Selected vendor comparison

Cursor vs Windsurf / Devin Desktop Trust Evidence

A public evidence comparison for Anysphere / Cursor vs Windsurf / Devin Desktop / Cognition.

Public evidence only. Signals are interpretive and do not by themselves prove buying intent, non-compliance, procurement pressure, or active vendor search.

AI coding tools comparisons comparison family

Agentic IDE / AI coding agent subgroup

2 company profiles used

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Comparison context

What this page compares

AI coding tool trust evidence comparison for teams reviewing agentic IDEs and developer-facing AI coding products.

Evidence sufficiency

Both products have public company or parent-vendor evidence profiles with observable trust, security, privacy, legal, AI data usage, or enterprise-readiness surfaces.

Entity boundary

Cursor is treated as Anysphere / Cursor. Windsurf is treated as a product/brand mapped to Devin Desktop / Cognition public evidence surfaces after the observed product migration.

Compared companies

Public company profiles used

Each comparison is based on public company evidence profiles. Missing evidence means not observed during review, not absent.

Anysphere / Cursor

DevTools / AI coding assistant

Candidate signal

Website: https://www.cursor.com
Evidence fields reviewed: 8
Last checked: 2026-06-27

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Windsurf / Devin Desktop / Cognition

AI Coding Tools / developer workflow AI

Current public baseline

Website: https://devin.ai/desktop
Evidence fields reviewed: 8
Last checked: 2026-07-04

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Evidence surfaces

Side-by-side public evidence

This table compares public evidence surfaces only. It is not a ranking.

Evidence surface	Anysphere / Cursor	Windsurf / Devin Desktop / Cognition
Trust Center	https://trust.cursor.com/	https://trust.windsurf.com/
Security page	https://cursor.com/security	https://cognition.com/security
Privacy policy	https://cursor.com/privacy; https://cursor.com/help/security-and-privacy/privacy	https://cognition.com/legal/privacy-policy
DPA	https://cursor.com/terms/dpa	https://cognition.com/legal/data-processing-addendum
Subprocessor page	https://cursor.com/help/security-and-privacy/privacy; https://trust.cursor.com/	Not observed during review
SOC 2 / ISO / HIPAA	SOC 2 Type 2-related public claim observed; report type, entity scope, report period, and current status require verification	Public compliance/certification claim not observed during this snapshot review.
AI policy / data usage	https://cursor.com/help/security-and-privacy/privacy; https://cursor.com/data-use	Not observed during review as a standalone public page.
Enterprise features	Trust Center, security page, privacy mode, DPA, compliance docs, enterprise privacy/data governance docs	product surface; trust-center candidate surface; privacy policy or privacy documentation; terms or legal documentation; data processing agreement or data protection addendum; security page or security documentation; parent-vendor evidence; enterprise-facing language observed during review.