Service comparison

Cursor vs. Windsurf

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

Last 90 days · 69 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  93.96%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  69
  
  17 major · 52 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 7m
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m
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Windsurf

windsurf.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  100.00%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  0
  
  0 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —
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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	95.19%	100.00%	-4.81 pp
Last 30 days	91.16%	100.00%	-8.84 pp
Last 90 days	93.96%	100.00%	-6.04 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Cursor

69 total

17 major 52 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 7m
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m
Windsurf

0 total

0 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Cursor
- Aug 27
  
  Investigating service degradation — cursor.com and IDE
  
  7m
  
  Major
- Aug 27
  
  Investigating service degradation — Grok Bot
  
  42m
  
  Minor
- Aug 25
  
  Degraded performance of Grok models
  
  53m
  
  Minor
- Aug 25
  
  Degraded performance of Grok 4.6
  
  2h 42m
  
  Minor
- Aug 24
  
  Investigating service degradation — Automations
  
  29m
  
  Minor
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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 93.96% vs. 100.00% for Windsurf (Δ -6.04 pp). Incidents: 69 vs. 0 (+69).

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