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Profound vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

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

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Profound

Track how ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini mention your brand, then act with AI agents

Free trial
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Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) logo

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

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

Freemium
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Verdict

Profound is listed under Sales & Marketing AI and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) under Coding AI. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.4 vs 7.8 out of 10), led by value for money. Both have a free plan or trial. Only Profound 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 Profound if

  • You want a tool built for measuring brand visibility and citations across AI answer engines, and turning that data into content and page updates.
  • Covers up to nine answer engines, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews.
  • Combines monitoring with action through AI Marketer agents that draft work for approval.

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 for beginners
Profound
Best for business
Profound

Features

18 features compared.

  • Answer Engine Insights
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Prompt Volumes
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Shopping Visibility
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Agent Analytics
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • AI Marketer
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Context Manager
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • FactCheck and Sentiment
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Command Center
    Profound
    Available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not available
  • Agent Command Center
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Spaces
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Full IDE
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Local
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Agent Client Protocol support
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Tab and Supercomplete
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Fast Context
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • Devin Cloud handoff
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • MCP and extensions
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available
  • SWE-2 model
    Profound
    Not available
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Available

Pricing

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

  • Pricing model
    Profound
    Free trial
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Profound
    Yes
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Profound
    $0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    $0
  • Plans
    Profound
    2 plans
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    5 plans

Profound plans

  • Trial

    $0

    Limited free trial to test the platform

    • 50 unique prompts tracked daily for 7 days
    • ChatGPT
    • Gemini and Google AI Overviews
    • limited AI Marketer credits
    • 5 Prompt Volumes searches
    • unlimited seats

  • Enterprise

    Most popular

    Custom/month

    Tailored plan for brands and teams, sold through the accounts team

    • Up to 9 answer engines
    • custom prompts
    • ChatGPT Shopping
    • all-time data history
    • CSV and JSON exports
    • API access
    • SSO
    • SOC 2
    • dedicated 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.

Profound
7.8overall
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
8.4overall

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

  • Ease of Use

    Profound
    7.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Feature Depth

    Profound
    8.8
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) leads by 1.3
    Profound
    6.5
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    7.8

  • Performance & Speed

    Profound
    8.0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Profound
    8.0
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    Not rated

  • Multi-agent Management

    Profound
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.7

  • Multi-file Agentic Edits

    Profound
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.5

  • Editor Experience

    Profound
    Not rated
    Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
    8.4

  • Model Choice

    Profound
    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

Profound

Pros

  • Covers up to nine answer engines, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews.
  • Combines monitoring with action through AI Marketer agents that draft work for approval.
  • Agent Analytics connects to CDN and cloud providers such as Cloudflare, Akamai and AWS.
  • Enterprise controls include SSO, SCIM, RBAC and SOC 2.
  • Documented API and MCP access for pulling data into reports and pipelines.

Cons

  • No published prices; paid plans require talking to the accounts team.
  • The free Trial is limited to 50 prompts for 7 days with no data history or exports.
  • Third-party reports of a mid-September 2026 pricing change removing self-serve plans make costs hard to compare.
  • API, exports and SSO are not included in the Trial.

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

Integrations

Profound

9 integrations
  • Akamai
  • AWS
  • Cloudflare
  • Fastly
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Netlify
  • Vercel
  • WordPress

Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

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

Company

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

Frequently asked questions

Is Profound better than Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?

It depends on your workflow. Profound is built for measuring brand visibility and citations across AI answer engines, and turning that data into content and page updates. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is built for managing multiple coding agents.

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

Profound: Track how ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini mention your brand, then act with AI agents. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf): Agent-first IDE for running local and cloud coding agents in one place.

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

Yes, both do. Profound is free trial and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

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

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.