# Devin Desktop vs Codex CLI

> Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf: Cognition's IDE, now built around a command center for local and cloud agents. Codex CLI is OpenAI's terminal agent, open source under Apache-2.0, on your ChatGPT plan or an API key.

- Page: https://digidle.com/compare/windsurf-vs-codex-cli/
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## Side by side

### 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.
- Models: Pro includes frontier models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and SpaceXAI, open-source models, and free use of Cognition's SWE-2.
- Free Option: 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/

### OpenAI Codex CLI

- What it is: OpenAI's open-source (Apache-2.0) coding agent that runs locally in your terminal: it reads your repo, edits files and runs commands, with codex exec for scripts and CI. Sign in with ChatGPT or use an API key.
- Category: AI Editors & Agents (https://digidle.com/category/ai-editors/)
- Tags: cli, agent, open-source
- Where It Runs: Terminal on macOS, Linux and Windows. The same plan covers the Codex IDE extension, desktop app and Codex cloud.
- Models: Sign in with ChatGPT, or use an API key, where model access follows your key.
- Free Option: The CLI is free to install. Using it starts with ChatGPT Plus, or an API key billed at API rates.
- Cloud Agents: Codex cloud comes with your ChatGPT plan. codex exec runs non-interactive tasks in scripts and pipelines.
- Pricing: Included with ChatGPT Plus at $20/mo: CLI, IDE extension, web and iOS. Pro is $100, $200 or $500 a month. Business is $25 per user a month billed monthly. Or bring an API key and pay API rates.
- Official site: https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli
- Listing: https://digidle.com/tools/codex-cli/ (Markdown: https://digidle.com/tools/codex-cli.md)
- Alternatives: https://digidle.com/alternatives/codex-cli/

Pricing and plan details checked 2026-10-29 on the official pages: Devin pricing (https://devin.ai/pricing), Devin Desktop (https://devin.ai/desktop), Codex pricing (https://developers.openai.com/codex/pricing), Codex CLI (https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), openai/codex on GitHub (https://github.com/openai/codex). Plans change, so confirm before you buy.

## Which one to pick

- Pick Devin Desktop if: You want a full IDE with Tab completions, models from several labs, and one board to run and review many agents at once.
- Pick Codex CLI if: You live in the terminal, already pay for ChatGPT, and want an open-source agent you can read, script and run in CI.

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