Windsurf — AI code editor, now called Devin Desktop, for running coding agents. Looking for something different? Here are 7 other AI Coding products, ranked by how closely they match and by community votes.
Stackboo lists 7 alternatives to Windsurf in AI Coding. Windsurf itself is listed as freemium.
All of them can be used free or on a free tier: SquadCode, Hackyard, Massvai and Cursor and more. Cline is open source. SquadCode has the most community votes of the group (2).
| Product | Pricing | Good for | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsurf(this product) | FreemiumFree plan; Pro $20/month, Max $200/month | AI-assisted editing with tab completions, Running local and cloud coding agents | 0 |
| SquadCode | FreemiumFree $0; Starter $29/mo; Team $149/mo; Business $449/mo; Enterprise from $1,500/mo | Start a coding project by chatting in Slack, Telegram or WhatsApp, Get decision cards for choices like database, auth or hosting | 2 |
| Hackyard | FreeFree to join every Yard. Sponsored Yards add cash prizes. | Week-long solo hackathons, twice a month, Build with any AI model or tool | 1 |
| Massvai | Freemium | Generates a full Next.js project from a description, Frontend, backend and database included | 1 |
| Cursor | FreemiumFree Hobby plan with limited agent requests; Pro from $20/month | Multi-file refactors and bug fixes, Running coding agents from the terminal or CI | 0 |
| GitHub Copilot | FreemiumFree plan (2,000 completions/month); Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month | Inline code completion, Chat about your codebase | 0 |
| Replit | FreemiumFree Starter plan with daily usage; Core $20/month ($18/month billed annually) | Prototyping an app from a prompt, Publishing a site with built-in hosting and a database | 0 |
| Cline | Open sourceFree and open source; you pay your model provider or bring your own key | Multi-file edits with step-by-step approval, Running an agent from the terminal | 0 |
Pricing and use cases come from each product's own Stackboo listing. Prices change, so check the product's site before you buy.
1) Why chat, not an IDE? The people with the ideas live in WhatsApp, not an IDE — and an IDE gates software behind "can you code." A real dev team isn't something you drive with a cursor; it's something you talk to. So you describe what you need in plain language, and a team…
Pricing: Free $0; Starter $29/mo; Team $149/mo; Business $449/mo; Enterprise from $1,500/mo
Week-long AI hackathons for solo builders. Build Monday to Friday with any AI model, then the builders vote the winner.
Hackyard runs a Yard twice a month: a one-week online hackathon for solo builders. Claim one of 50 spots, check in before kickoff, then build Monday to Friday with whatever AI tools you like. Ship by Friday, and everyone votes all weekend. The champion is crowned Sunday at 6…
Pricing: Free to join every Yard. Sponsored Yards add cash prizes.
Massvai is an AI full-stack app builder. Describe the app you want and it generates a working Next.js project with frontend, backend and database, which you can preview, edit by chat and deploy.
Inline listing: a row among the products, from $7 for 7 days (Black Friday: 50% off).
Cursor is a code editor with an AI agent that reads your repository and makes changes across multiple files, which you review before accepting them. For a solo founder it takes on routine work like refactors, bug fixes and boilerplate, so more of your time goes to product…
Pricing: Free Hobby plan with limited agent requests; Pro from $20/month
GitHub Copilot suggests code as you type, answers questions in chat, and can hand tasks to a cloud coding agent. If your repositories already live on GitHub, it keeps the assistant next to your issues and code review. The free plan is enough to try it, and Pro adds unlimited…
Pricing: Free plan (2,000 completions/month); Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month
Replit lets you describe an app or website and its Agent builds it, with hosting, databases and deployments in the same workspace. A non-technical founder or a developer prototyping an idea can go from a prompt to a live URL without setting up servers. The free Starter plan…
Pricing: Free Starter plan with daily usage; Core $20/month ($18/month billed annually)
Cline is an open source coding agent that reads files, writes code and runs commands in your editor or terminal, with your approval at each step. It works with Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini and local models through Ollama or LM Studio, so a solo developer pays only for the model…
Pricing: Free and open source; you pay your model provider or bring your own key
Stackboo lists 7 alternatives to Windsurf in AI Coding. The first on this page are SquadCode, Hackyard and Massvai, ordered by how many tags they share with Windsurf and then by community votes.
Yes. SquadCode (freemium), Hackyard (free), Massvai (freemium) and Cursor (freemium) are listed with a free way to use them. Limits and prices change, so check each product's own site before you decide.
Windsurf is listed on Stackboo as freemium. Its pricing line: Free plan; Pro $20/month, Max $200/month. Check the product's own site for current prices.
By how many tags each product shares with this one, then by community upvotes. Paid placement never changes the order.
