Windsurf drops student pricing program and dedicated nav link
What happened
Between the May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026 captures of Windsurf's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Student pricing FAQ entry removed from the pricing page, along with the dedicated Students navigation link — indicating the student pricing program has been discontinued. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount removed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 31, 2026) lists Pro at $20, Teams at $80 and Max at $200.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Windsurf. Windsurf has been tracked since 2026-05-16.
In the same window Duo also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Student · DiscountRemoved
BeforeStudent pricing FAQ entry
AfterNo Student pricing FAQ entry
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student | Discount | Student pricing FAQ entry | No Student pricing FAQ entry | Removed |
Values as written on Windsurf's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Windsurf's pricing page (windsurf.com) from May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the change is marked in the lower part of the page, where the Student pricing FAQ entry no longer appears.
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Windsurf, pricing history
Full history- Aug 31, 2026packagingWindsurf reframes Enterprise pitch: "built to scale across your organization
- Jul 13, 2026improvedWindsurf: Latest included SWE model bumped to 1.7
- Jun 10, 2026improvedWindsurf Teams pricing shifts to base fee plus per-seat model
- May 25, 2026packagingWindsurf drops student pricing program and dedicated nav link · this change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- DuoApr 3Duo launches Agentic IAM for AI governance across plans
- DuoOct 12Duo adds Agentic Visibility & Analytics to Advantage, renames Premier feature
- DuoOct 12Duo Editionsandpricing adds Agentic Visibility & Analytics to Advantage and Premier
- DuoJul 2Cisco Duo: 'Agentic IAM' demoted, marked alpha-testing
- DuoFeb 23Duo adds self-service subscription information
Questions about this change
Did Windsurf raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount removed.
What changed on Windsurf's pricing page between May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026?
Student discount: Student pricing FAQ entry → No Student pricing FAQ entry, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 18, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Windsurf change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Windsurf in the 90 days before this one; Windsurf has been tracked since 2026-05-16.