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Vendor: Windsurf
3.9 out of 5
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As of March 2026, the mindshare of Windsurf in the IDE category stands at 8.0%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IDE Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Windsurf8.0%
Codespaces10.2%
JetBrains IDEs8.2%
Other73.6%
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CategoryIDEMar 24, 2026Download
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ComparisonWindsurf vs CodespacesMar 24, 2026Download
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Review data by company size

By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
By visitors reading reviews
Company SizeCount
Small Business144
Midsize Enterprise58
Large Enterprise208
By visitors reading reviews

Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
University
6%
Retailer
6%
Media Company
5%
Government
4%
Educational Organization
4%
Healthcare Company
4%
Insurance Company
3%
Transportation Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Construction Company
2%
Performing Arts
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Marketing Services Firm
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Computer Retailer
1%
Non Profit
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Printing Company
1%

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Windsurf Reviews Summary
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Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees4.0I’ve used Windsurf for 10 months to build software and automations, relying on its fast, codebase-aware agent and autocomplete, boosting productivity about 200%. It’s stable and scalable, but can hallucinate and degrades after repeated prompts, so I review outputs.
AI Engineer at Walkover Web Solutions3.0Windsurf accelerated my backend development by 70-80%, saving money. I value its code-chat, but poor customer service and lacking multi-repository support are major drawbacks, making me consider Cursor and other evolving alternatives.
Software Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees4.0I use Windsurf for AI-assisted code generation, significantly reducing development time by 25% for tasks like backend APIs. Its IDE integration enhances my productivity, but I believe it could improve with better context awareness and debugging support.
Angular Developer at a computer retailer with 51-200 employees4.5I've used Windsurf for two years to boost Angular coding productivity through tab completions and suggestions, though its cascade agent struggles with complex tasks; overall, it's reliable, efficient, and significantly reduces boilerplate and bug-related issues.
Software Engineer at Collecto Fintech Solutions Pvt Ltd3.0I use Windsurf for API integration and boilerplate coding; its agentic fixes from pasted logs save significant time and improve quality. However, it can hallucinate, is sometimes slow, and less accurate than competitors. Pricing is reasonable; I rate it 6/10.
Founding BackEnd Engineer4.0I've used Windsurf for several months and found it highly effective for boosting productivity through its AI coding capabilities, especially with Python. It's affordable, easy to set up, reliable, but lacks collaborative and advanced CLI features.
Student at a university with 501-1,000 employees4.0I use Windsurf as an AI-powered VS Code-like IDE for my capstone, generating full-stack code with chat/write modes, preserving context, and fixing errors fast. It’s stable and scalable, but I want a better free trial with limited daily messages.
Principal Consultant at a outsourcing company with 1-10 employees4.5I've used Windsurf for a year in software development and found it integrates well, boosts productivity, and saves time, though I’d like better model discovery and restored browser integration; overall, it's been efficient and cost-effective.