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Windsurf Editor
✓ verifiedFree trial
AI-powered code editor with agentic workflows for developers.
👁 3.3M/mo
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Kiro AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
Kiro spec-driven AI IDE from prototype to production; notable AWS-backed dev product.
👁 3.8M/mo
Pricing
Forever Free: $0
Basic: $19
Professional: $49
Agency: $149
No public pricing
KIRO FREE: $0 /mo. per user
KIRO PRO: $19 /mo. per user
KIRO PRO+: $39 /mo. per user
Core features
- ✦TinyForms: Build smart forms with customized APIs, real-time logic, and dynamic APIs.
- ✦TinyWorkflows: Create no-code automations with a visual drag-and-drop builder, human-in-loop capabilities, and AI assistance.
- ✦TinyTables: Manage, analyze, and visualize data with live sync, built-in AI enrichment, and smart insights.
- ✦TinyEmails: Create and send personalized emails directly from workflows with AI-crafted messages and data-driven timing.
- ✦TinyAgents: Deploy specialized AI agents for research, qualification, or enrichment tasks, with prebuilt expertise and customizable logic.
- ✦AI-powered code completion and suggestions
- ✦Automated lint fixing
- ✦Cascade agent for advanced coding assistance
- ✦Integrated app building and deployment
- ✦MCP server support for custom tools
- ✦Terminal command integration
- ✦Memory of codebase structure and workflow
- ✦AI IDE for prototype to production
- ✦Spec-driven development
- ✦Agent hooks for task automation (e.g., generating documentation, unit tests, code optimization)
- ✦Multimodal chat
- ✦Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for connecting to docs, databases, APIs
- ✦Autopilot mode for autonomous execution of large tasks
- ✦Configurable agent interaction via steering files
- ✦Support for state-of-the-art AI models (Claude Sonnet 3.7, Sonnet 4)
- ✦VS Code compatibility (Open VSX plugins, themes, settings)
- ✦Image input for UI design or architecture guidance
Use cases
- →Lead Management: Automate lead capture, enrichment, and CRM syncing to turn form fills into qualified prospects.
- →Sales Pipeline: Automate handoffs and streamline sales processes for efficiency.
- →Marketing Campaigns: Boost marketing campaign impact through automation.
- →Recruitment Flow: Automate hiring and onboarding by collecting applications, shortlisting with AI, and notifying teams.
- →Community Flow: Manage community onboarding, approvals, and communication on platforms like Telegram.
- →Campaign Flow: Streamline voucher availing journeys, rewards, and coupon redemptions with full automation.
- →Accelerating software development by automating repetitive tasks
- →Reducing onboarding time for new developers
- →Improving code quality and reducing tech debt
- →Streamlining the app building and deployment process
- →Enhancing developer productivity by keeping them in a state of flow
- →Building secure file sharing applications from scratch quickly.
- →Creating games without extensive manual coding.
- →Accelerating development from concept to working prototype in a short timeframe (e.g., a weekend).
- →Generating detailed user stories and capturing requirements like a product manager.
- →Automating routine development tasks such as documentation generation, unit testing, and code performance optimization.
- →Implementing complex features on larger codebases with fewer prompts and less repetition.
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