Service comparison

Windsurf vs. Cursor

Windsurf vs. Cursor — 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

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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Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  96.05%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  61
  
  14 major · 47 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 8m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 22m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Windsurf	Cursor	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	97.13%	+2.87 pp
Last 30 days	99.59%	96.01%	+3.58 pp
Last 90 days	98.86%	96.05%	+2.81 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Windsurf

8 total

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

61 total

14 major 47 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 8m
- Longest outage
  
  6h 22m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

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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Cursor
- Jun 10
  
  Investigating service outage
  
  37m
  
  Minor
- Jun 10
  
  Investigating service degradation — Cloud Agents
  
  2h 25m
  
  Minor
- 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
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Bottom line

Windsurf wins

Windsurf edges out on 90-day uptime.

Windsurf posted 98.86% vs. 96.05% for Cursor (Δ +2.81 pp). Incidents: 8 vs. 61 (-53).

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