Next-generation AI development environment with autonomous workflows and long-term memory. Designed for complex applications and enterprise development with advanced context understanding.

Windsurf

Maintains context and understanding across development sessions

Long-term Memory

AI-driven development processes that work independently

Autonomous Workflows

Advanced security features for enterprise development teams

Enterprise Security

Windsurf - Advanced AI Development Environment

Windsurf isn't just an editor, it's a flow state machine. Cascade understands your entire project context like nothing else.

Windsurf's deep context awareness is a game changer. It feels like pair programming with a senior engineer who knows the codebase inside out.

Competition is heating up! Windsurf is bringing some serious innovation to the AI IDE space.

The spiritual successor to Atom, built in Rust for extreme performance. Features built-in AI collaboration and supports multiple LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, etc.).

Feature	Windsurf	Zed
Pricing	Free tier available, Pro from $25/month	Free (Open Source core)
Primary Category	Developer IDEs & Agents	Developer IDEs & Agents
Best For	Enterprise Development	Rust Developers
Key Strength	Autonomous coding workflows	Built in Rust for speed
AI Model	Integrated	Integrated

Windsurf vs Zed

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