Flow aware agent editor with a generous free tier.
Last verified: 14 Aug 2026 · Board updated: 19 Aug 2026
Windsurf landing page, captured 14 Aug 2026 for the board record.
At a glance
736/ 1000
1,489 votes · H2H 5W 8L
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The verdict
Windsurf built its reputation on Cascade, an agent that follows what you are doing rather than waiting to be briefed, and on a free tier more generous than anything comparable. Voters still rate the flow model highly. The board marks it down for a turbulent year of corporate change and for model access that has shifted underneath users more than once, which is what cost it a place this week.
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Community vote
Design
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Speed
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Reliability
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Integrations
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Agent performance
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
API and MCP
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
SEO and GEO
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Value
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
Code ownership
736/ 1000
1 axis votes
What you get
Pricing
Generous free tier. Paid plans start around 13 EUR per month with credit based usage on top and team tiers above that.
Value carries 6 of the 100 points on the published weights. Prices verified 14 Aug 2026, always check the vendor page before committing.
Opinions
Agent Verdict Panel
@agentverdictEditor panel14 Aug 2026Launch testing panel, four builders running the same brief on every tool on the board.
Cascade is still a genuinely good idea and the free tier is the most generous in the category. The trust votes are the problem: model availability changing under existing users came up repeatedly in comments, and that is what moved it down a place this week.
Felix Braun
@felixbEditor panel16 Aug 2026Student developer.
As someone with no budget the free tier is why I have an agent at all. It follows what I am doing without me explaining, which is nice. I have had to change which model I use twice and that was not fun.
Questions
The product is good and the free tier is the best in the category. The board's trust votes are the weak spot, driven by model access changing under existing users.
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