Windsurf Alternatives

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Alibaba Cloud AI Coding

drop-in switch cost

Alibaba Cloud's AI coding plan with Qwen models, Claude Code support, and multi-model access for development

A

Augment Code

drop-in switch cost

AI coding assistant with Context Engine, code review, MCP tools, and enterprise-grade security

B

Baidu Cloud Coding Plan

drop-in switch cost

Baidu's cloud-based AI coding plan with ERNIE model access for software development

B

BytePlus

drop-in switch cost

ByteDance's international AI coding platform with tiered plans for AI-assisted development

C

Cerebras Code

drop-in switch cost

Ultra-fast AI coding subscriptions with wafer-scale inference, daily token allowances for IDE integrations and multi-agent systems

C

ChatGPT

drop-in switch cost

OpenAI's AI assistant with coding agent, canvas editor, and frontier model access for software development

Has free tier

C

Claude

drop-in switch cost

Anthropic's AI assistant with extended thinking, Claude Code CLI, and agentic coding for software development

Has free tier

C

Cline

drop-in switch cost

Open-source autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains with MCP support and BYOK

Has free tier

C

Codebuff

drop-in switch cost

Open-source multi-agent AI coding assistant for the terminal with pay-as-you-go credits and subscription plans

Has free tier

C

Crof

drop-in switch cost

AI model aggregator with unified API access to MoonshotAI, Google, DeepSeek, Qwen and other providers for coding workflows

Has free tier

C

Cursor

drop-in switch cost

AI-powered code editor with agent mode, tab completions, frontier model access, and cloud agents

Has free tier

D

Devin

drop-in switch cost

Autonomous AI software engineer that plans, codes, debugs, and deploys with concurrent sessions

Has free tier

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Freebuff

drop-in switch cost

Free ad-supported AI coding agent for the terminal — the free variant of Codebuff with no subscription or credits required

Has free tier

G

Gemini

drop-in switch cost

Google's AI assistant with Gemini 2.5 Pro, code generation, and deep research for software development

Has free tier

G

GitHub Copilot

drop-in switch cost

AI pair programmer with code completions, chat, agent mode, code review, and cloud agents across IDEs

Has free tier

H

Hugging Face

moderate switch cost

ML platform with model hub, inference API, Spaces hosting, and ZeroGPU access for AI-assisted development

Has free tier

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KiloPass

drop-in switch cost

AI infrastructure platform with access to 500+ models, credit-based pricing, and no rate limits for coding agents

K

Kimi

drop-in switch cost

Moonshot AI's coding assistant with Kimi Code plans for terminal, IDE, and CLI-based AI development

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LLM Gateway DevPass

drop-in switch cost

Fixed-price dev plans for AI-powered coding with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, and any OpenAI-compatible tool across 200+ models

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MiniMax

drop-in switch cost

Chinese AI platform with MiniMax models and subscription coding plans for AI-assisted development

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Ollama

drop-in switch cost

Local-first AI platform with cloud model access, CLI/API/desktop apps, and 40,000+ community integrations for coding

Has free tier

O

OpenCode Go

drop-in switch cost

Affordable agentic coding platform with access to top open-source models including GLM-5, Kimi K2.5, MiMo, and Qwen

Has free tier

R

Raycast

moderate switch cost

Productivity launcher for macOS with AI assistant, clipboard history, snippets, and extensions

Has free tier

R

Replit

moderate switch cost

AI-powered cloud IDE with autonomous coding agent, instant deployments, and collaborative workspaces

Has free tier

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routing.run

drop-in switch cost

AI model router with unified API access to DeepSeek, Qwen, Gemma, GLM, Kimi, and MiniMax models for coding

Has free tier

S

StepFun

drop-in switch cost

Chinese AI platform with Step models and tiered coding plans for AI-assisted development

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Warp

drop-in switch cost

AI-powered terminal with cloud agents, codebase indexing, and collaborative session sharing

Has free tier

X

Xiaomi MiMo

drop-in switch cost

Xiaomi's AI coding platform with reasoning-optimized models for code generation and software development

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Z.AI GLM

drop-in switch cost

Zhipu AI's GLM models with tiered coding subscriptions for AI-assisted development and code generation