Service comparison

Cursor vs. Windsurf

Cursor vs. Windsurf — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 67 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  96.19%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  59
  
  14 major · 45 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 8m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 22m
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Windsurf

windsurf.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.86%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  8
  
  0 major · 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  14h 46m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Cursor	Windsurf	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	98.94%	100.00%	-1.06 pp
Last 30 days	96.00%	99.59%	-3.59 pp
Last 90 days	96.19%	98.86%	-2.67 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Cursor minus Windsurf). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Cursor

59 total

14 major 45 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 8m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 22m
Windsurf

8 total

0 major 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  14h 46m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Cursor
- Jun 8
  
  Investigating service degradation — Cloud Agents
  
  1h 47m
  
  Minor
- Jun 2
  
  Degraded Performance for Agent Sessions
  
  39m
  
  Major
- May 30
  
  Cloud Agents degradation
  
  37m
  
  Major
- May 27
  
  Composer 2.5 Fast degradation
  
  4h 33m
  
  Minor
- May 27
  
  Degraded Performance for Composer 2
  
  14m
  
  Major
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Windsurf
- May 26
  
  Elevated errors on Windsurf
  
  1h 37m
  
  Minor
- May 21
  
  SWE-1.6 Fast Elevated Error rate
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- May 18
  
  Windsurf Authentication Slowness
  
  1h 18m
  
  Minor
- May 10
  
  Windsurf Signup Outage
  
  56m
  
  Minor
- May 4
  
  Windsurf Connectivity Issues
  
  51m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Windsurf wins

Windsurf edges out on 90-day uptime.

Cursor posted 96.19% vs. 98.86% for Windsurf (Δ -2.67 pp). Incidents: 59 vs. 8 (+51).

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