Service comparison

Cursor vs. Windsurf

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

Last 90 days · 63 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.90%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  57
  
  21 major · 36 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m
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Windsurf

windsurf.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.64%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  6
  
  0 major · 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 7m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 3m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Cursor	Windsurf	Δ
Last 24 hours	59.24%	100.00%	-40.76 pp
Last 7 days	78.11%	100.00%	-21.89 pp
Last 30 days	94.06%	100.00%	-5.94 pp
Last 90 days	95.90%	99.64%	-3.74 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Cursor

57 total

21 major 36 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m
Windsurf

6 total

0 major 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 7m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 3m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Cursor
- Jul 20
  
  Investigating service degradation
  
  9h 29m
  
  Minor
- Jul 20
  
  Investigating service degradation
  
  18m
  
  Minor
- Jul 17
  
  Investigating Anthropic degradation
  
  5h 10m
  
  Minor
- Jul 16
  
  Investigating service degradation — Cloud Agents
  
  1h 42m
  
  Minor
- Jul 16
  
  Authentication System degradation
  
  2h 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 95.90% vs. 99.64% for Windsurf (Δ -3.74 pp). Incidents: 57 vs. 6 (+51).

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