Amp vs Windsurf

Side-by-side comparison of Amp and Windsurf: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Amp Coding agent and dev environment built for the frontier Visit	Windsurf Agentic AI code editor from Codeium — Cascade agent handles multi-file tasks end to end. Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 20/mo	USD 20/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus open-source models; proprietary SWE-2 model
Founded		2024
Headquarters		Mountain View, US
Key strengths	·Persistent background agents (orbs) that keep working after closing laptop ·Run agents anywhere including from phone ·Production access management with OIDC per-orb credentials ·Bring Your Own Keys (BYOK) with no token fees	·AI-powered IDE with agent management (Devin Desktop / Agent Command Center) ·Multi-agent orchestration via Spaces and Kanban view ·Supercomplete predictive code completion ·Fast Context for instant codebase navigation