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Kilo Code vs Windsurf

Kilo Code or Windsurf? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

Both: Inline completion, Agent that edits files, Knows the whole codebase, Runs commands, Reviews pull requests, JetBrains IDEs, Choice of models
Only Kilo Code states: Chat about your code, VS Code, Command line, Self-hosted, API

Kilo Code

Open-source AI coding agent for IDEs, CLI, cloud, and mobile, with model choice, code generation, debugging, and automation.

Plans

Free & Open Source

Free

Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions
Agentic coding assistant
Code completion & generation
Works with any AI model

Teams

$15 /user/month

Usage analytics & reporting
AI adoption score
Shared agent modes
Centralized billing
Shared BYOK
Team management

Enterprise

Price on request

Limit models and/or providers
Shared Private Gateway BYOK
Audit logs
SSO, OIDC, & SCIM support
SLA commitments
Dedicated support channels

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

Inline completion — “Fast inline completion including multiline suggestions.” source
Chat about your code — “Address Kilo directly in Slack to ask questions about your codebase, get code explanations, or create pull requests via cloud agents—all without leaving your team chat.” source
Agent that edits files — “Code Mode. Write, refactor, and ship production-ready code with an AI agent that understands your entire codebase.” source
Knows the whole codebase — “Semantic search across your entire codebase. Kilo builds a local index so the agent finds relevant code without you specifying files.” source
Runs commands — “Kilo automatically detects errors, runs test suites, and recovers on failure.” source
Reviews pull requests — “Automated code review agents that analyze pull requests, suggest improvements, catch bugs, and ensure code quality standards.” source
VS Code — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
JetBrains IDEs — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
Command line — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
Choice of models — “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.” source
Self-hosted — “Fork, modify, self-host” source
API — “One API to access all AI models.” source

Security

SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type I” source

Latest updates

2026-09-23 v7.7.9 (release) (v7.7.9)
Added Agent Manager tab closing and support for installing Marketplace plugins, including plugins from Git repositories.
2026-09-23 JetBrains 7.1.7 (JetBrains 7.1.7)
Added JetBrains support for Marketplace browsing and installs, Git- or npm-based plugins, Kilo Swarm, and pasted-text folding.
2026-09-22 v7.7.7 (release) (v7.7.7)
Adopted OpenCode updates and added retries for transient connection drops during permission approvals.

About Kilo Code

Windsurf

Windsurf is now Devin Desktop, an IDE and command center for managing local and cloud coding agents.