked. Numbers can move as coverage improves.
Pick two to four agents and read them field by field: market position, cost, models, company funding, and enterprise security. Every metric links back to its source.
CursorWindsurf (now Devin Desktop)
| Field | CursorAnysphere | Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)Cognition |
|---|---|---|
| Market | ||
| Attributed output | 1.1MPublic GitHub commits attributed to Cursor | Not attributable |
| Output signal | Estimate | No public signal |
| Agent-opened PRs | 614KPublic pull requests from Cursor's background agent | Not measurable |
| Business signal | $4BReported annualized revenue | $82MWindsurf ARR at acquisition |
| Users / reach | n/a | 100Ks DAUDaily active user floor |
| npm demand floor / wk | No public npm | No public npm |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
| Cost | ||
| Entry price | $20/mo Pro | Pro/self-serve varies |
| Top self-serve | $200 | $200 |
| Pricing unit | Included model-usage pool plus bonus capacity | Usage quotas and prompt credits |
| Token transparency | Credit proxy | Credit proxy |
| Cost per task (AA) | $0.07Cursor CLI, Composer 2.5, API retail, AA index 62.9 | Not benchmarked |
| Break-even vs API | ~286 tasks/moCursor Pro at $20/mo vs $0.07/task API retail | n/a |
| Product | ||
| Surfaces | IDE, CLI, Cloud, Web | IDE |
| Model families | Auto, GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Cursor models | Claude, GPT, Gemini, SWE models |
| Providers | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, Cursor | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Windsurf |
| MCP | Yes | Partial |
| BYOK | Yes | No / not core path |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Company | ||
| Ownership | Private | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 2022 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mountain View, CA |
| Total raised | ~$3.4B | ~$243M |
| Most recent round | Series D, $2.3B (Nov 2025) | Acquired by Cognition, Undisclosed (Jul 2025) |
| Enterprise | ||
| SSO / SCIM | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP High, HIPAA (BAA available) |
| Deployment | Cloud-only | Self-hosted |
| Trains on your code | Not trained on your code | Not trained on your code |
| Zero data retention | Yes | Yes |