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Windsurf vs GitHub Copilot

Pick 2-5 products, models, companies or categories. The table shows measurable differences with sources; highlighted cells mark the objectively highest or lowest value in a row, never an overall winner.
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Products (2)

AttributeWindsurfGitHub Copilot
CompanyCognitionGitHub
TypeAgentAgent
Popularity rank#171 unchanged#21 3places up
Trend 7d—+25%
Momentum 30d—+32%
Wikipedia views 28d—12K
HN stories 28d015
Entry price$20/moVerified <24h$10/moNot verified
Free tierYesYes
Enterprise planYesYes
Open sourceNoNo
Deploymentlocal, cloudcloud
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, LinuxVS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Xcode, web, CLI
Text✓✓
Reasoning––
Coding✓✓
Image generation––
Video generation––
Speech––
Web search––
Deep research––
Agents✓✓
Computer use––
File analysis––
Memory✓–
API––
Local / offline––
Linked models——
GitHub stars——
Launched13 Nov 202429 Jun 2021
Last tracked event—4d ago
Price data freshnessVerified <24hNot verified
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