Sourcegraph Cody vs Windsurf
Windsurf is developed by Codeium and is a proprietary AI code editor that is a fork of VS Code. Windsurf provides autocomplete, agents, and Cascade, which is a multi-step approach to AI chat.
Windsurf differentiates itself from other AI code assistants by training proprietary in-house models and offering them in addition to popular models like GPT-4o. Free users have limited access to third-party models from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, and paid plans include additional credits for prompts and actions performed.
Windsurf does offer context awareness of remote repositories (via repository indexing), but repositories have to be indexed individually (rather than indexing an entire code host). Codeium offer IDE extensions if users can’t use their Windsurf editor, however key capabilities like Cascade are not available.
TL;DR: Windsurf is an option for individuals who want a free solution and are happy to use their proprietary models. Enterprises that are less concerned with using remote repositories as context will also find it useful. Cody is a good option for enterprises that have adopted IDEs like VS Code or JetBrains and want easier access to codebase-wide context.
