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AI taunt help startup Windsurf cut its prices “ across the display panel ” it announcedon Monday , tout “ monolithic savings ” for its users as rivalry with its rival Cursor intensifies .
Windsurf said it ’s getting rid of its complex organization of “ course action credits , ” which charged developers for actions its AI did in the screen background . It ’s also reduce prices for its team plans to $ 30 per user per month down from $ 35 , while make its enterprise plans “ much cheaper , ” per the declaration .
Windsurf ware vender Rob Houproclaimed on Xthat Windsurf now has “ BY FAR the best and most affordable pricing structure of all AI coding cock on the grocery store , ” crediting this to Windsurf optimizing its GPU use .
Hou criticized “ puzzling ” competitor plans price at $ 20 a month in an apparent dig at Cursor ’s private monthly program , which starts at $ 20 compared to Windsurf ’s $ 15 .
The pricing overhaul comes as Windsurf is reportedlybeing considered for an learning by OpenAI for $ 3 billion(Cursor ’s Godhead Anysphereis in talk to elevate at a $ 10 billion evaluation ) . As TechCrunch previously report , Windsurf is the smaller of the two coding adjunct startup , generating about $ 100 million in ARRcompared to Cursor ’s $ 300 million . OpenAIoriginally want to buy Cursor , but it ’s growing so apace that it ’s not in the market to be sold .
Although Windsurf has n’t confirmed the OpenAI acquisition describe , it has lately ill-treat up its public collaboration with OpenAI .
For example , Windsurf ’s CEO Varun Mohan appeared originally this monthin OpenAI ’s launch video for its latest API model family . And as part of the pricing modification annunciation , Windsurf is shower its users with another calendar week of devoid and limitless utilisation of OpenAI ’s in vogue GPT-4.1 and o4 - mini model .
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The big interrogation is whether Cursor stop up cut its own prices in response to Windsurf ’s revamp . That might risk a cost warfare , seduce it severely for both startup to surmount up profitably .
Windsurf , which decline to comment for this clause , said in its announcement that it ’s continuing to give up on its hope “ from the very beginning ” to pass nest egg back to its user .
Cursor creator Anysphere did n’t respond to a request for comment .
