Codeium was the AI code completion brand that shipped plugin-based autocomplete across 70+ languages and 40+ editors from December 2022 to April 2025. The company rebranded to Windsurf in April 2025; the codeium.com domain now permanently 301-redirects to windsurf.com, and Cognition AI acquired the combined entity in December 2025.
Today there is no separately-marketed Codeium product. IDE plugins, the agentic editor (Cascade, Tab), and enterprise autocomplete all ship under the Windsurf name. This page exists to preserve the brand history and route new buyers to the correct evaluation surface.
System Verdict
There is no Codeium-brand product to buy in 2026. Anyone searching for “Codeium pricing” or “Codeium plugin” lands on Windsurf. The same teams, the same models, the same Neovim/JetBrains/Emacs IDE coverage, just under a single brand and one pricing page.
The Windsurf agentic editor is where new capability lives. Cascade (multi-file agent), Tab (Supercomplete’s successor), and Windsurf 2.0 (announced May 2026) all sit in the dedicated IDE, not in legacy plugin form.
Who pays what: Windsurf Free for evaluating, Pro $20/mo for individual agentic work, Teams $40/user/mo for collaboration, Enterprise $60/user/mo with SSO, RBAC, SCIM, and doubled quotas. The historical Codeium Teams $12/user/mo plugin tier is no longer publicly listed.
Key Facts
| Current brand structure | Windsurf only · Codeium retired as a separate consumer brand |
| Domain status | codeium.com 301-redirects to windsurf.com (verified May 13, 2026) |
| Parent company | Cognition AI (acquired Windsurf December 2025, ~$250M) |
| Rebrand date | April 2025 (Codeium to Windsurf) |
| IDE plugin coverage (now Windsurf) | VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs, Jupyter; 70+ languages |
| Windsurf Free | $0/mo, evaluation tier |
| Windsurf Pro | $20/mo (raised from $15 in March 2026; unchanged at May 2026 verification) |
| Windsurf Teams | $40/user/mo |
| Windsurf Enterprise | $60/user/mo (SSO, RBAC, SCIM, doubled quotas) |
| Training on user code | No for individual users (carried over from Codeium policy) |
| Latest product release | Windsurf 2.0 (May 2026) introducing local + cloud agents working together |
Every data point above was verified against vendor sources on 2026-05-13. See Sources.
What it actually is
One unified product line under one company.
Codeium was the autocomplete brand from December 2022 to April 2025. Plugins shipped for VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs, and Jupyter with unlimited completions on the free tier. The company changed its name to Windsurf in April 2025 around the agentic-editor launch and consolidated all marketing under that name. The codeium.com domain was kept as a permanent 301-redirect rather than wound down outright.
Windsurf is the live product. The agentic editor ships Cascade (multi-file agent runs), Tab (the autocomplete successor to Codeium and Supercomplete), and Windsurf 2.0 (announced May 2026) which introduces coordinated local plus cloud agents. The historical Codeium IDE plugins still exist for VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Emacs but are now released and supported under the Windsurf brand.
Cognition AI acquired Windsurf for roughly $250M in December 2025. Roadmap priorities have continued to consolidate around the agentic IDE rather than the legacy plugin line.
When the Codeium lineage is still the right call (evaluated as Windsurf)
- Zero-dollar autocomplete across wide language coverage. Windsurf Free preserves the legacy Codeium plugin coverage. Good on Racket, Fortran, Lisp, Assembly.
- Neovim or Emacs is the editor. Plugin support is first-class where Copilot ships thinner integration. The plugins now release under the Windsurf brand but the editor support did not regress.
- Students and open-source contributors. Free tier remains; no trial expiration on the autocomplete surface.
- Enterprises needing self-hosted autocomplete. VPC deployment and no-training guarantees are part of the Windsurf Enterprise contract today.
- Testing AI coding before committing to Copilot or Cursor. Free Windsurf is the lowest-friction on-ramp out of the Codeium lineage.
When to pick something else
- Best-in-class completion quality: GitHub Copilot at $10/mo. Tighter GitHub integration and stronger multi-file logic. Copilot now hosts Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.7 alongside GPT models.
- Agentic multi-file editing inside a dedicated IDE: Cursor ($20/mo) is the main direct competitor on Composer-style multi-file edits.
- Ultra-fast autocomplete with very long context: Tabnine or Supermaven. Different speed/quality bias.
- Free autocomplete with open-source control: Continue (open-source plugin) runs against self-hosted models.
Pricing
All current pricing flows through Windsurf. The historical Codeium standalone plans (Individual Free / Teams $12 / Enterprise custom) are no longer publicly listed; Windsurf’s pricing page is the single source of truth.
| Plan | Price | Scope | Who’s it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Evaluation quota for the agentic IDE and plugins | Trying it before paying |
| Pro | $20/mo | Full agentic workflows, Cascade, Tab | Most individual users |
| Teams | $40/user/mo | Centralized billing, admin analytics | Agencies and small teams |
| Enterprise | $60/user/mo | SSO, RBAC, SCIM, doubled quotas, long context | Regulated enterprises |
Prices verified 2026-05-13 via Windsurf pricing and Windsurf usage docs. Windsurf self-serve plans moved from credit-based to quota-based in March 2026; existing subscribers were grandfathered at prior prices. Windsurf 2.0 (May 2026) added coordinated local and cloud agents at the same plan tiers.
Against the alternatives
| Windsurf Free (ex-Codeium) | GitHub Copilot | Windsurf Pro | Cursor Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 | $10 | $20 | $20 |
| Primary job | Inline autocomplete + chat (evaluation) | Autocomplete + Copilot Workspace + Rubber Duck | Agentic IDE (Cascade, Tab) | Agentic IDE (Composer) |
| Editor coverage | Widest (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs, Jupyter) | VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Vim | Dedicated Windsurf editor | Dedicated Cursor editor |
| Multi-file agent | No | Copilot Workspace (separate) | Cascade | Composer |
| Language breadth | 70+ including niche | Broad | Broad | Broad |
| Training on user code | No for individuals | No | No | No |
| Best viewed as | Zero-cost fallback from the Codeium lineage | Default paid autocomplete with multi-model access | Dedicated agentic IDE | Dedicated agentic IDE |
Failure modes
- Brand confusion. “Codeium” historically covered both the plugin and the IDE. Post April 2025 the entire product line is Windsurf. Reviews and social mentions pre-rebrand may describe either. As of May 2026, codeium.com is a permanent redirect, so the brand is effectively retired.
- Pricing moved. Windsurf Pro raised from $15 to $20 in March 2026 and held at $20 through May 2026 verification. Earlier price screenshots are stale.
- Legacy “Codeium Teams $12/user/mo” references are obsolete. That plan is no longer publicly listed. New Teams buyers pay $40/user/mo under Windsurf.
- Completion quality lags Copilot on complex logic. Copilot’s multi-file reasoning (now multi-model via Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5) is measurably stronger on large edits.
- No local model execution on plugins. Cloud inference required. Continue (open-source) covers the fully-local niche.
- Cognition ownership post December 2025. Product direction now sits inside Cognition AI (Devin). Roadmap priorities favor the agentic IDE and Windsurf 2.0 over the legacy plugin line.
- Old Codeium documentation may still be indexed. Search results may surface pages predating the rebrand; verify on the current Windsurf docs site before procurement decisions.
Methodology
This page was produced by the aipedia.wiki editorial pipeline, an automated system that ingests vendor documentation, verifies pricing and product details against primary sources, and generates the editorial analysis you are reading. No individual human wrote this review. Scoring follows the four-dimension rubric at /about/scoring/ (Utility × Value × Moat × Longevity, unweighted average). Last verified 2026-05-13 against Windsurf pricing, Windsurf usage docs, and a confirmed 301 redirect from codeium.com to windsurf.com. The Cognition acquisition completed December 2025.
FAQ
Is Codeium the same as Windsurf? Yes, today. The rename happened in April 2025 and the codeium.com domain now 301-redirects to windsurf.com. Cognition AI acquired the combined company in December 2025. There is no separately-marketed Codeium product in 2026.
Is Codeium still free? The equivalent product (Windsurf Free) is still free for individual evaluation. Editor and language breadth carry over from the Codeium plugin lineage: VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs, Jupyter, 70+ languages. No credit card required, no training on user code.
What changed with the Cognition acquisition? Cognition bought Windsurf for roughly $250M in December 2025. At acquisition, Windsurf had $82M ARR and 350+ enterprise customers. Roadmap direction consolidated around the agentic IDE. Windsurf 2.0 (May 2026) is the first major release fully under Cognition.
Codeium-lineage plugins vs GitHub Copilot? Copilot at $10/mo delivers higher completion accuracy, multi-model access (Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, GPT-5.5), and a Copilot Workspace agent. The Windsurf Free tier matches on editor breadth and exceeds on niche-language support. Students and Neovim users pick Windsurf; mainstream VS Code and GitHub-heavy users pick Copilot.
Which plan gets Cascade? Cascade is the Windsurf agentic feature; Windsurf Pro at $20/mo includes it. The Windsurf Free tier (which absorbed the old free Codeium plugin) does not.
Sources
- Windsurf pricing: current Free, Pro, Teams, Enterprise tiers
- Windsurf pricing blog: the March 2026 quota move
- Windsurf usage docs: plan quotas and enterprise details
- codeium.com: permanent 301 redirect to windsurf.com (verified May 13, 2026)
Related
- Category: AI Coding
- Current product: Windsurf
- Comparisons: Codeium vs GitHub Copilot
