Sourcegraph Cody vs Windsurf

Sourcegraph Cody

Pros

• Context quality benefits directly from Sourcegraph's mature code search and indexing
• Strong option for very large, sprawling codebases where single-file context tools struggle
• Robust self-hosted and air-gapped deployment for regulated industries

Cons

• No longer available to individuals or small teams — free and Pro plans were discontinued in mid-2025
• Enterprise contracts start high, putting it out of reach for most teams under a few hundred seats
• Agentic, multi-file editing capability trails newer agent-first tools like Cursor or Copilot's agent mode

Windsurf

Pros

• Unlimited autocomplete on every plan, including free, is generous compared to competitors
• Familiar VS Code layout makes switching low-friction
• Background cloud agent sessions free up the local machine for other work

Cons

• The product was acquired by Cognition AI and began rebranding to Devin Desktop in 2026, creating real uncertainty about its future direction and name
• Pricing and plan structure changed more than once within the same year, making it hard to budget against
• Premium quotas for agentic and chat work are daily/weekly rather than a simple monthly credit pool, and can run out fast on demanding tasks

Sourcegraph Cody is the better fit for:

• Large organizations with monorepos where context across the whole codebase matters
• Regulated enterprises that need self-hosted or air-gapped AI coding tools
• Teams already using Sourcegraph code search who want AI chat layered on top
• Answering where is this used across hundreds of repositories
• Standardising common AI prompts across an engineering organisation
• Assessing the blast radius of a change before making it

Windsurf is the better fit for:

• Migrating from VS Code or Cursor without relearning an editor
• Running longer agentic coding tasks in the background while working elsewhere
• Getting free-tier autocomplete without hitting a usage wall
• Keeping project conventions in memory so the agent stops relearning them
• Wiring the editor to internal tools and data through MCP
• Picking up an agent task the next morning where the last session left it