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Google Gemini AI vs Windsurf comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Gemini AI
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
AI Writing Tools (1st), Large Language Models (LLMs) (1st), AI Proofreading Tools (1st)
Windsurf
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
IDE (4th), AI Software Development (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the AI Code Assistants category, the mindshare of Google Gemini AI is 6.9%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Windsurf is 9.0%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Code Assistants Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Google Gemini AI6.9%
Windsurf9.0%
Other84.1%
AI Code Assistants
 

Featured Reviews

Luís Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Lead at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Tool proves competitive with cost-effectiveness and speed while benefiting decision-making and integration capabilities, but shows room for enhancing creativity and handling large data contextually
There is another benefit in that Google Gemini is highly competitive from a cost perspective. The cost per token is very competitive. It's not the best - the Chinese models such as DeepSeek are better, but I can't use them. From a cost perspective, between European and United States options, Google Gemini is very competitive. It's not only its cost, it's also very performing. The time it takes to process the prompts and context information is very fast. It's one of the fastest models in the market. That's another advantage. There are other models which are also very good in quality but not as fast, such as Anthropic Claude. Google Gemini currently has a very good balance. The AI capabilities of Google Gemini are a multi-modal LLM which allows me to pass documents, images, and texts in the same prompt. Being multi-modal makes my life easier. I don't have to translate information before I can work with it. Google provides free tools to test scenarios, which speeds up development and reduces costs. It's a very fast and accurate model with quality responses.
reviewer2748786 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founding BackEnd Engineer
Enhancing productivity with advanced code generation and low-cost accessibility
What they can do further and venture into next is to provide a CLI environment, similar to the command-line interface environment that Cursor offers. It allows for running a cursor agent from the command line to make changes, review pull requests, or access certain other capabilities. These capabilities are currently not in Windsurf. Windsurf focuses on the productivity and the ID/editor part. I would rather look for the inclusion of pull request reviews or a kind of a TRD or technical requirement general documentation generation, or system diagram generation directly from the codebase in Windsurf itself. These should be the next obvious features they launch for developers. In our team, there are certain people who use Windsurf regularly and appreciate using it. However, it is not a collaborative tool where someone is going to use the same tool and interact in the same IDE. Everyone does their local development, pushes it to different Git branches, someone reviews the PR, and then merges the branch. It is very localized in that sense.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Google Gemini is its ability to function as an intelligent assistant, providing accurate answers to natural language queries and performing translations."
"Google Gemini uses all the data that Google has produced."
"The most beneficial aspect of Google Gemini for me is that it's able to do searches much better."
"Google Gemini AI is better in terms of searching the web, considering that Google Gemini AI is a property of Google, and the search results when looking for answers from the web are superior compared to those given by Alexa."
"I would rate my overall experience with Google Gemini as a nine out of ten."
"The main benefits that Gemini brings to the table include definitely speeding things up significantly, and it is also introducing many new use cases that we were not able to work on earlier."
"Google Gemini has the best combination of scalability, costs, performance, and accuracy."
"The most valuable feature of Google Gemini for us is its text writing capabilities, which we are using for writing texts and social media posts for our company's social media page."
"I have seen a return on investment with Windsurf because I have saved time and money and needed fewer resources since using it."
"Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by increasing productivity, because during a one-week hackathon we were able to build a product from scratch that would have taken at least two to three weeks, making the time savings substantial."
"As we're experimenting with different AI IDEs, Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by providing options."
"As we're experimenting with different AI IDEs, Windsurf has positively impacted my organization by providing options."
 

Cons

"Google Gemini needs more accurate answers and the ability to export data to Excel or Google Sheets."
"I do not have a special recommendation for improvement."
"When I have reached out to Google Support, it's been very limiting. I would rate Google at about a five."
"Sometimes Google Gemini could hallucinate and provide incorrect information, which needs explanation for correction."
"Google Gemini often gets factual answers wrong, which is problematic."
"I conducted some research using Google Gemini, and sometimes the results are not correct. For example, when I asked for information about marketing and inquired about the sources used, the sources were not relevant or had no relation to the subject I was researching."
"Google Gemini could improve its functionalities compared to other tools like ChatGPT, especially in the customization options, Canvas mode, and web search tools, which aren't as advanced."
"Currently, it operates mostly autonomously, and while it provides structured activities, making the research configuration more accessible and flexible would be beneficial."
"I chose 7 out of 10 because I've used Cursor as well, and sometimes I feel Cursor hallucinates less compared to Windsurf."
"Since using Windsurf, I notice more errors, but we deliver approximately twice as fast."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise5
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Gemini?
The pricing of Google Gemini AI is not well understood, so no feedback can be provided on the cost. It was thought to have come together with the device subscription.
What needs improvement with Google Gemini?
Google Gemini AI is not used much because it does not appear to be as responsive or as effective as Alexa when responding to questions, queries, instructions, or commands. When in a room with Googl...
What is your primary use case for Google Gemini?
Google Gemini AI is used for common, basic digital assistant queries such as asking about the weather and the time. Often there are conflicting responses from Google Home, Google Home Mini, and the...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Windsurf?
My experience with Windsurf's pricing, setup cost, and licensing was positive. I received a discount because I joined early, so the license cost or monthly rental of Windsurf has been reasonably pr...
What needs improvement with Windsurf?
I have no suggestions at the moment for how Windsurf can be improved. I would not add more about the needed improvements, even small things that could make my experience better.
What is your primary use case for Windsurf?
I have been using Windsurf off and on for the last year. My main use case for Windsurf is for software development. Currently, we're working on an API, and Windsurf will help us develop a particula...
 

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