Factory vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

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	Factory Agent-native software development platform from Factory AI, powered by its Droid agents in the terminal, desktop, and web.	Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) Agentic AI IDE acquired by Cognition in 2025 and rebranded Devin Desktop in June 2026.
Category	harness	harness
Vendor type	commercial	commercial
Pricing	subscription	freemium
Strengths	+ Multi-surface platform spanning CLI, desktop, web, and headless CI/CD exec mode + Model routing across providers instead of single-vendor lock-in + Deep extensibility with MCP, custom droids, skills, hooks, and plugins + Multi-agent Missions for coordinated feature development	+ Full IDE experience with agent, tab completion, and multi-file edits integrated + Backed by Cognition's proprietary SWE coding models plus frontier model access + Free tier available; settings and extensions carried over from Windsurf
Tradeoffs	− No free tier; entry starts at the $20/month Pro subscription − Usage is capped by rolling rate limits within each subscription tier − Enterprise-oriented platform breadth can be heavyweight for solo developers	− Closed source and tied to Cognition's platform and credit quotas − 2025-2026 ownership changes and the Devin rebrand forced workflow migrations (e.g. Cascade deprecation)
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