Jules vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

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	Jules Google's asynchronous coding agent that takes GitHub tasks, proposes a plan, and delivers 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	freemium	freemium
Strengths	+ Generous free tier with 15 daily tasks and no local setup required + Asynchronous plan-approve-PR workflow suited to delegating routine fixes and chores + Paid capacity comes bundled with existing Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions	+ 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	− GitHub-only repository integration; no support for other forges − Paid tiers are currently limited to personal Gmail accounts, with business upgrade paths still pending − Less interactive mid-task steering than terminal-based pair-programming agents	− 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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