Windsurf

Devin Desktop is an AI-native code editor that grew out of Codeium and Windsurf. It combines an autocomplete engine (Tab), inline edits, and an autonomous coding agent inside a familiar VS Code-style workspace.

The product changed a lot in 2026. Cognition acquired Codeium/Windsurf for roughly $250M and rebranded the IDE to Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026. Both windsurf.com and codeium.com now redirect to devin.ai. The original Cascade agent reached end-of-life on July 1, 2026 and was replaced by Devin Local as the default agent, and new users start in agent mode by default.

On the model side, SWE-1.6 is the current free proprietary model. Paid tiers also open up access to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini models, plus Devin cloud agents and Devin Review, which handle longer background tasks and automated code review.

Pricing was reworked on March 19, 2026: the old credit system was retired in favor of daily and weekly quotas. Free is $0/mo with a light quota, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits, and limited model access. Pro is $20/mo (up from $15) with full model access, free SWE-1.6 and cloud agents. A new Max tier is $200/mo with much higher quotas. Teams costs $80/mo base plus $40/mo per developer seat, and Enterprise is custom. Annual billing saves roughly 17-20%, and students get about 50% off Pro.

The main caveats are churn and lock-in: the rapid rebrand, the retirement of Cascade, and the shift to quotas mean workflows and limits have moved more than once in a single year. Heavy agent use can burn through quotas quickly, and much of the value now sits behind the Devin ecosystem.

It suits developers who want an agent-first editor with strong autocomplete and are comfortable inside the Cognition/Devin ecosystem. Anyone tied to older Windsurf/Cascade branding or the credit model should be aware those are gone.