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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | AI Coding | AI Coding |
| Description | AI-native code editor built on VS Code with deep codebase indexing and a credit-based pricing model. Reached 1M+ monthly active users in 2025 and added a Marketplace for extensions and JetBrains plugin support. The Composer agent can apply multi-file edits with a single instruction, making it the most popular dedicated AI IDE among developers surveyed in Stack Overflow 2025. | AI code editor by Codeium built around the Cascade agent architecture, where the AI maintains a persistent understanding of your entire coding session rather than responding to isolated prompts. Cascade can plan and execute multi-step tasks while the developer continues working, with "flows" that track intent across file edits, terminal commands, and test results. Priced at $15–30/mo as a direct Cursor competitor. |
| Codebase indexing for whole-repository context in completions | Supported | Not supported |
| Composer: multi-file AI edit agent with diff review before applying | Supported | Not supported |
| Chat mode with @ references for files, docs, symbols, and web | Supported | Not supported |
| Credit-based pricing with premium models (Claude 4.6, GPT-4o, o3) | Supported | Not supported |
| Cursor Marketplace for extensions and community tools | Supported | Not supported |
| JetBrains plugin (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm) as of 2025 | Supported | Not supported |
| Shadow workspace: preview AI changes before applying to active files | Supported | Not supported |
| Notepads for reusable context templates across sessions | Supported | Not supported |
| Cascade agent with persistent session context across files, terminal, and tests | Not supported | Supported |
| Flows: continuous AI task tracking that persists through developer interruptions | Not supported | Supported |
| Windsurf Tab: context-aware multi-line code completion with cross-file awareness | Not supported | Supported |
| Inline editing with natural language instructions on selected code | Not supported | Supported |
| Built-in terminal with AI command suggestions and error explanations | Not supported | Supported |
| Codeium autocomplete engine (150M+ parameters, trained on code-specific data) | Not supported | Supported |
| Live preview for web projects with AI-assisted CSS/layout adjustments | Not supported | Supported |
| Team collaboration with shared AI configuration and context | Not supported | Supported |
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