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Windsurf
Named in 25 of 100 AI answers across 2 categories in September 2026. Best position: AI coding agents, 42% answer share, ranked #7, named first in 0%.
42%
Best share AI coding agents
What Windsurf is
Windsurf is an AI-powered integrated development environment for developers working with code. It supports writing and working across a codebase within the coding environment.
It maintains awareness of the codebase and developer actions, allowing it to reason about codebases in real time and execute terminal commands. Windsurf can make related changes across multiple files. Its write mode modifies code, while chat mode provides guidance without changing code.
By category
First edition
| Category | Rank | Answer share | Named first | Models | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI coding agentsAI coding | #7 of 12 | 0% | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro | new | |
| AI app buildersBuild without a team | #13 of 15 | 0% | Claude, Gemini | new |
What the models said
“Windsurf’s state management and UX are praised by many devs as being the most natural "conversational" coding experience on the market.”
“Cursor, Copilot, and Windsurf are primarily coding environments/assistants; Claude Code and Codex are closer to autonomous software-engineering agents.”
“Phase 3: Scaling & Customization Pull the repo into Cursor or Windsurf to fine-tune complex logic, optimize API calls, or fix edge-case bugs using AI prompts.”
“Cursor or Windsurf as the main editor for day-to-day multi-file feature building.”
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