My main use case for Windsurf is utilizing its standard feature, Cascade, which understands our repository structure very well and is genius in understanding and tracing dependencies across all the files we are using. It helps in modifying multiple files together, explains why something is broken, and how to fix bugs while also carrying context along long coding sessions. For instance, with JWT authentication in this FastAPI app, it updates the front login flow, inspects back-end routes, creates middleware, updates environment configs, modifies React components, and is useful in patching API calls across the projects.

In addition to my main use case with Windsurf, something unique I have noticed compared to other tools is how it can chain tasks together, such as analyze, plan, edit, test, and refactor, while maintaining intent memory across steps. This makes it feel closer to an AI teammate than a chatbot. It also respects naming conventions, existing abstractions, and follows our repository patterns to avoid random styling mutations. Compared to the previous Cursor, Windsurf behaves as an agentic workflow-focused engineering assistant.

The best features Windsurf offers, in my opinion, include ID galaxy, its understanding of the whole mission feature, Cascade, multi-file editing, repository-wide context awareness, terminal understanding, persistent workload memory, and step-by-step execution. All of these are very helpful in tracing how our project uses notifications, inspecting joins, following ETL lineage, comparing schemas, identifying merge conditions, detecting inconsistent primary keys, and suggesting refactors across multiple modules. Windsurf uniquely combines the functionality of AI coding tools that often resemble an IDE plus a chatbot into one continuous stream.

Persistent workload memory in Windsurf significantly helps my workflow by reducing the repetitive reteaching of folder structures, naming conventions, business rules, APIs, database patterns, and edge cases. It allows Windsurf to gradually learn about our repo structure, engineering patterns, ongoing tasks, and recent edits, making it a powerful tool in enterprise projects as it generates code faster and reduces cognitive reload time.

One small yet impactful feature of Windsurf that I want to highlight is how it handles large refactors, such as renaming domain projects, restructuring services, changing authentication flows, migrating SQL models, and converting Oracle SQL to Spark. Windsurf allows us to continue and finish series handling logic without re-explaining everything and makes debugging easier as it remembers previous errors, failed fixes, and environment issues.

Running the workflow with Windsurf has definitely saved our time, as it easily understands our prompts and logic, reducing engineering friction and saving time on repetitive tasks such as refactoring, debugging, documentation, test generation, and context switching. With its repo awareness and persistent context, it significantly compresses the rediscovery cycle, resulting in faster onboarding, quicker PR turnaround, and fewer delays.

We follow the Agile methodology, and we have observed that typical environment improvements using Windsurf are 30 to 60% faster, with a 20 to 40% reduction in debugging issue times and over 50% faster documentation test integrations. We have also experienced saving days or weeks for new developer onboarding, and we save approximately 5 to 10 engineering hours per developer per week.

In terms of improvement, I believe Windsurf could enhance features for generating PPTs and documentation to be clearer and more understandable, including visuals.

I have been using Windsurf for almost six months.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by running our workflow more efficiently.

My advice to teams evaluating Windsurf is to expect magic but to avoid over-trusting its outputs initially, as it is only for tiny code suggestions. However, teams can benefit significantly from workflow acceleration, repo navigations, debugging, and refactoring, particularly in high-friction areas such as legacy refactoring, ETL transformations, API scaffolding, documentation, and test creation.

I rate this product an 8 out of 10.

I use Windsurf mainly to code projects that take less time to build based on prompting alone, which is similar to whiteboard coding.

I would not call it prototyping; I would call it complete end-to-end projects that I have built with Windsurf. For example, in my current work job, I built a delivery automation platform in Node.js using Windsurf. This involved integrating a Telegram bot into a Windsurf project to create a bot where delivery personnel can retrieve their daily delivery list. Everything was coded in Node.js with the help of Windsurf AI. For this project, I used the Claude Opus 2.7 model that Windsurf provides. It was quite quick for me to build this complete end-to-end solution and deploy it.

The time consumption has reduced drastically. If I had to build any project that would take at least a month or so with the required effort, I think it has been reduced to approximately a week, and the effort has also been reduced drastically.

As I explained, the delivery automation project that I am currently building would have taken easily at least 1.5 months minimum, considering I also had to deploy it. Now it only took me at most two weeks to build this from scratch, test it, and deploy it. Time consumption has truly been the most useful benefit.

In terms of cost savings, if I am building projects, it is saving more time, and I can utilize that extra time to build something else that is more important to the company. I would not say it is particularly about cost. The quality has obviously improved. Even though I come from a technical background, I think with the new models that Windsurf is providing access to, such as the latest ones from Claude or OpenAI models, their output and efficiency is much better than a person coding it. The quality is also better.

The thing I appreciated about Windsurf is the free AI model called Cascade, and it also provides SWE 1.5. Both of these, especially SWE 1.5, are very good at coding. Initially when I was in my college days, I did not have to jump onto the paid plan to build projects. Instead, I could use it with the SWE 1.5 model and build my blockchain projects for my college coursework. It was also quite quick. To elaborate, I was interning as well as studying in college. In that small amount of time that I had to quickly code and build this entire blockchain project for my coursework, I had to depend on Windsurf AI, for which I am very grateful, especially for SWE 1.5. Since I was still in college, I did not have to jump into the paid plan, and the free plan that included the SWE model worked out very well for me.

The best features Windsurf offers include the ability to handle prompts very maturely, as if I am explaining it to an engineer, so the model's understanding capabilities are very high. I would say even the free models that provide the SWE model are superb with understanding and planning out the entire approach. For example, if I have to start with a project, I only provide a brief about what I want, and Windsurf has already planned out step by step how and what to do. That is one significant feature. Second, as I mentioned, it takes the extension from VS Code, so the user interface is something I am already accustomed to. Furthermore, because the core objective of Windsurf is that you give prompts and it will do the coding, that core objective itself stands out. Nowadays AI is very involved in the work, so Windsurf has done a great job for coders where the coding is handled by the AI, and I just have to prompt. This is helpful even for non-technical people. They do not have to think or understand deeply into the code. Even the basics are fine, but not being deep into the code is acceptable if they do not know. By prompting and improving the prompts for Windsurf, I think they will get things done. I am grateful to Windsurf for this.

In summary, with the help of all these features that Windsurf provides, what is happening is the time consumption has been reduced drastically. If I had to build any project that would take at least a month or so with the required effort, I think it has been reduced to approximately a week, and the effort has also been reduced drastically.

Windsurf could be improved as it is lagging now compared to a competitor platform like Claude. It could have integrations with multiple MCP servers, compared to what Claude could offer. That is one area for improvement. Another area is the local hosting of Windsurf rather than just using it and downloading it. I think if I could remotely access Windsurf through prompts and such, it would also improve the features in this aspect.

Support for Windsurf could be better. I have faced the issue of having a paid plan but only being given free trial access. Even though I was on the paid plan and I had already paid, I needed that access instantly instead of being locked up with the limitation that the free trial had. The free trial only gave 100 credits, whereas my usage was even more than that. I had to be limited for that 10 to 14-day period that exists in the free trial, and only after that could I fully utilize it to its potential. That is one issue. This is something that most people have faced. I actually went through Reddit and other platforms, and this is something that most people have commented on, but it is still not yet corrected by Windsurf. That is one concern. However, the performance is good.

I have used Windsurf periodically for months. Since my college years, I have also used Windsurf to build projects and coursework. In addition, I use Windsurf in my current work job.

I think others looking into using Windsurf should start with the free plan and focus more on prompting. The best thing you could do is use the free models. You can use ChatGPT or Claude to get a proper understanding. First, explain what you want to those tools, get a prompt for it, and then use that prompt in Windsurf so that the output is much better than randomly saying things to Windsurf and asking it to get the job done. If you have a better understanding, you can go to ChatGPT or Claude, get a prompt from them, and then use that prompt in Windsurf so that the efficiency and output is much better. I have given this product a rating of 9 out of 10.

My main use case for Windsurf is developing various microservices in our domain, which are Java Spring-based microservices. I use Windsurf for generating code, writing unit test cases, and suggesting project creation from scratch, such as for Spring Boot. Moreover, we work heavily on the SQL side, where we frequently encounter slow-performing SQLs. I tune and fine-tune the SQLs with the help of Windsurf, and it gives good results to us.

Regarding my main use case with Windsurf, we try to adopt CI/CD as part of our current work protocol. We had an old repository of thirty to forty modules that needed to be migrated to CI/CD by updating the pom.xmls and the Jenkins build files, which involved very repetitive work that developers needed to do manually. I took the help of Windsurf for this CI/CD integration for one module and asked Windsurf to replicate the same steps in all the modules by adding the build XML file and making changes in the build and deployment aspects. It very smoothly replicated all those files in all the modules and saved a lot of time on this manual effort.

The best features Windsurf offers include the code generation part where I can suggest something for generating a code file, and it has the option of validating that file before it commits to my file system. I can either accept or reject those changes. It has the capability to generate code up to the mark, with good quality. Since I have multiple options to try different models, it provides me good flexibility to validate which model fits in which scenario, allowing me to decide and choose a model that helps get my work done.

Regarding the features, another important aspect is the understanding of the context of the codebase. Windsurf is very powerful in analyzing my source code and understanding the context against which I am asking it to generate code. It helps a lot when I open my code repository and give the context, and by searching the file, I can locate which file to change, and Windsurf can read the complete code. According to the context, it can suggest me the solution.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by saving significant time, which is a great feature I have observed. The redundant manual and repetitive work we used to do is now handled by Windsurf. Many old codes were developed by previous team members, and new team members find it hard to understand. Windsurf helps a lot in understanding the code and providing crisp details about what each part of the code does. It definitely reduces the developer's effort in coming up with solutions and understanding the features or functionalities written in the code.

I see an option for improvement regarding the platform that Windsurf is developed on, which is VS Code. We have projects in different technologies and languages, so if Windsurf can smoothly support running Java code, Spring Boot microservices, or enhance debugging capabilities, then it will be a one-stop shop for everything.

From a usability perspective, Windsurf should be more user-friendly. When code gets generated, I see room for improvement in copying, looking at old queries or prompts, and copying the output from the cascade window to other codebases.

I started exploring Windsurf since last year, so almost a year or so.

Windsurf so far looks stable to me; I have never seen it crash or fail to generate the required output. In the majority of cases, I see that Windsurf is working very stably.

Windsurf is able to handle larger workloads; I try to perform code generation for multiple modules, and Windsurf can manage that.

I have not talked to customer support for any issues.

I previously explored the Google Code Assistant once initially, and compared to that, I am really impressed by Windsurf's capability to understand the context and make code suggestions. That is why I prefer Windsurf. Before choosing Windsurf, I evaluated other options such as Google Code Assist.

I can comment on the time saved, but I do not have visibility on other aspects regarding return on investment.

We are more involved in the usability of Windsurf, so I am not sure about the pricing. The licensing is one aspect; we have a limited license for individual team members who can use Windsurf.

I would definitely suggest others to give Windsurf a try and start using all its features. It will help, and they will find some features that are very useful based on their requirements and what options they are looking for. Overall, Windsurf is a great tool, fitting the current AI journey that individual organizations are looking to join. It is really helping employees and developers accelerate their code generation lifecycle. I give Windsurf an eight out of ten overall.

My main use case for Windsurf is building end-to-end automation frameworks from scratch, which I primarily use in my work environment. I also use it to build personal projects, create and debug test cases, particularly automated ones, and I am currently exploring agentic QA architectures with multi-agent systems, which I have really enjoyed.

I can give you a concrete example of how I have recently used Windsurf in one of my automation projects. I have used it in its different working modes, whether Chat, Code, or Plan. These modes have really allowed me to transform my workflow. For example, Plan mode helps me design the architecture of complex solutions before implementing any automation in either of my two work projects and also in my personal projects. Chat mode lets me ask questions about what is going on with the code and allows me to do quick debugging sessions, which I have really appreciated. At the Code level, the fact that it generates code for me much faster, so that I only have to review and orchestrate, has been one of the things I have liked the most. I also find it very beneficial that I can use MCP to enhance my automation flows, such as Maestro MCP and Playwright MCP, which I currently use.

I can use different AI models and I particularly appreciate the system called Adaptive, which has allowed me to save tokens and lets Windsurf choose which model it should use for whatever task I ask it for. I have found that quite beneficial.

I consider the best features that Windsurf offers to be what I already mentioned: the ability to use MCPs, the working modes which include Chat, Code, or Plan, and the capabilities it has to use agents, including custom ones within Windsurf, and the support for multiple LLMs or AI models. This means I can use both free models and the more professional ones, such as Anthropic's Claude models like Opus or Sonnet or the Codex ones.

I can go deeper into how MCPs have helped me in practice. For example, with Playwright, the ability to use MCPs such as Playwright Clean has allowed me to create better automation tests. I am currently facing a bigger challenge, which is automating the native app from my job, built with React Native. The ability to use Maestro MCP, which has recently come out, and that Windsurf now allows me to use locally to find better selectors or debug what I need for the automation has been very helpful.

Windsurf has positively impacted my work. While I don't know if my organization uses all of Windsurf, in my case it has had a positive impact and has allowed me to work much faster and create higher-quality tests. It has allowed me to cover areas, especially at the backend level, to run tests, which has been beneficial. So it has allowed me to meet deadlines, work faster, and more efficiently.

In the automation of the app, Windsurf has allowed me to save time and improve the quality of the tests. I know that today there are many tools with which you can automate, but the ability to use Windsurf's agents plus the MCPs to move forward with the app's automation was a very good advantage.

I think Windsurf could be improved. Honestly, I see it as super competitive today with the vast majority of AI IDEs out there. It would be great, even though it already has the models, to be able to include Claude Code at the console level, which I think would be really cool.

I have been using Windsurf for approximately seven or eight months.

Windsurf is very stable in my experience.

I cannot share any specific return on investment metrics with Windsurf because I do not manage that, but I can tell you that I have reduced my time and that compared to other IDEs, Windsurf is very efficient.

I evaluated other options before choosing Windsurf. I evaluated Anti-gravity, which I also appreciated, but today it is very heavy and I did not prefer that. I also evaluated Cursor and spent some time with it, but I did not prefer it that much either. What I appreciate about Windsurf at this moment is that I can give it autonomy, and I also appreciate being aware of what it is doing without it doing everything automatically. I appreciate being able to review everything, and I think that is an advantage. I do not have to be creating rules for Windsurf for it to do that, but I think it is kind of cautious.

My advice to others who are considering using Windsurf is that they should use it. Right now there is a mode where they provide 14 days free. I think in those 14 days you realize that it is a tremendous code editor and that you will appreciate Windsurf.

I have no additional comments about Windsurf before we finish, except that it is very good, I have made quite a lot of use of it, and I hope it continues to improve and keep pace with other code IDEs. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10.

My main use case for Windsurf is developing features and asking it to develop code for my projects, debugging the projects, finding and fixing errors, creating a SQL schema for Supabase, connecting to Supabase, and creating the README.md file or a plan for the project.

A recent example of using Windsurf CASCADE agent was building an ideology analyzer where I had to provide requirements. It needed to build the pipeline using Python and connect the Grok API with the OLAMA model and perform the embedding to Supabase for the book while connecting with the embedding model of OpenAI.

Windsurf really helps me to fix bugs. I copy-paste the code or the error, and it helps me to find where the bug was and fixes it by itself. I mostly rely on starting projects from the ground up and working alongside it.

I think the most important feature that Windsurf offers is having different models connected to it. Second, it does not execute the code without permission, which Cursor and different IDEs do. I trust Windsurf because it does not have errors and no bugs like Cursor.

Some of the models are not good at some tasks. If I have a bug in my program that I want to get fixed, sometimes Codex could not fix that bug, and when I switch to Claude 4.6 Sonnet, it fixed it right away. I use different models for different tasks, especially for debugging and fixing complex errors. Sonnet 4.6 sometimes works really well, while Codex or GPT-5.2 is effective for complex feature building. The flexibility of using different models really helps. The permission feature is actually really important because every time I implement a feature, it informs me that it has executed the code, and I need to accept the changes. I can revert it back as well, which really helps.

Windsurf has a good feature that assists me in reverting changes if I have made them. If I accepted a change and then it does not work because it often happens that it implements functionality but does not solve the issue, I can revert those changes back, which restores the code to its original state before the changes were made.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by increasing the productivity of my project and software development by 100 percent. We have deployed and pushed new features into production much faster compared to what we used to do before using Windsurf. I would say it increases 90 percent of our productivity, helping us not to get stuck on small or big issues, which are handled well by Windsurf.

We have increased our productivity through deploying and releasing more features for our product compared to what we used to do. What used to take months to accomplish is now done in just days, and we deploy more features in a week than we used to do in two weeks or sometimes a month.

Currently, they just introduced the Agent, and there are not many guidelines on how the agent is going to work. The UI does not look very friendly and is not self-explanatory. I think that is an area for improvement. Also, the pricing models have been recently changed regarding credit usage, adding a weekly and daily quota limit, which hinders our production and productivity. I believe they should provide a more transparent pricing model and credit usage structure so a customer or user can understand how many credits are used daily. If we produce good features weekly and hit our daily or weekly quotas, we cannot continue without buying additional credits. This really hampers our productivity and capability to build more quickly.

I think they should improve their pricing and remove the daily and weekly quota limits on production so we can build without the fear of hitting those quotas.

I have been using Windsurf for the past eight months.

Windsurf's stability is a good question. I do not know if it is due to my computer configuration or Windsurf itself, but Windsurf CASCADE agent pane on the right side does not open most of the time. CASCADE does not initialize when I open Windsurf, causing it to crash repeatedly, requiring me to close and reopen it. Therefore, I would say it is not stable for the most part.

Windsurf can handle larger projects and teams easily.

Their customer support is pretty fast in answering questions. I had an issue with billing, and the support team reached out to me about that issue quickly.

Previously, we just had to rely on experience to go through each file or identify the root cause of the error. If we could not fix it with our experience, we searched Google and Stack Overflow, taking the traditional route to resolve issues, which sometimes takes days to fix problems.

The installation process is pretty easy and is not complicated, so I think they are doing well in that aspect.

We use Windsurf IDE in our organization as a private solution on our systems, on-premises, or on machines. Every developer downloads and uses Windsurf on their respective machines.

I cannot recall exactly, but we have saved a lot of time. I would say 20 hours of our work by using Windsurf and solving complex bugs and errors in our software without spending excessive hours on those bugs.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was pretty simple, and it was very positive.

I have not considered any other options when choosing Windsurf.

I advise others looking into using Windsurf to plan properly before even giving any prompt to CASCADE. Providing a proper plan ensures that it will give you a proper response to solve your problem much faster compared to an incomplete or out-of-context prompt. The more context and a well-organized plan you give to Windsurf, the better the response you will receive. I would rate my overall experience with Windsurf as an 8 out of 10.

I typically use Windsurf for solving bugs, such as UI-related bugs, or developing user stories and planning any particular user stories before implementing them.

With Windsurf, I have created certain workflows to help with my day-to-day tasks, particularly tasks that are repeated. In one of my projects, I am migrating a project from a monorepo to micro frontends. We have to add translations, pick them from our old project, build up some keys, and add them to our new project. We use those keys in our new project, and their values we have to add in another repo. This was a time-consuming process that required copying code, searching for specific keys, retrieving values, and increasing them in the config repo or main repo. What used to take about one day can now be achieved in ten minutes with a workflow I implemented. Similarly, I have created workflows for repeated steps in micro frontends such as adding plugins, running commands, deleting files, or modifying code. Creating workflows has significantly reduced the time from hours to minutes. I also created a workflow for user stories, enabling triggering, fetching related code changes, writing unit tests, running tests, and achieving a ninety percent coverage. These workflows are just examples of the efficiencies I have gained.

There was one user story that I had to implement. The user story point that I got for that particular task was a week's time, around seven days. I used Windsurf to explain everything about that particular task, create a plan, and then implemented it. I completed that particular user story within one day.

Most often I use Windsurf Workflows, and then I have a Rule created, basically a global rule. There are certain rules I have created that are ordinarily applied. I have Memory, its memory-related feature. When I am trying to do something and I think this particular thing might be repeated in the future, I try to save it into memory for future reference. We have Code Maps also. The project I work on is a big project with many modules and libraries. If I have to work on a certain new library or module, I take the help of Code Map to understand how the code flows, what functions exist, and the responsibilities of libraries. Deep Wiki assists if I want to know about any specific function or functionality. Code Map enables the addition of different contexts to prompts, including Code Maps as context, terminal outputs, and file attachments.

The framework that we created using Windsurf involves certain coding patterns for grid creation. I interacted with Windsurf in chat sessions to understand grid building, libraries, implementation, and missing aspects such as imports. Once completed, I asked it to remember it for future reference. In day-to-day tasks, a rule I created ensures that AI agents do not assume things independently. When there is a lack of context or clarity, Windsurf will ask questions and provide options, allowing me to give my own inputs.

Windsurf has actually boosted my productivity significantly. Earlier, it boosted my productivity around ten times. I am using it for my day-to-day tasks. If I am implementing any user story or maybe working on a bug, ninety percent of my task is completed by Windsurf. I just guide it how to do it, and it completes most of my work.

Windsurf has certain features that do not work properly. The inline completion feature is not very accurate as it does not account for project context. It should allow adding context for inline suggestions. This is a requested feature.

I face problems with starting the cascade mode. If multiple windows of Windsurf are open, the cascade crashes and takes a long time to start. If opened for the first time after turning on your computer, it takes two to three minutes to start the cascade mode and interact with the agents.

Performance could be improved, and the inline suggestion could be improved, or perhaps context could be provided about it.

It has been around four months since I have been using Windsurf.

Windsurf has been stable, but there is a little bit of a performance issue if your project is quite big. It is kind of slow.

The customer support for Windsurf is good. The customer support provided by the Windsurf team is pretty good.

Earlier I had been using GitHub Copilot for my day-to-day user story implementation or day-to-day tasks. But later on, Windsurf was introduced throughout our organization. I actually used its features, such as Workflow, Rules, and Memory. All these features were not present in GitHub Copilot back then. That is what actually made me interested in Windsurf. I have used other code editors also, such as we have Google Santigravy and we have VS Code. Windsurf is the best, and I prefer it.

This is handled by my organization. Usually, we have a twenty dollar or thirty dollar plan for Windsurf that we can use. Basically, all the credits and everything is provided by my organization. I never bothered about it.

Take your time. Whenever you are using any of the agents, be sure of the model you are using. Try to optimize your model selection based on the task you are doing. Also, try to get familiar with all of the features that it offers as they are pretty helpful. Try to get habituated with it slowly, and you will become familiar. There are very helpful features.

People in my organization or my team are basically making Windsurf write thousands of lines of code. Within the last three months of usage, one of my teammates made Windsurf write ninety thousand lines of code. This has basically saved a lot of time for us.

I would rate this product an eight overall.

I am currently using Windsurf for my main use case of software development. I give prompts and check what Windsurf has done with colleagues as a specific example of how I use Windsurf in my work.

I am not certain what the best features Windsurf offers because I do not use it much. Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by speeding up my work. When I say it sped up my work, I mean there is quick development now.

I am not sure how Windsurf can be improved. There is nothing small that I wish Windsurf did differently or better.

I have been working in my current field for eleven years.

My main use case for Windsurf is coding. I do a lot of coding with Windsurf; for example, the first was an application for telephones in React Native, and more recently, I built a full transaction engine with Azure. I'm building new software every week. More recently, I've tackled a lot of MCP servers with Windsurf.

In my opinion, the best feature Windsurf offers is the adequation between price and quality, meaning I can switch from expensive AI engines for difficult tasks to cheaper ones for easier ones, allowing me to manage my invoices effectively.

Windsurf helps me manage invoices and switch between AI engines easily; when we ask the AI to work, we can just select the AI model we want to use at that time, and that's very cool.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by helping me start projects on technologies I wasn't mastering; for example, when I initiated the project in React Native for telephones, I didn't know the technology, just had a YouTube video, and I believe that without Windsurf, I couldn't manage this kind of project and coding activities, so the main idea for me is that Windsurf allows me to work on technologies that I don't master.

Windsurf helped me learn and adapt to new technologies and saved me time; especially for React Native, I wouldn't have started the project without the help of AI and the possibility of using Windsurf to do it, and it's the same for other projects where I worked, such as a recent project with Electron and other technologies I didn't use and wouldn't have tackled without Windsurf.

I think that recently there is some form of long-term memory based on folders, which is good, but I prefer the product as it is now; I'm used to working with the old way of the visual source code interface, and I'm comfortable with it, so I'm not waiting for something very new. My main point is perhaps having more models available for free or inexpensive, and perhaps reducing the price of Opus 4.6, which I use a lot, but otherwise, I feel good with the features of the product as of now.

I've started using Windsurf, and my first invoice is dated more than one year ago, something like February 25.

Windsurf is stable.

Windsurf's scalability is good, but as I am a one-person company, I don't have any serious scalability issues.

I didn't have to contact customer support.

I was using Claude Desktop, the ancestor of Claude Code, but I switched to Windsurf because I was limited to Anthropic models, and Windsurf is more agile with AI models.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good; I prefer the price of Windsurf, but it would be better if there were more free or low-budget models offered.

I am just a regular customer of Windsurf's solution; I am not a partner or reseller.

I've seen a return on investment because the best return is that I can work on technologies I didn't use before, making it difficult to set a figure for it, but definitely, I can work on projects I wouldn't have done before.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is good; I prefer the price of Windsurf, but it would be better if there were more free or low-budget models offered.

Before choosing Windsurf, I evaluated Claude Desktop.

I would rate Windsurf a nine on a scale of one to ten. I choose a nine because it's always perhaps the offering in low-budget models that prevents a perfect score. I recommend Windsurf to others looking into it; I tell my friends they can start using it with the free models such as SWE 1.5, which is quite good, even if it's free, and later switch to a more expensive model when they have a real project. My overall review rating for Windsurf is nine.

My main use case for Windsurf is for coding, so this functions as an IDE, similar to a fork of Visual Studio Code, and it aids us in code development.

I appreciated that Windsurf had the same features as Visual Studio Code because it is a fork, so switching was seamless.

The best feature Windsurf offers is that it increases the speed of development, especially for repetitive tasks such as refactoring boilerplate. It is integrated with the terminal, so we can use AI features in the terminal. For example, if there is no module found, you can ask it, and it has deep context, so it can read your project and learn on its own if you ask it. It allows AI to act as an agent, which can see that some tests failed or check the terminal output and suggest fixes and apply them. It can edit multiple files, which is really valuable compared to chat mode in ChatGPT, which is much less capable.

Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by increasing the speed of development, which allowed us to prototype much faster and lowered the barrier of entry for developers. Junior developers can now be more productive, and it reduced context switching because you can ask AI something instead of leaving to search for answers online.

We use Scrum and we have noticed that story points per sprint increased by 30 percent on average per developer since adopting Windsurf.

Windsurf can be improved by using better models, especially state-of-the-art ones.

I have been using Windsurf for six months.

My advice to others looking into using Windsurf is to use the terminal and ask AI to debug terminal output rather than simply asking it to write code. Use your configuration from VS Code instead of setting it up from scratch. Windsurf is great technology, and this AI revolution is making me somewhat anxious about job security in the future, but currently, it is a great tool. I would rate this product 9 out of 10.

I have been using Windsurf for a few months now, mainly as part of my development and productivity workflow. During this time, I explored its capabilities for code assistance, faster debugging, and improving overall development efficiency. It has been particularly useful in speeding up routine tasks and helping me to focus on problem-solving rather than repetitive coding.

Our main use case for Windsurf is to make code changes and we are mainly focusing on development and productivity enhancement. We also use it to speed up coding, debugging, and understanding complex codebases, especially when working across multiple tools and systems. In my day-to-day work, I rely on Windsurf to generate code snippets, troubleshoot issues, and explain existing code logic.

Our main focus is generating code snippets, troubleshooting issues, and creating code logic. When dealing with errors or unfamiliar implementation, it helps quickly identify solutions and suggest improvements. This significantly reduced the time spent on debugging and research, allowing us to focus more on building optimization and workflows.

The best features in my experience include AI-driven code generation, which does not just autocomplete lines but understands the intent and can generate full functions and logic based on the context. Another standout feature is Cascade, an AI agent workflow tool. This allows the tool to handle multi-step tasks such as writing code, modifying files, and even running commands, almost like a junior developer assistant. I also find its deep codebase understanding and local indexing very powerful. It can analyze the entire project and give context-aware suggestions. Additionally, inline AI editing, built-in terminal support, and memory system make workflows smoother.

The feature I use the most is deep codebase understanding combined with AI code generation. It is incredibly helpful when working on existing projects or unfamiliar code because it can quickly understand the context and suggest accurate changes or additions. This saves a lot of time that would otherwise go into reading and figuring out the code manually. I also frequently use the code generation for writing functions, fixing bugs, or speeding up repetitive tasks. It helps me move faster without compromising quality. While Cascade is powerful, I use it more selectively for multi-step tasks.

One small but really valuable aspect I appreciate is how seamlessly it fits into the development workflow. It does not feel like a separate tool. I can interact with AI directly inside the editor without breaking my flow, which keeps productivity high. Another nice detail is its context memory. It remembers what I was working on and gives more relevant suggestions over time, so I do not have to repeat myself or re-explain things constantly. Additionally, the inline editing and quick fixes are very smooth. Instead of jumping between tools or rewriting code manually, I can apply changes instantly, which makes day-to-day development much faster and less disruptive.

The bigger improvement is faster development and debugging. Tasks that used to take hours, such as unfamiliar code or fixing issues, can now be done much quicker with AI assistance. We have also seen better efficiency and reduced repetitive work. Developers spend less time on boilerplate code and routine tasks and more time on solving real problems and improving systems. Another impact is faster onboarding. New team members can understand the codebase more easily with AI explanations.

We have seen around 30 to 40% reduction in development time for routine tasks such as writing boilerplate, debugging, and understanding existing code. Tasks that used to take hours can usually be done in minutes. We have also noticed a 20 to 30% decrease in debugging time since the AI helps quickly identify issues and suggest fixes, reducing trial and error efforts. Overall developer efficiency has improved by 25 to 35% as less time is spent on repetitive work and more on actual problem-solving. Additionally, new developers can become productive much faster, around 30% quicker, by using it to understand the codebase.

Overall, Windsurf is a powerful tool, but one key area is the accuracy and consistency of suggestions. While it is very helpful, sometimes the generated code or fixes need manual validation, especially for complex or production-level logic. Another improvement would be better control over AI actions, especially in agent workflows like Cascade. More transparency and fine-grained control would help developers trust and use it more confidently in critical tasks. Performance can be improved slightly.

One area for improvement is around context limits and memory handling. Sometimes when working on very large codebases or long sessions, the context can feel limited. Improving how it retains and prioritizes context would make suggestions even more accurate. Another area is documentation and onboarding guidance. Since Windsurf is a relatively new tool, having more structured documentation, best practices, and real-world examples would help teams adopt it faster. Additionally, enterprise-level controls could be enhanced, such as better security, audit logs, and usage tracking.

One additional area for improvement is offline and limited connectivity support. Since Windsurf relies heavily on AI capabilities, having a more robust fallback or partial offline functionality would be useful in restricted environments. Another point is the customization of AI behavior. It would be great to have more control over how the AI responds, such as tuning it for specific coding standards, project styles, or team preferences. Additionally, integration with more developer tools and ecosystems could be expanded. While it already fits well into the workflow, deeper integrations with CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and monitoring tools would make it more powerful.

I have been working for the past two years in my current field.

Windsurf is stable.

Scalability is very good. As of now, we have a team of 50 developers where we provided Windsurf to all of the teams and they are using it very well. When it comes to scalability, it is very easy for the integration as well. Windsurf is scaling very nicely.

Customer support is very good. Whenever we have any query, we can raise a simple ticket and the following up is very nice.

Onboarding is quick and straightforward.

We are using GCP.

From a practical standpoint, the biggest ROI comes from time savings and faster delivery. We have seen around 30 to 40% improvement in developer productivity, which directly translates into quick feature releases and reduced development cycles. This aligns with industry insights showing AI coding agents significantly improve speed and efficiency. We have also reduced development cycle time by 20 to 25% and increased throughput by 12%. The developer time saved with AI assistance handling repetitive tasks is also notable. The ROI is visible through faster feature delivery, reduced manual effort, improved developer productivity, and better utilization of the engineering team.

The pricing is fair and flexible. It offers a free tier which is great for getting started and testing the tool without any upfront cost. The Pro plan is around 15 dollars per month which includes access to premium models. It is very minimal since it is a cloud-based tool and does not require any infrastructure or heavy installation.

Overall, Windsurf is a very good tool for engineering productivity and coding sessions. It also enhances the time productivity of the SRE as well. Windsurf is a very good tool to work with.

It is a powerful tool for handling repetitive tasks so that the engineer can focus more on high-value work such as system design and optimization. Tools such as Windsurf even provide analytics to track time savings and productivity improvements across the team. Making Windsurf a part of your team is a good investment. I gave this review a rating of 8 out of 10.