Windsurf vs Tabnine
Zero of fourteen models named Windsurf first on the direct prompt; zero named Tabnine. Windsurf was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Tabnine by twelve and Windsurf carries 27 labels and Tabnine 39, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI coding assistants page.
By framing
WindsurfFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTabnine
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Windsurf and Tabnine were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 77 answers naming Windsurf and the 106 naming Tabnine. In those answers Tabnine took the first choice three times and Windsurf two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Windsurf Tabnine first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Windsurf on the left and Tabnine on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Windsurf0%#8 of 9Tabnine0%#4 of 9What the models said about Windsurf
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“the individual version collects data by default, while enterprise versions offer zero-data-retention” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“cloud versions still risk data exfil. Some studies show similar vuln introduction rates.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Free tier available, but less capable on complex tasks per benchmark studies” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Codeium — Best Overall for Small Teams ... If you want zero cost and basic autocomplete: Go with Codeium.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Pick Cursor or Windsurf if: You want the most seamless experience for multi-file refactoring” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Start with Codeium (Free). Ask your engineers to try the free version.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Tabnine
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“cloud versions still risk data exfil. Some studies show similar vuln introduction rates.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Explicitly commits to not storing or training on user code, even in free tiers. Supports fully air-gapped deployments.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Cursor (free tier or Pro) or Tabnine (free tier) are excellent starting points” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Self-hosted/air-gapped options; explicit "code never trains our models" policy” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.