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v0 vs Windsurf

A feature-by-feature comparison of v0 and Windsurf across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — Tie

Modalities: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Text Input
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Chat and inline prompting throughout the editor.
Image Upload / Vision
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Paste screenshots and mockups into the chat as context.
Image Generation
Partial. Auto populatedNo. Does not generate still images.
Voice Mode
Partial. Auto populatedNo. No voice interface.
Video Understanding
No. Auto populatedNo. Does not analyse existing video.
Video Generation
No. Not a video generation product.No. Not a video generation product.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Reads files from the open workspace and accepts attachments.
Code Execution
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Cascade runs terminal commands and tests as part of an agentic loop.
Audio Input
No. Auto populatedNo. No audio input.
Canvas / Artifact Editor
Yes. Auto populatedYes. The editor pane is the shared surface.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. Auto populatedNo. Operates on the codebase and terminal, not the screen.

Memory & Context — Tie

Memory & Context: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Persistent Memory
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Memories persist project context across sessions.
Large Context Window
Yes. Auto populatedPartial. Indexes the whole repository; the usable window depends on the selected model.
Custom Instructions
No. Auto populatedYes. Workspace rules files steer the assistant per project.
Conversation History
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Cascade conversations are saved per workspace.

Integrations — v0 Wins

Integrations: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Web Search / Browsing
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Can fetch documentation and web results as context.
Plugins / Extensions
No. Auto populatedPartial. MCP servers extend it, rather than a first-party plugin marketplace.
API Access
Yes. Auto populatedNo. An IDE product, not an API.
Zapier Integration
No. Auto populatedUnknown. Not confirmed either way.
Custom GPTs / Bots
No. Auto populatedPartial. Workflows and rules rather than shareable custom agents.
Real-time Collaboration
No. Auto populatedUnknown. Not confirmed either way.
Live Social Data Integration
Live Citation Mapping

Developer — Windsurf Wins

Developer: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Function Calling
No. Auto populatedYes. Tool calling drives the agentic editing loop.
Streaming Responses
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Responses stream into the editor as they are produced.
Fine-Tuning
No. Auto populatedNo. No custom model training.
Embeddings API
No. Auto populatedNo. No embeddings endpoint.
Structured Output (JSON)
No. Auto populatedNo. Not a language model, so this does not apply.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
No. Auto populatedYes. Available through the frontier models it can be pointed at.
Local Execution
Open Weights
Multi-Agent Orchestration

Platforms — Tie

Platforms: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Web App
Yes. Auto populatedNo. Desktop editor only.
iOS App
No. Auto populatedNo. No native mobile app; the web app runs in a mobile browser.
Android App
No. Auto populatedNo. No native mobile app; the web app runs in a mobile browser.
Desktop App
No. Auto populatedYes. A desktop IDE, forked from VS Code.
Chrome Extension
No. Auto populatedNo. No official browser extension.

Privacy — Tie

Privacy: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
GDPR Compliant
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Codeium publishes a DPA and serves EU customers.
Opt Out of Data Training
Yes. Auto populatedYes. Zero-data-retention mode is available; enterprise plans do not train on your code.
Enterprise Privacy Mode
Yes. Auto populatedYes, requires enterprise plan. Self-hosted and VPC deployment options for enterprise.

Workspaces — Windsurf Wins

Workspaces: v0 compared with Windsurf
Featurev0Windsurf
Projects / Folders
No. Auto populatedYes. Organised by workspace.