Service comparison

Windsurf vs. Cursor

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

Last 90 days · 71 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Windsurf

windsurf.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.86%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  3
  
  0 major · 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  1h 37m
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Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  94.55%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  68
  
  20 major · 48 minor
- Median resolution
  
  56m
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m
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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%	91.99%	+8.01 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	91.74%	+8.26 pp
Last 90 days	99.86%	94.55%	+5.31 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Windsurf

3 total

0 major 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  1h 37m
Cursor

68 total

20 major 48 minor
- Median resolution
  
  56m
- Longest outage
  
  13h 19m

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
- Aug 13
  
  Investigating service degradation — Automations, Cloud Agents, and IDE
  
  4h 3m
  
  Major
- Aug 12
  
  Investigating service degradation — Bugbot and Cloud Agents
  
  16m
  
  Minor
- Aug 12
  
  Investigating service degradation
  
  20m
  
  Minor
- Aug 12
  
  Investigating service degradation — Automations, Cloud Agents, and IDE
  
  2h 32m
  
  Minor
- Aug 11
  
  Investigating service degradation — Automations, Cloud Agents, and IDE
  
  6h 16m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Windsurf wins

Windsurf edges out on 90-day uptime.

Windsurf posted 99.86% vs. 94.55% for Cursor (Δ +5.31 pp). Incidents: 3 vs. 68 (-65).

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