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Windsurf A | Cursor S | Bolt.new (StackBlitz) A | Hex A | |
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| Tagline | Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier. | VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work. | Prompt to deployed full-stack app in the browser. | Modern data notebook with Magic AI assistant. |
| Category | coding | coding | coding | data |
| Pricing | Free + $15/mo Pro | Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business | Free + $20-$200/mo | Free + $28+/user/mo |
| Best for | Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money. | Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code. | PMs, founders, non-devs shipping MVPs. | Data teams at startups + enterprises. |
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| Kai's verdict | A-tier. Close second to Cursor. If $5/mo matters, start here. | S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day. | A-tier. Best for fast prototypes. Competitive with Lovable — try both. | A-tier for data teams. S-tier if you already live in SQL + Python. |
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