Windsurf cut prices and removed flow action credits while OpenAI was reportedly in talks to acquire the company for $3 billion. The timing looked strategic. As a user, I cared more about no longer having to reason about several kinds of credits.
April 2025 pricing
Windsurf removed flow-action credits, but the subscription still had prompt/model credits. Per-user pricing was not unlimited model usage. No more tracking multiple credit types for background AI actions. They credit better GPU optimization for making this work. Flow action credits never made sense to me — unnecessary complexity that confused users.
- Pro plan: $15/month per user
- Teams plan: $30/month per user (down from $35)
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
The Teams plan includes 500 credits per user with pooled add-on credits ($40 for 1,000 credits shared across the org). Seat management and analytics included. Advanced controls coming for an extra $10/user/month.
How Cursor and GitHub Copilot Compare
| Product | Free Tier | Individual Plan (Pro) | Team/Business Plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsurf | Yes | $15/month | $30/user/month | Flow-action credits removed; model credits remained |
| Cursor | Yes (Hobby) | $20/month | $40/user/month | Unlimited completions on Pro; premium models with fair-use limits |
| GitHub Copilot | Yes (Free) | $10/month (Pro) | $19/user/month (Biz) | Pro+ at $39/month for 1,500 premium requests; extra $0.04/request |
What I Would Watch
At $30/user/month, Windsurf undercuts Cursor’s $40 and GitHub Copilot’s $39 Enterprise plan. The $15/month individual plan beats Cursor’s $20, though Copilot Pro at $10/month is still the cheapest option — with limits on advanced models and requests.
Dropping flow action credits removed the part of the bill I found hardest to understand. The acquisition reporting made the new prices interesting, but the useful product change was simpler: fewer counters between me and the coding session. Whether those prices survived a deal was still an open question when I wrote this.
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