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    reviewer2816661

AI-assisted workflows have improved code reviews and test creation for complex architectures

  • April 13, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is code correction. I use the multiple AI options available to create tests, review code, check photos on my computer, and address issues in Jira. I use Windsurf with MCP frequently.

I use Windsurf for code correction and task creation in cascading workflows. I have established rules and skills within the platform. One of my key skills is checking whether developers who create cases for issues write high-quality code. I request ratings and evaluate specific topics such as Hexagonal Architecture and Domain-driven Design.

What is most valuable?

Windsurf offers many AI options, feels intelligent, is stable, and appears to be growing as a company in a positive direction.

The best features Windsurf offers are that the IDE is built on a VS Code base, which I appreciate for its structure. I also use IntelliJ frequently because there is a Windsurf plugin available for it. I am not certain what is specifically unique to Windsurf because I do not have extensive experience with different IDEs to compare, but I feel comfortable with both the plugin and the AI.

Windsurf has definitely improved code quality and speed. However, it creates a situation where we have an excellent tool, but the real world is not yet prepared to receive this potential. There is much work to be done to bridge that gap.

I see the difference with Windsurf when I ask Claude, Opus, or GPT to evaluate code quality. Sometimes I see code rated six out of ten, and then I adjust it to a better rating. I still use my own judgment to verify this assessment and continue in that direction. I have to guide the AI in this process, but I see tangible results in reality.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf offers many AI options, feels intelligent, is stable, and appears to be growing as a company in a positive direction.

I noticed that on two occasions, the AI with Windsurf was not performing well. The AI seemed to malfunction for two days or even an entire week, and it was difficult to work through that period. I would say that Windsurf should improve its stability.

I remember having issues with Gemini, and sometimes I cannot use MCPs. I appreciate Windsurf, but I cannot use it sometimes because of MCP limitations, and I do not understand much about them. I choose a different option instead, but I should use it more frequently.

Graphics or something similar might be useful additions to Windsurf.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Windsurf since June of last year, approximately ten months now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I noticed that on two occasions, the AI with Windsurf was not performing well. The AI seemed to malfunction for two days or even an entire week, and it was difficult to work through that period. Windsurf should improve its stability.

What other advice do I have?

I give Windsurf a rating of eight out of ten.

I rate it an eight because I feel there is room for growth, and I do not believe any tool deserves a perfect ten rating.

I would recommend that you try Windsurf because once you do, you will see that working with it is completely different from working without it. My overall review rating for Windsurf is eight.


    Saurabh Patwardhan

Automation has transformed data workflows and empowers self-service reporting across teams

  • April 02, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is creating scripts that move data from Python scripts to transfer data from Teradata to Snowflake. I also used it for automating all the data loading processes, which pull data from the landing area of the data warehouse and push it to the integration layer. From there, it schedules an email to create a report from those integrated data, creates a view on a different semantic layer, and generates a chart—either a pie chart or bar chart report—to send to required stakeholders.

I have two other cases with Windsurf. The first one is an AI chatbot that we are in the process of building with the help of Windsurf. Basically, that will connect to Tableau.

What is most valuable?

The best feature Windsurf offers is the ability to plan the job or task first and then create an executable model. This gives us a clear picture of what I am going to do, what I will receive, what the outcome will be, and how it can benefit the end user.

The planning and executable model feature helps my team day to day by saving a lot of rework. Most of the time when you ask a particular question to Windsurf, you miss bits and pieces of where to begin and what to end, and what to skip and what to add. However, during the planning phase, you can collaborate with Windsurf to make your plan accurate. When execution happens, you get the desired result without going through the rework of returning to planning after getting the result. It breaks that chain. If your planning is perfect, execution does not need a lot of rework.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by helping us achieve at least ten to twenty percent improvement for each individual working in the data warehouse to use Windsurf instead of looking for help from any other team. For example, if a business stakeholder wants to get data about any report or any updates about any report, instead of asking a resource for an update, a business user can ask Windsurf to look into the tables and provide the report. This reduces the dependency on the front-end reporting team.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf can improve by making sure to ask the user if they are talking about the same context where the request started. Request number one might be related to creating a report, and request number two might be related to writing an email. Usually, Windsurf mixes those two requests because it does not ask the user if they are talking about the email or the first request. Windsurf takes it by default that both requests are related and continues. This sometimes creates rework.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Windsurf since one and a half years ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is quite good. I think we went from a few hundred users to maybe four to five hundred users in our organization. There was no glitch or any issues while scaling across two different time zones and two different organizations.

How are customer service and support?

I do not have any insight on customer support. However, whenever licensing is required, we always got a quick response from them. I am not directly involved in the communication with Windsurf support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have not used any other solution before now. Windsurf is our first starting point for AI.

What was our ROI?

At this point, I am not in a position to share the metric on return of investment. However, I can tell you right now the return of investment is mostly based on time and some part of money saved. At the employee level, we have not yet reached the point where we can purely say that we have actually gotten returns from Windsurf instead of an employee.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I do not have a clear understanding of how Windsurf pricing is set up in my organization. I am not part of the committee which took care of licensing across the organization. Right now, I think Windsurf is costing our organization differently than it started. We initially went with a bulk buy where the entire organization was available to use. Now it is ADFS login related, so every user can see their own number of ACUs, hours used, resources used, or credits used by Windsurf.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I am not in a position to give this answer because I am not a leader who decided on Windsurf. There might be a team which went through many other tools and compared them with Windsurf. That was my organization's management decision.

What other advice do I have?

I give Windsurf a nine out of ten because you get automation done by Windsurf all the time. Not only automation, but whether writing an email, writing a document, or creating detailed information, it gives you detailed insights. I deducted one point because of the rework and training that needs to be provided to the Windsurf agent to make sure it is useful for your job. I feel a nine is already a very high number.

I can advise that Windsurf has almost all the available agents, starting from Claude or any other AI tool or AI LLM model being used. We have the highest level of agent to the lowest level of agent which can help you in day to day activity, whether writing an email, looking into PDF files, looking into an Excel sheet, or creating a Python script. Windsurf has a vast variety of AI models available, and that gives a lot of flexibility and cost savings.

My overall rating for Windsurf is nine out of ten.


    Dinesh Duraimani

Automation has boosted front-end testing and debugging and now saves significant development time

  • March 31, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is coding, unit test case creations, and debugging for front-end Angular. For debugging in Angular, if I need to check the code with issues, template issues, or any lint issues, I can ask Windsurf to check the specific file or related things, and it analyzes and provides me the solution. For unit test cases, I will ask Windsurf to create that test case for a specific file or function.

What is most valuable?

I find that Windsurf is a good tool to use, as it automates many things in coding, development, and analysis. Windsurf offers features such as auto suggestions. When comparing Windsurf's auto-suggestions to other tools I've tried, I notice that a few suggest irrelevant content or don't match the syntax, while Windsurf analyzes the code and provides suggestions that match the code or functionality accurately.

Windsurf is a good tool that everyone can use, as it has many features that reduce the time required for coding. Windsurf positively impacts my organization by reducing the efforts required to depend on more critical technologies, as it provides everything within itself and offers many latest technologies. Both time and productivity are saved by using Windsurf, making it a recommended tool.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf can improve its analytical solutions and inbuilt features, as I currently have a dependency on external third-party tools that could be introduced into Windsurf itself to reduce that time or dependency. The only improvement needed for Windsurf is to reduce dependency on third-party tools.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the solution for around ten months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is almost stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is almost good.

How are customer service and support?

I hear that Windsurf's customer support is good, but I haven't reached out to customer support since I haven't faced many issues.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before Windsurf, I used GitHub Copilot as another solution.

What was our ROI?

I see a return on investment with Windsurf, as it reduces effort and allows for a decrease in the number of developers needed.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Windsurf depend on the customer only and are not specific to developers, as this is decided by management and upper teams.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I evaluated other options such as GitHub Copilot before choosing Windsurf.

What other advice do I have?

Windsurf is already in development and is almost fully developed, and it keeps improving. For those looking into using Windsurf, I advise them to understand all the features that can be utilized in Windsurf, which reduces their effort and time. Everything is good with this interview, and all questions are relevant to the feedback. I would rate this review experience a 9 out of 10.


    Robert Huff

Agentic coding inside an IDE has transformed daily code building and multiplied team output

  • March 26, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I have been using Windsurf for two years. My main use case for Windsurf is code building. I use Windsurf for code building on a day-to-day basis. We started with Windsurf as the first platform we used for Agentic coding.

What is most valuable?

Windsurf offers an easy place to engage with LLMs inside an IDE. What I find most valuable about engaging with LLMs inside the IDE is both the speed and the integration.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to experiment and adopt Agentic coding practices before major platforms such as VS Code, Bard, and Codex jumped on board. It was one of the first that allowed us to use whatever LLMs we wanted inside an IDE to write code, and so it was where we started our frontier two years ago. Since adopting Windsurf, I have been able to downsize my staff and increase my output by 5x.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf needs to be improved because the entire coding harness needs to be rethought. We need a bigger IDE that is outside of what just a VS Code fork is at this point in time. To do that, we need something different. What that is, I'm not certain, but things such as inboxing models and inboxing on different tasks are needed. One of the big things that I'm using right now is Conductor.build, which satisfies a lot of these boxes, but even that doesn't feel total because what Windsurf has now is just the table stakes of what it is to be in Agentic coding.

I wish Windsurf would break down things to using things that we're used to and take us away and abstract away from the codebase more. I don't review code; I don't look at code anymore. My team members don't look at code; I have agents that review code, and that needs to be part of the UI. Looking at code is now almost obsolete.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is fine.

How are customer service and support?

The customer support for Windsurf is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Prior to Windsurf, we were using GitHub Copilot because it was the only possible AI solution around coding at that point. However, that game has significantly changed over the last few years.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment; I was able to reduce my staff, and I've watched my shipping metrics increase by 5x.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is fine.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing Windsurf, we looked at Cursor and we looked at GitHub Copilot.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others looking into using Windsurf is to think big and dream big. I appreciate Windsurf and where it was before it was acquired by Droll and Antigravity came out. We just need to think bigger about the IDE and change the developer experience. I have rated this review an 8.


    Haris Harris

Integrated agents have boosted backend delivery speed and have transformed project planning

  • March 25, 2026
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

I most often use Windsurf for backend development because I appreciate how the autocomplete tab functions and how the agent integrations are embedded within the IDE.

I recently created a module that integrated complex backend logic while using Windsurf. With the help of the integrated IDE agents, I was able to complete it quickly rather than spending several hours or days. I finished it within thirty to forty minutes, which was really helpful.

I also use Windsurf to plan new projects when I'm working on side projects. During those times, I use Windsurf to create a proper plan in the planning mode.

What is most valuable?

Windsurf's autocomplete is good, and the agent modes are really effective.

During the agent modes, the cascade feature is particularly cool. What I most appreciate, and what could be improved, is the context awareness, specifically how much context is consumed within Windsurf chat. Including visibility into context usage would be really helpful. When in a single chat, being able to easily identify how much context the LLM uses would allow me to clear the chat or make other adjustments as needed.

Windsurf has improved the productivity speed in my organization. Previously, I would spend hours developing a task or fixing a bug, which could take one or two days. With the help of these agents, I have been able to work much more quickly, which has improved my productivity. This has also helped my organization deliver fixes or address customer issues much faster.

I have saved considerable time since using Windsurf. For example, I recently planned a module development project that was expected to take two weeks. Using Windsurf, I completed it within a week because I could run multiple agents in the background, which was really helpful.

What needs improvement?

I would appreciate having context usage visibility, such as a bar or indicator showing how much context is used by the chat in a single conversation. That would be helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Windsurf for approximately a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable for the most part.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is quite good.

How are customer service and support?

The customer support for Windsurf is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I was using VS Code with integrated Copilot before Windsurf. I switched because of how well the LLMs and the agentic workflow are integrated within the IDE, which was really helpful. Compared to VS Code, Windsurf is really good, so I'm using it now.

I was only using VS Code before, so I switched from VS Code to Windsurf.

What was our ROI?

As I mentioned previously, I recently completed a project task module with Windsurf which was planned to be completed within two weeks with three developers. However, I was able to complete it within a single week, and I was the only person who worked on it. This means we saved two developers' efforts.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Windsurf are good.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I would suggest that others try other IDEs such as VS Code. Once they try that and come to Windsurf, they will surely know how good Windsurf is compared to the others.

What other advice do I have?

All the features that I have used in Windsurf are quite good. The aspects I have mentioned regarding improvements for Windsurf are the main areas I have considered. My overall rating for Windsurf is eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?


    Kevin Shah

Building full AI healthcare workflows has become faster and now streamlines end‑to‑end projects

  • March 19, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

For any product development or proof of concept and minimum viable product development, I utilize Windsurf as my base IDE to create the projects, to establish version controlling mechanisms and tracking mechanisms, and to add extensions that I can use for building my whole product and for my ease of understanding the project as well.

I created one project named Kilt Kidney Health Care AI based assistant chatbot, and in this chatbot, I had to create three facets of the product. The first is report generation, which is an AI-assisted report in my regional language combined with English. This allowed me to create the whole AI aspect into the product where Windsurf provides me with the whole architecture based scenario in dark mode. Cascade itself gives an option of Sonnet model or Claude Sonnet model. This utilizes my whole power of what I want to build for kidney patients and for the doctor for whom I have taken this project. The second part was generating specific chatbot questions from the particular report, so FAQs could be asked as well. This second layer was orchestrated again inside Windsurf, and the third was to create their whole website. All of these things made Windsurf very useful and very smooth to integrate all of my views and my project architecture was perfectly balanced in what the backend, frontend, and DevOps architecture needs to be integrated. Everything was handled perfectly within my team and the version control mechanism was also perfect enough, behaving exactly as it should when relating different models integration with peer teams.

What is most valuable?

I have been utilizing Windsurf as my IDE for around one and a half years.

I am currently utilizing Cascade AI as well, which is integrated for users to integrate their code base and project structure folder to the AI agent, which can be a good option to integrate how the agentic mechanisms are evolving towards building the project structure in Windsurf.

Cascade is the best feature I have found currently within different models and their memory storage. I can also try to add voice conversation between the AI and the user, which gives the flexibility to convey my views instead of writing them out and wasting my time.

Whenever I have any kind of problem statement, bug fixing, or debugging that I want to do, I just ask Cascade to look at my particular file which includes all of my integration of code in different languages, whether it is front end or back end. I ask it to check out a bug, do the fix, or even if I want to look out for any terminal issues, I just paste the terminal issue and it will look out for the codes and try to rectify the solution. That is the best feature that Cascade is currently doing. With voice conversation, I can convey my thoughts of what I want to build or what I want to fix. If it is a hotfix, bugfix, or any kind of software development process that I want to integrate, Windsurf works effectively with it.

What needs improvement?

Another tool I have used is Antigravity. Antigravity is doing deep research with its own agentic based architecture. Currently I am not seeing Windsurf to have deep research capability for any of the products. Its web search capability is not as powerful as other tools are currently performing in the Cascade scenario. A third thing I want to look out for is that its coding capability is not as fast and high as Claude code works out with, and it does not have any kind of articulation of taking the whole output by linking your terminal with Cascade. Antigravity provides that feature. In Antigravity, I can just click on the at rate sign on the terminal that will approach your whole terminal towards your AI agent and I can check the responses of output, what needs to be fixed out, what issues came, or whatever problems need to be solved. If Windsurf can do all these things, it can be the best option as well, as it is very smooth and flexible compared to Antigravity, but these features are currently lacking.

Additional sub agentic mechanisms could be added if solutions could be integrated or if there is capability to work out with multi-agentic based mechanisms by chaining out the thoughts of process.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for about one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf has scalability capabilities.

How are customer service and support?

Customer service has been very good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I was using VS Code. At that moment, even with the growing power of VS Code, I was not utilizing good capability of Copilot itself there and the coding structure was not as perfect as what I checked out with Cascade's Claude Sonnet model and Opus model. So I jumped from that to Windsurf.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very good. All the features of pricing, setup, costing, and licensing were perfect. Better solutions can be tried for adding subscription features. If not, there is a support team available to work out with.

What about the implementation team?

My team was able to implement Windsurf.

What was our ROI?

Money and time have both been saved because we were utilizing a lot of time for bug fixing and solving troubleshooting issues. That time has now been reduced and on that regard, employees' time has been reduced as well, which has saved a lot of money. A lot of time has also been saved.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Another tool that I have used is Antigravity. Antigravity is doing deep research with its own agentic based architecture. Currently I am not seeing Windsurf to have deep research capability for any of the products.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend others to utilize these features and I will try to compare it with other tools. Antigravity can jump out in more responses than Windsurf itself in some instances, but Windsurf works good enough normally for any project architecture.

My overall rating for Windsurf is eight out of ten.


    Kandregula Ravichandra

Writing productivity has surged as I draft articles faster with multi-model AI support

  • March 18, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case with Windsurf is having the ability to support different models while writing content and while using the cascade window. Whenever I ask questions on the cascade window, it has the privilege to use different models such as Gemini AI, Claude, Claude Sonnet, and ChatGPT. This is one of the best use cases.

If I am not satisfied with the current result, I can change the model to another one. This has enhanced my workflow and error resolution in a couple of seconds.

What is most valuable?

Windsurf provides next word prediction when I write content for the first time and am drafting an article. The side cascade window helps me to dive deeper. I have been using Docusaurus as a platform for publishing our product documentation and API documentation. When I configured Docusaurus from scratch, Windsurf helped me solve errors I encountered while developing the Docusaurus platform, particularly with CSS and config parameters. It also helps me write content in a more impressive form.

The prediction feature of Windsurf saves my time. For repetitive tasks, such as deleting sentences and adding exclamation marks, quotes, or code blocks, it provides assistance. Windsurf is an interactive IDE with different kinds of themes that I can change based on my preferences, and it has a right side cascade.

Since I am the only writer in my current company, Windsurf helps me improve my productivity and write first drafts using the predictive answers and GenAI features. My productivity has improved significantly because I can have a first draft ready within thirty minutes when I start using the prediction features from Windsurf. Once the first draft is ready, it goes for review, gets refined, and is published on the website after reviewers approve it.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf sometimes exhibits hallucination behavior. I encountered a use case recently where I wanted my code blocks in black color. When I asked a question, Windsurf did not identify the exact problem but directly edited the CSS file to implement the black color feature. However, I discovered that the black color could be applied through the theme feature instead.

From an accuracy perspective, Windsurf sometimes hallucinates and deviates from the expected results. If there are improvements needed for Windsurf, one possibility would be to connect Windsurf to Slack channels so the context can be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Windsurf for around one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is good. On a scale of one to ten, it is around eight.

How are customer service and support?

I have not used Windsurf's customer support yet. However, if I get stuck on anything, I will definitely go for it.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before choosing Windsurf, I evaluated other options such as Cursor and Microsoft Copilot. Cursor has a pricing model that hits a limit after completing some questions.

How was the initial setup?

The advice I would give to others looking into using Windsurf is that if they are developers, I would help them with the initial setup.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Windsurf a nine out of ten. Sometimes it exhibits hallucination, so it gives ninety percent accuracy when it provides a correct answer, but sometimes it is less than fifty percent. I chose nine out of ten for Windsurf because of the hallucination it sometimes produces when asking questions. That one point is deducted because of the accuracy point of view. The advice I would give to others looking into using Windsurf is that if they are developers, I would help them with the initial setup.


    reviewer2809662

AI-assisted coding has accelerated backend development and improved project delivery speed

  • March 17, 2026
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is to speed up code generation and improve development efficiency. I use it as an AI-assisted tool to generate code faster, especially for backend APIs, data ingestion pipelines, and AI workflow agents. This has allowed me to reduce manual coding effort and accelerate development by 25%.

A specific example of one of the best use cases was when building an automated CSV ingestion service. Windsurf helped me generate boilerplate code and data validation logic quickly to onboard new vendors and product categories, reducing manual coding time and improving development velocity by more than 25%, which is critical in meeting tight deadlines for product catalog updates.

What is most valuable?

One of the best features Windsurf offers is AI-assisted code generation to write boilerplate and repetitive code, along with support for multiple programming languages and frameworks. Integration with development environments provides real-time code suggestions and completions, enhancing productivity by allowing developers to focus on complex problem-solving rather than repetitive coding.

Windsurf integration with my development environment helps my workflow by providing real-time code suggestions and completions directly within the IDE, reducing context switching and speeding up coding by offering relevant code snippets and boilerplate as I type. For example, I use it mainly with Visual Studio Code, supporting multiple languages such as JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript, allowing me to generate backend API code and AI workflow agents quickly without leaving the editor.

Customization options allow tailoring of the generated code to fit specific project standards and architecture. Integration with various frameworks and libraries ensures consistency across all application parts. Windsurf has a significant impact on my organization by improving development and code quality, contributing to smoother, faster, and more reliable software delivery.

What needs improvement?

Windsurf can be improved by enhancing support for more languages and frameworks. Improving context awareness to better understand complex project structures and generate more accurate code suggestions would be beneficial. Adding advanced debugging and testing assistance, including unit tests and integration cases, would enhance its effectiveness.

Optimizing performance to reduce latency and adding more intelligent error detection suggestions during code generation would also be beneficial. There is room for improvement in context awareness, better debugging capabilities, and reducing latency issues.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Windsurf for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable approximately 95% of the time, but there are occasional latency issues that occur.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf can be scaled in a better way at the organization level.

How are customer service and support?

Windsurf customer support, from my experience, is good. It compares favorably to community forums and other direct support channels. Technical issues are handled very well when they arise.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we used direct LLMs such as ChatGPT and Claude. With Windsurf, we use an AI-assisted tool that automatically generates code and helps significantly. We evaluated options between Cursor and Windsurf, and we found Windsurf to be better than Cursor.

What was our ROI?

Time saving is one of the significant benefits with Windsurf. It has saved a substantial amount of time compared to previous methods, with a 25% time reduction in code generation and completion of projects.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing and setup costs are handled at the higher organization levels. We use Windsurf provided to us.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated options between Cursor and Windsurf, and we found Windsurf to be better than Cursor.

What other advice do I have?

From my experience, I would advise taking time to explore AI-assisted code generation features to boost development speed. Use it alongside traditional coding practices to ensure code quality and maintainability. Leverage community forums and support channels for debugging and best practices. I would rate this product an 8 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?


    reviewer2805456

Integrated AI coding has transformed my capstone and now speeds up full-stack development

  • March 07, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is for developing my college Capstone project. When I needed an AI tool that would help me with software development and guide me through everything with history records, I used it.

A specific example of how I used Windsurf for one of my college projects is that I was developing my project in React and then PHP, using PHP for the back end and MySQL for the database. I was constructing the application at my level with another AI tool like ChatGPT. I got stuck in between that. No other AI tool preserved the history completely and none worked properly or smoothly. When I gave two commands, they did not understand properly what I wanted to do. After getting stuck, I discovered Windsurf. Windsurf is an AI-powered IDE tool similar to VS Code. It is a replacement for VS Code, that kind of text editor. It works like VS Code but the AI is built in and does not help with just one word or one line. It will provide completely full code. So I can manage the project. I did not have to specify every detail each time I wanted something. I told them what kind of code I wanted and it understood, then generated that type of code. It can read multiple lines. I also use it so that if my code is in VS Code, then I can directly import or export from there.

What is most valuable?

Windsurf offers two best features: chat and text. We can chat through that component and write in different modes. It automatically generates code when we are chatting and explaining what we want in our project. First, it will understand and then the write mode type will think automatically. It will also ask us what features to add. It will redirect to the project directly if we allow access.

Windsurf has positively impacted my work, even as a student, as it is a time saver. It is best for saving time. If we do not know the full stack and only know about the front end, back end, or database, we can just give it the back end database and it will automatically handle the front end. Nobody knows everything, so it is a complete mentor. It is the best for beginners who do not know anything and want to build applications or projects, mapping their architecture and helping with both sides, as I mentioned, front and back end. It is super complete and fast. It also helps with error solving and HTML auto-learning.

What needs improvement?

I wish Windsurf would improve the free trial, as it is slow. As a student, I do not purchase much at a beginner level. Windsurf could improve by providing some features for beginners, such as two or three messages per day. Otherwise, it is perfect.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working in my current field for almost two and a half months, as I am doing an internship.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable for my project, and I have not encountered any crashes or reliability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is good, as it can handle larger projects or more users if needed. For my project, at least 10 to 15 users can use it, and it will create that kind of application.

How are customer service and support?

I have not reached out to customer support, but I think it is the best because their features are the best, so customer support is also best.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used mostly ChatGPT before Windsurf. I did not know some kind of solution at each level. Windsurf is a proper full-stack development tool. Whenever we do not know the proper thing, we can go in deep. Sometimes it does not give the proper answer, and we do not get what we want. Other tools do not understand sometimes. Windsurf is the best.

How was the initial setup?

For my projects, I use Windsurf on my personal computer.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment using Windsurf, as it saves time. It absolutely creates value. As a student, for personal use, it occasionally costs something. We cannot purchase this kind of solution as students. However, as an organization, they can purchase it because it saves employee's energy and allows for more features because it will save time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I did not have to give any money for it, so it is fully free, which is the best. I did not incur setup costs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing Windsurf, I did not evaluate other options. I searched for other alternatives, but the first option was Windsurf, and I had the best experience, so I did not go through any other options.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others looking into using Windsurf is that if you are a beginner or a developer and want to save time, correct errors, or add features, it is perfectly great. You just have to use Windsurf and explore this product because it is excellent.

My company knows about the kind of features we want. We just give them a screenshot, and it will provide a fully complete full-stack development project. This kind of feature they have provided is perfect.

Windsurf is a fully magical platform where we can generate our fully complete full-stack application. We can create a basic dashboard with a sidebar, status page, and setting page using React or any other application. It will have multiple files created at once, with side-by-side effects, explaining what we have to review, accept, or reject individual changes. We also have undo-redo type of projects. It finalizes and auto-fixes errors and code. It is also affordable compared to any other products. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.


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What is our primary use case?

My main use case for Windsurf is to build our software, as our company has a software product and operational automations. I work in the software development team as well as in the automation team, so for both of those, I write code and use its agentic capabilities. We also use Cursor alongside Windsurf.

Recently, we had to create a presentation workflow where we have a reporting module in our product that includes a Google Slide-based presentation part. I used Windsurf to code the whole thing as the proof of concept, and I have continued using Windsurf extensively when coding.

Windsurf is not just a code editor for me. I really use its agentic features and the chat as well, and those are the main ways that I use Windsurf. I use it for normal coding and also for agentic workflows.

What is most valuable?

The best features Windsurf offers include code line suggestions through auto-completion and the coding agent, which tends to understand the whole codebase, which is a great point. Its speed is also good when compared to some of the other tools in the same category.

The coding agent understanding my whole codebase helps me day-to-day because if we need a feature done quickly, its understanding really helps. I only have to give it a minimal prompt, and it understands how things are done around here and just does it. Without that kind of understanding, I would need to mention the helper functions, models, repositories, and other details, but because it understands, it can pick how to do the work correctly without being incompatible with the other code.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by increasing productivity. Once we started using these AI-powered IDEs and code editors, our daily number of commits, the amount of code pushed daily, and release speeds have gone up at least by 200%. Developers can now work on a lot of business logic in a single day because of these AI agents, which has fastened our release cycles and improved our product performance.

The increase in release speeds and the amount of code pushed daily has gone up by 200% based on the number of commits and the amount of features we complete within a single release cycle.

What needs improvement?

Even though Windsurf has a good understanding of the codebase, sometimes when you ask it to do a complex task, it may complete it in the first try but may need improvements. When you prompt it again repeatedly, after the sixth or seventh prompt, it may start performing poorly. That is one of the key things I have noticed—its performance is not very consistent with continued prompts. Additionally, it sometimes hallucinates things. Although this previously happened a lot, it has improved, and now these checkers and linter functions ensure the code it writes is correct, reducing those hallucinations, but the performance inconsistency is still something I have noticed.

The UI is good as it is basically a Visual Studio fork, so it has a good user interface. Moreover, every Visual Studio integration works here, so all of those are good. One of the main issues is the agent hallucinating and the generations not being good; those are two main points.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Windsurf for the last 10 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Windsurf is stable in my experience, although occasionally the response times lag due to API availability and other factors. Other than that, it has been totally stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Windsurf's scalability is good. I believe it can handle growth effectively as our team expands or projects get bigger because it keeps the context of the codebase in a specialized, cached way. I have seen how it works in some videos, and if that is true, I think it can handle the growing number of codes and files in our codebase effectively.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We initially used GitHub Copilot, but it was not efficient and lacked most of the agentic capabilities it later developed. That is why we switched to Windsurf and Cursor.

How was the initial setup?

Windsurf is deployed in my organization as a cloud SaaS, working on public cloud.

What was our ROI?

Windsurf has saved a lot of time, and productivity has gone up at least 200%. Those numbers are real and might be even higher. We have not been hiring anyone new for the last six months, possibly because of that. The scope of work has increased a lot, but we managed to keep up without hiring due to the power of these AI-powered coding agents like Windsurf and Cursor.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Our management set up Windsurf, but I do know they evaluated Google's Antigravity recently but chose not to go with it.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for others looking into using Windsurf is to use it as an AI agent and a supportive tool, but not as a whole AI solution. Never accept everything it writes, as sometimes it can generate incorrect code, and it can hallucinate or produce harmful code. Always review everything, and although it saves time, spend a little more time refining it. The time you invest will save you a lot of trouble later. Try to understand how it thinks to give it context effectively, leading to better outcomes.