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Arcads vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

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Arcads

Generate UGC-style video ads with AI actors without hiring creators or filming

4.0(1 review)Free trial
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Agent-first IDE for running local and cloud coding agents in one place

Freemium
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Verdict

Arcads is listed under Video AI and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) under Coding AI. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.4 vs 7.6 out of 10), led by value for money. Only Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) has a free plan or trial. Only Arcads is available on Web and offers an API. Only Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Best overall

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

  • Software developers
  • Engineering teams
  • Enterprise engineering organizations
  • Teams running several coding agents

Choose Arcads if

  • You want a tool built for producing many UGC-style ad variants for paid social testing without creators or filming.
  • Large library of more than 1,000 AI actors, plus custom actor creation.
  • Covers the full ad workflow: generation, captions, translation and editing in one tool.

Choose Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) if

  • You want a tool built for managing multiple coding agents.
  • Free plan with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits.
  • Full IDE that stays compatible with VS Code and Windsurf extensions.
Best value
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Best for beginners
Arcads
Best for business
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Features

18 features compared.

  • AI Actor Library
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Lip-Sync and Emotion Control
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Multi-Model Generation
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Localization
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Video Editing Tools
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Ad Presets
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Workflow Canvas
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • AI Video and Lip Sync APIs
    Arcads
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Agent Command Center
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Spaces
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Full IDE
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Local
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Agent Client Protocol support
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Tab and Supercomplete
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Fast Context
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Cloud handoff
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • MCP and extensions
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • SWE-2 model
    Arcads
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    Arcads
    Free trial
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Arcads
    No
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Arcads
    $29
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    $0
  • Plans
    Arcads
    4 plans
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    5 plans

Arcads plans

  • Lite

    $29/month

    Entry plan for short model-generated clips

    • 1,800 credits
    • no talking actors

  • Starter

    $110/month

    Individual marketers testing AI actor ads

    • 8,000 credits
    • talking AI actors
    • no captions

  • Creator

    $220/month

    Regular ad creators needing captions and workflows

    • 16,000 credits
    • captions
    • workflows

  • Pro

    $550/month

    Teams and heavy users

    • 48,000 credits
    • API access
    • unlimited team seats
    • custom actor cloning
    • credit rollover
    • ElevenLabs integration
    • Slack and call support

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) plans

  • Free

    $0

    Light quota to code with agents

    • Limited model availability
    • Unlimited inline edits
    • Unlimited Tab completions

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $20/month

    Increased quotas and full model availability

    • Frontier models from OpenAI
    • Claude
    • Gemini and SpaceXAI
    • Open source models
    • Free use of SWE-2
    • Devin Cloud access
    • Extra usage at API pricing

  • Max

    $200/month

    Significantly higher quotas for power users

    • Everything in Pro
    • Significantly higher quotas

  • Teams

    $80/month

    $80 per month for the team plan plus $40 per month per full dev seat

    • Everything in Pro
    • Up to 200 users
    • Shared collaboration
    • Centralized billing
    • Admin dashboard with analytics
    • Priority support

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Contact sales for organization-wide deployment

    • Highest priority support
    • Dedicated account management
    • SAML/OIDC SSO
    • Centralized admin controls
    • Dedicated deployment option

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed November 2026.

Arcads
7.6overall
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
8.4overall

Arcads leads in 0 categories and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) in 1.

  • Ease of Use

    Arcads
    8.3
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Feature Depth

    Arcads
    8.0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) leads by 1.0
    Arcads
    6.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    7.8

  • Performance & Speed

    Arcads
    7.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Arcads
    7.0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Multi-agent Management

    Arcads
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.7

  • Multi-file Agentic Edits

    Arcads
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.5

  • Editor Experience

    Arcads
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.4

  • Model Choice

    Arcads
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.6

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

Arcads

Pros

  • Large library of more than 1,000 AI actors, plus custom actor creation.
  • Covers the full ad workflow: generation, captions, translation and editing in one tool.
  • Access to several video and image models from a single account.
  • Localization into 30+ languages helps test the same ad across markets.
  • API and MCP options exist for teams that want to automate creative production.

Cons

  • Credit-based pricing is hard to predict; a talking-actor minute reportedly costs 800 credits, and runtime is rounded up to the minute.
  • Paid plans start at $29 for a limited tier and $110 for talking actors at list price, with no permanent free plan confirmed.
  • Captions, API access, custom actor cloning and credit rollover reportedly sit on higher tiers.
  • No public pricing page was reachable and no native mobile app was found.

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Pros

  • Free plan with unlimited Tab completions and inline edits
  • Full IDE that stays compatible with VS Code and Windsurf extensions
  • One view for managing local, cloud and third-party agents
  • Supports ACP agents such as Codex, Claude Agent and OpenCode
  • Available on macOS, Windows and Linux

Cons

  • Paid plans have daily and weekly usage quotas, and extra usage is billed at API pricing
  • Pro rose to $20 per month, and Max costs $200 per month
  • The rename and the move to devin.ai changed menus, docs and branding, and some names such as the JetBrains plugin still say Windsurf
  • Cascade was retired in favour of Devin Local, so Cascade workflows had to migrate

Platforms

  • Web
    Arcads
    Supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Windows
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • macOS
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • iOS
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Android
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • API
    Arcads
    Supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Browser Extension
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not supported
  • Linux
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported
  • JetBrains Plugin
    Arcads
    Not supported
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Supported

Integrations

Arcads

1 integration
  • ElevenLabs

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

15 integrations
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • Notion
  • Figma
  • Sentry
  • Stripe
  • Vercel
  • Datadog
  • Atlassian
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Codex
  • Claude Agent
  • OpenCode

Company

  • Company
    Arcads
    Arcads
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Cognition AI
  • Founded
    Arcads
    2024
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    2023
  • Headquarters
    Arcads
    Not listed
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    San Francisco, CA
  • Monthly users
    Arcads
    Not listed
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    1M+
  • Listing
    Arcads
    Claimed
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Arcads better than Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

It depends on your workflow. Arcads is built for producing many UGC-style ad variants for paid social testing without creators or filming. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is built for managing multiple coding agents.

What are the key feature differences between Arcads and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

Arcads: Generate UGC-style video ads with AI actors without hiring creators or filming. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf): Agent-first IDE for running local and cloud coding agents in one place. Arcads is rated 4.0/5 from 1 user review.

Does Arcads or Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) have a free plan?

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) has a free plan or trial; Arcads is paid only.

Which is cheaper, Arcads or Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

Arcads starts at $29 and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) starts at $0. See the pricing table above for what each tier includes.