AgentsCursor vs GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)
✓ Last verified October 15, 2026
Pricing and features come from official pages. Editors mostly differ in workflow and price, not model access: most offer the same frontier models. See the benchmarks we trust.
Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026 (same IDE, plans unchanged). We include Zed and JetBrains Junie because they are the other editor-native options people weigh.
Quick verdict
Cursor
Choose it if: developers who want ai inside their editor.
GitHub Copilot
Choose it if: teams whose code already lives on github.
Devin
Choose it if: engineering teams with a backlog of well-defined tickets.
Zed
Choose it if: developers who want a fast editor with an agent built in.
Junie
Choose it if: people who already write code in jetbrains apps such as intellij or pycharm.
Side by side
| Agent | Pricing | Best for | Privacy | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor Cursor | Free; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30, $100 or $200 per seat. Legacy Pro ($20) plans continue for existing subscribers. | Developers who want AI inside their editor; Teams standardizing on one coding tool | Cloud; enterprise admin controls. | Intermediate |
| GitHub Copilot GitHub (Microsoft) | Free $0 (limited chat and agent use); Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo; Business $19/seat/mo; Enterprise $39/seat/mo. Chat, agents, code review and CLI use GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01), and each plan includes a monthly allowance. Code completions don't use credits on paid plans. | Teams whose code already lives on GitHub; Developers who want one assistant across many editors; Assigning issues to an agent that opens pull requests | Cloud. GitHub says it doesn't train on Business or Enterprise data. Free, Pro and Pro+ interactions may be used for training unless you opt out in settings. | Beginner |
| Devin Cognition | Free $0; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom. Existing Windsurf plans carried over unchanged. | Engineering teams with a backlog of well-defined tickets | Cloud. | Advanced |
| Zed Zed Industries | Personal $0 forever; Pro $10/mo, which includes $5 of tokens, with usage beyond that at API list price +10%; Business $30/seat/mo. There's a 14-day Pro trial with no card required. | Developers who want a fast editor with an agent built in | Local editor; AI features use cloud models or your own. | Intermediate |
| Junie JetBrains | Sold through JetBrains AI plans: AI Free (3 AI credits per 30 days), AI Pro $10 (10 credits), AI Ultimate $30 (35 credits). One credit equals $1 of usage. | People who already write code in JetBrains apps such as IntelliJ or PyCharm | Cloud models, or your own keys. | Intermediate |
Sources (official pages, checked October 15, 2026)
- Cursor: Cursor pricing and plans
- GitHub Copilot: Copilot plans & pricing
- GitHub Copilot: GitHub Docs: Copilot plans (incl. Business & Enterprise)
- GitHub Copilot: GitHub Docs: Copilot cloud agent
- GitHub Copilot: GitHub Docs: Copilot CLI
- GitHub Copilot: VS Code: Copilot chat and agents
- Devin: Devin pricing
- Devin: Windsurf is now Devin Desktop
- Devin: Devin Desktop FAQ
- Zed: Zed pricing
- Zed: AI in Zed
- Junie: Junie
- Junie: JetBrains AI licensing & pricing
Benchmarks: SWE-bench Verified · OSWorld · GAIA · HAL (Princeton) · Artificial Analysis