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Cursor vs Devin Desktop
Plans, included models and benchmark scores for Cursor and Devin Desktop, side by side — and which to pick for what.
Cursor: SpaceXAI completed its acquisition of Cursor on August 14, 2026. The $8 Plus plan offers Grok models only.
Devin Desktop: Formerly Windsurf: Cognition renamed the editor Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026, and windsurf.com now redirects to devin.ai.
Which to choose
- You want the lowest paid entry price: Cursor. Cursor Plus is $8/mo against $20/mo for Devin Desktop Pro.
Side by side
| Cursor | Devin Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | SpaceXAI | Cognition |
| Where you use it | AI code editor (VS Code fork) with cloud agents | AI code editor with local and cloud agents |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | $8/mo · Plus | $20/mo · Pro |
| Best coding model | 84.5SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | Not listed |
| Best agentic model | 46.1SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | Not listed |
| Own API key | No | No |
| Open source | No | No |
Cursor plans and models
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Limited chat and agent requestsModels not named by the vendor |
| Plus | $8/mo | Shared usage pool; Grok models only |
| Premium | $30/mo | 4× Plus usage; cloud agents and automations+ Third-party models at API list price |
| Super | $100/mo | 15× Plus usage; priority access at peak+ Third-party models at API list price |
| Ultra | $200/mo | 50× Plus usage; earliest access to new models+ Third-party models at API list price |
| Teamsteam | $30/moper user · from | Pooled usage, 4–50× Plus+ Third-party models at API list price |
| Model | Coding | Long-horizon agentic | Same work via API |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceXAI: Grok 4.7 | 84.5 | 46.1 | $1,240/mo |
Grok models are included; third-party models are billed separately at API list price.
Devin Desktop plans and models
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Light agent quota; limited model availability |
| Pro | $20/mo | Increased quotas, refreshed daily and weekly; full model availability |
| Max | $200/mo | Significantly higher quotas |
| Teamsteam | $40/moper seat + $80/mo team fee | Per-seat quota for each full developer |
Cognition lists “frontier models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and SpaceXAI” plus open-source models and its own SWE-2, without naming versions.
Cursor vs Devin Desktop FAQ
Is Cursor or Devin Desktop cheaper?
Cursor has the lower entry price: Cursor Plus is $8/mo and Devin Desktop Pro is $20/mo.
Which is better if you want the lowest paid entry price?
Cursor. Cursor Plus is $8/mo against $20/mo for Devin Desktop Pro.
Do Cursor and Devin Desktop have free plans?
Cursor: yes. Devin Desktop: yes.
Where these numbers come from
- Plans and prices — each vendor's own pricing page, checked 2026-10-27: Cursor, Devin Desktop. Usage allowances change often; check before you buy.
- Model scores — LiveBench coding and long-horizon agentic categories for the models each plan includes, live from the same data as the leaderboard. A tool's own agent loop matters too; these scores rate the model, not the tool.
- “Same work via API” — a heavy coding-agent month (40K tokens in, 4K out, 20K requests, 70% cached input) at OpenRouter list price, for comparing a subscription against paying per token.