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Stepsize AI vs Windsurf comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Stepsize AI
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
22nd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Windsurf
Ranking in AI Code Assistants
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
IDE (2nd), AI Software Development (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the AI Code Assistants category, the mindshare of Stepsize AI is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Windsurf is 7.7%, down from 18.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Code Assistants Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Windsurf7.7%
Stepsize AI0.2%
Other92.1%
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Rusira Sathnindu - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
AI coding agent has boosted daily commits and now speeds up complex feature delivery
Even though Windsurf has a good understanding of the codebase, sometimes when you ask it to do a complex task, it may complete it in the first try but may need improvements. When you prompt it again repeatedly, after the sixth or seventh prompt, it may start performing poorly. That is one of the key things I have noticed—its performance is not very consistent with continued prompts. Additionally, it sometimes hallucinates things. Although this previously happened a lot, it has improved, and now these checkers and linter functions ensure the code it writes is correct, reducing those hallucinations, but the performance inconsistency is still something I have noticed. The UI is good as it is basically a Visual Studio fork, so it has a good user interface. Moreover, every Visual Studio integration works here, so all of those are good. One of the main issues is the agent hallucinating and the generations not being good; those are two main points.
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Windsurf?
I did not have to give any money for it, so it is fully free, which is the best. I did not incur setup costs.
What needs improvement with Windsurf?
Windsurf can be improved in several ways, such as enhancing response times and better handling of massive codebases when dealing with over 100K plus files, along with improved security controls. AI...
What is your primary use case for Windsurf?
My main use case for Windsurf is writing code with AI solutions and refactoring existing code. A quick specific example of a task or project where I have used Windsurf for writing or refactoring co...
 

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