# GitHub Copilot vs Devin Desktop

> Copilot brings completions, chat and agents to the editors you already use. Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf: Cognition's own IDE, now built around a command center for local and cloud agents.

- Page: https://digidle.com/compare/github-copilot-vs-windsurf/
- All comparisons: https://digidle.com/compare/

## Side by side

### GitHub Copilot

- What it is: GitHub's AI pair programmer with completions, chat and coding agent across popular editors.
- Category: AI Editors & Agents (https://digidle.com/category/ai-editors/)
- Tags: extension, agent
- Where It Runs: Agent mode in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Eclipse and Xcode, plus the Copilot CLI and github.com.
- Free Plan: Limited chat and agent usage. Agent mode, MCP and the CLI are included. Code review and cloud agents are not.
- Cloud Agents: Pro and up: assign work to Copilot and it opens a pull request. Pro+ and Max can also hand tasks to Claude and Codex agents (preview).
- Pricing: Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo. They include $15, $70 and $200 of GitHub AI Credits a month, part of it a flex allotment that may change. Paid plans can buy more.
- Official site: https://github.com/features/copilot
- Listing: https://digidle.com/tools/github-copilot/ (Markdown: https://digidle.com/tools/github-copilot.md)
- Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/github-copilot/

### Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

- What it is: AI-native IDE from Cognition, renamed from Windsurf (originally Codeium), with the Cascade agent for multi-file edits.
- Category: AI Editors & Agents (https://digidle.com/category/ai-editors/)
- Tags: editor, agent
- Where It Runs: Its own IDE, with Spaces and a board for every agent session. Windsurf for JetBrains is still available.
- Free Plan: A light agent quota, limited models, and unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.
- Cloud Agents: Pro and up include Devin Cloud, and a session can move between your machine and the cloud with the same context.
- Pricing: Pro $20/mo with frontier models and Devin Cloud. Max $200/mo for much higher quotas. Teams $80/mo plus $40 per full seat. Extra usage bills at API pricing.
- Official site: https://devin.ai/desktop
- Listing: https://digidle.com/tools/windsurf/ (Markdown: https://digidle.com/tools/windsurf.md)
- Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/windsurf/

Pricing and plan details checked 2026-10-29 on the official pages: Copilot plans (https://github.com/features/copilot/plans), Devin pricing (https://devin.ai/pricing), Devin Desktop (https://devin.ai/desktop). Plans change, so confirm before you buy.

## Which one to pick

- Pick GitHub Copilot if: You want to keep your editor, live on GitHub, and assign work that comes back as a pull request, starting at $10 a month.
- Pick Devin Desktop if: You want one IDE that runs and tracks many agents at once, locally and in the cloud, with unlimited Tab completions even on the free plan.

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