Cursor vs Windsurf: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, every week, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors Cursor. Ahead in 2 of 2 shared categories on consensus rank.
That is this week’s close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · weekly closeAI Coding Assistantsof 10 on the record · full ranking
- #1CursorNew entry this weekspread 1GPT#1Claude#1Gemini#1PPLX#2
- #5WindsurfNew entry this weekspread 4GPT#1Claude#1Gemini#2PPLX#5
Code Editors & IDEsof 10 on the record · full ranking
- #1CursorNew entry this weekspread 0GPT#1Claude#1Gemini#1PPLX#1
- #4WindsurfNew entry this weekspread 3GPT#1Claude#1Gemini#4PPLX#1
Where the models split.
Each model ranks independently. Across the 2 categories these two share, here is how often each model places one ahead of the other.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudesplit 0-0
- Geminifavors Cursor 2-0
- Perplexityfavors Cursor 1-0