GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

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	GitHub Copilot GitHub's AI pair programmer with an in-IDE agent mode and a cloud coding agent that turns assigned issues into pull requests.	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	+ Deep GitHub integration: issue-to-PR workflow, code review, Actions-based execution + Works across five major IDEs plus a CLI + Multi-model choice including Claude and GPT families + Enterprise policy controls, spend limits, and IP indemnity	+ 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	− June 2026 shift to token-based AI Credits makes heavy agent usage costs less predictable − Closed source and tightly coupled to the GitHub platform − Cloud agent runs are constrained to GitHub-hosted environments	− 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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