Void vs Cursor vs Windsurf: AI IDE 2026

This comparison has changed materially: the Void repository is archived, and current Windsurf documentation now sits under Cognition's Devin Desktop surfaces. Cursor remains a commercial product with current plan documentation. The useful decision is therefore current availability and support, data path, plan-specific capabilities, quota model, security controls, and measured workflow fit—not an old three-product leaderboard.

TL;DR verdict

Do not start a new production workflow on Void without accepting archived-project risk and testing the exact build. Evaluate Cursor from its current pricing and security documentation. Evaluate Windsurf through the current Cognition/Devin identity, live plan, quota, usage, and Cascade documentation. Run the same redacted tasks in each viable candidate before choosing.

Key takeaways

Void's canonical repository reported archived=true on 2026-08-25; its Apache-2.0 license applies to that repository artifact.
Cursor currently lists Hobby, Individual Pro, Teams Standard, and higher tiers with plan-specific usage and optional on-demand billing.
Devin Desktop documents daily and weekly quota budgets whose consumption varies by model and token use.
The selected first-party sources contain no normalized ratings dataset or reproducible benchmark for latency, accuracy, task success, context handling, or cost.

Status correction (checked 2026-08-25): Void's repository is archived, and the old standalone Windsurf plan comparison is no longer current. The decision framework below uses the present Windsurf/Devin identity and quota model.

At-a-glance decision table

Option	Current evidence boundary	Best fit	Decision caution
Void	Archived Apache-2.0 repository	Existing users prepared to maintain and test a pinned build	Separate model, API, hardware, and maintenance costs
Cursor	Current commercial AI coding product	Teams whose required features and security controls fit a current plan	Hobby, Individual, Teams, and higher plan surfaces
Windsurf/Devin	Current Cognition/Devin Desktop product identity	Teams that validate Cascade and current quota behavior	Daily and weekly quota model; verify the live plan

Source-backed evidence

Pricing or plan

Cursor $20 Individual Pro and Teams $40 Standard are current plan references, alongside a free Hobby tier and higher plans. Devin Desktop documents a daily and weekly quota model; recheck live Devin plan details before purchase. Void archived source code carries separate model, API, hardware, and maintenance costs.

Cursor $20 Individual Pro and Teams $40 Standard are current plan references; Windsurf/Devin uses a daily and weekly quota model, so recheck live Devin plan details, and treat Void archived code separately.

Plan or rate limits

Cursor documents usage-based plan terms and optional on-demand billing. Devin Desktop documents daily and weekly budgets whose consumption depends on model and token use, so these are plan-specific units rather than one comparable request allowance.

Compare usage-based Cursor terms with daily and weekly Devin budgets as plan-specific units.

Downloads stars forks

At access time, voideditor/void reported 28,828 stars, 2,636 forks, archived=true, and a last push at 2026-06-02T22:03:55Z. Those counters and timestamps do not measure active users, contributors, quality, or momentum.

Void reported 28,828 stars, 2,636 forks, and archived=true; those counters do not measure active use or quality.

Ratings reviews enrollment

The selected first-party sources contain no normalized ratings, review, user-count, enterprise-customer, or ranking dataset across Void, Cursor, and Windsurf/Devin.

There is no normalized first-party ratings dataset across the three product identities.

Release version status

Void's repository was archived, and no current GitHub latest release was available when checked on 2026-08-25. Windsurf now uses a Windsurf/Devin identity across Cognition and Devin Desktop documentation.

Void was archived at the access-time check, while current Windsurf documentation uses the Windsurf/Devin product identity.

License

The exact voideditor/void repository reports Apache-2.0. That exact repository scope does not define Cursor or Devin/Windsurf service terms or guarantee future availability of the archived project.

Apache-2.0 applies only to the exact repository scope of the archived Void project.

Compatibility integrations

Current Cursor and Devin Desktop documentation covers named models, MCP, cloud agents, Cascade, security, and plan features. Void is an archived project, so every claimed integration requires a test exact build check before use.

For Void, archived documentation describes the old project scope; any integration still needs compatibility testing against the exact pinned build.

Product capabilities

Cursor documents Agent, frontier models, MCPs, skills, hooks, cloud agents, and Bugbot by plan. Devin Desktop documents Cascade and usage plans. Each is a plan-specific capability; Void archived documentation cannot establish a current recommendation.

Current Cursor and Devin/Windsurf capabilities are plan-specific, while archived Void material cannot support a current product recommendation.

Performance benchmarks

The selected first-party sources contain no reproducible benchmark for latency, accuracy, task success, reliability, context quality, or cost.

There is no reproducible benchmark receipt for latency, task success, reliability, context quality, or cost.

Ranking popularity superlative

Use a conditional comparison based on current availability, data path, security controls, model access, quota, support, total cost, and a measured workflow.

Use a conditional comparison based on current availability and a measured workflow.

Availability or provider status

Cursor, Cognition/Devin, and the selected documentation endpoints were reachable on 2026-08-25, while the Void repository reported archived=true. This is point-in-time source availability, not IDE uptime, data residency, model availability, support, or future maintenance.

The 2026-08-25 evidence is point-in-time source availability and reports Void archived.

Decision framework

Eliminate any candidate whose current availability, maintenance status, security controls, or data path does not meet the team's baseline. For the remaining options, compare the exact plan, model access, quota accounting, repository-context handling, integrations, administrative controls, and total cost. Use the same redacted repository and tasks to measure completion quality, correction time, quota use, and failure recovery instead of treating feature lists or repository counters as a ranking.

Migration risk and checklist

Create a redacted evaluation repository and a task set covering navigation, multi-file changes, tests, terminal use, tool calls, failure recovery, and code review. Record the exact build, model, plan, settings, data path, quota consumption, task outcome, correction time, and total cost. Test extension or integration compatibility directly. Export settings and keep the current editor available until the candidate passes security and workflow review.

Methodology

This comparison uses Void's repository metadata and README, Cursor's pricing and security pages, Cognition's Windsurf announcement, and Devin Desktop's quota, usage, and Cascade documentation captured on 2026-08-25. It treats archived source code, commercial plans, and quota budgets as different units. The sources do not provide a controlled cross-product benchmark; confirm current plans, quotas, product identity, security terms, and maintenance status before choosing.

Source notes

Cognition's Windsurf announcement — current product-identity evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Cursor pricing — plan and usage evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Cursor security — security and data-handling evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Devin Desktop Cascade — workflow capability evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Devin Desktop quota — daily and weekly budget evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Devin Desktop usage — quota consumption and legacy-plan evidence, accessed 2026-08-25
Void README — archived project scope, accessed 2026-08-25
Void repository metadata — archive state, license, and counters, accessed 2026-08-25