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Side-by-side comparison across dimensions, pricing, and community

OVERALL SCORE

Cursor
8.8
AI Code Editor
by Anysphere
GitHub Copilot
8.1
AI Code Assistant
by GitHub / Microsoft
Windsurf
8.0
AI Code Editor
by Codeium

CAPABILITY OVERLAY

Code Generation
Context Understanding
Developer Experience
Multi-file Editing
Debugging & Fixing
Ecosystem Integration
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Windsurf

DIMENSION SCORES

Code Generation
Cursor
9.0
BEST
GitHub Copilot
8.3
Windsurf
8.2
Context Understanding
Cursor
8.8
BEST
GitHub Copilot
7.8
Windsurf
8.0
Developer Experience
Cursor
9.2
BEST
GitHub Copilot
8.8
Windsurf
8.4
Multi-file Editing
Cursor
8.9
BEST
GitHub Copilot
7.5
Windsurf
8.0
Debugging & Fixing
Cursor
8.4
BEST
GitHub Copilot
8.0
Windsurf
7.6
Ecosystem Integration
Cursor
8.5
GitHub Copilot
8.9
BEST
Windsurf
7.8

PRICING

Cursor
freemium
Free (2000 completions/mo), Pro $20/mo, Business $40/seat/mo
License: Proprietary
GitHub Copilot
freemium
Free (2000 completions/mo), Individual $10/mo, Business $19/seat/mo
License: Proprietary
Windsurf
freemium
Free tier, Pro $15/mo, Teams $35/seat/mo
License: Proprietary

COMMUNITY & LINKS

Cursor
Community1M+ developers
GitHub Copilot
Community1.8M+ developers
Windsurf
Community800K+ developers

FEATURES & TAGS

Cursor
idevscode-forkmulti-filecomposeragentic
GitHub Copilot
vscodejetbrainsneovimmulti-editorworkspace
Windsurf
idevscode-forkcascadeagenticmulti-file
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