Service comparison

Windsurf vs. Cursor

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

Last 90 days · 62 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Windsurf

windsurf.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.78%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  5
  
  0 major · 5 minor
- Median resolution
  
  56m
- Longest outage
  
  1h 37m
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Cursor

cursor.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.76%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  57
  
  21 major · 36 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 1m
- 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%	93.89%	+6.11 pp
Last 90 days	99.78%	95.76%	+4.02 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Windsurf

5 total

0 major 5 minor
- Median resolution
  
  56m
- Longest outage
  
  1h 37m
Cursor

57 total

21 major 36 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 1m
- 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
- Jul 23
  
  We're Investigating an issue with requests to Fable causing degraded behaviour
  
  40m
  
  Minor
- Jul 21
  
  Anthropic elevated errors
  
  3h
  
  Minor
- Jul 20
  
  Investigating service degradation
  
  9h 29m
  
  Minor
- Jul 20
  
  Investigating service degradation
  
  18m
  
  Minor
- Jul 17
  
  Investigating Anthropic degradation
  
  5h 10m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Windsurf wins

Windsurf edges out on 90-day uptime.

Windsurf posted 99.78% vs. 95.76% for Cursor (Δ +4.02 pp). Incidents: 5 vs. 57 (-52).

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