Compare AI tools

	Windsurf A	Cursor S	Gemini A	Replit Agent A
Tagline	Codeium's agentic IDE. Cascade agent + strong free tier.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	Google's answer. Best integrated with Workspace + free for a lot.	Replit's AI that builds + deploys full apps on their platform.
Category	coding	coding	chat	coding
Pricing	Free + $15/mo Pro	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Free + $20/mo Advanced (bundled with 2TB Drive)	$10-$25/mo Core/Teams
Best for	Developers who want Cursor-like power for less money.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Anyone already on Google, research tasks, summarizing long documents.	Teachers, students, prototypers, hackathon builders.
Strengths	Cheaper than Cursor Cascade agent for multi-file tasks Solid free tier	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	Native Google Workspace integration Very long context (1M+) Deep Research feature Free tier is generous	Full-stack + DB + auth + deploy in one environment Great for teaching/learning Runs everything in-browser
Weaknesses	Smaller community Model selection more limited	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Writing quality trails Claude Over-refusals on edge content UI is cluttered	Locked into Replit hosting Less code quality than dedicated IDEs
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. The Deep Research feature is genuinely useful. Don't sleep on it if you're already paying Google.	A-tier. Best for teaching a kid to code in 2026.
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