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Windsurf vs Lovable

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

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Modalities — Tie

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

Memory & Context — Lovable Wins

Memory & Context: Windsurf compared with Lovable
Feature	Windsurf	Lovable
Persistent Memory	Yes. Memories persist project context across sessions.	Yes. Auto populated
Large Context Window	Partial. Indexes the whole repository; the usable window depends on the selected model.	Yes. Auto populated
Custom Instructions	Yes. Workspace rules files steer the assistant per project.	Yes. Auto populated
Conversation History	Yes. Cascade conversations are saved per workspace.	Yes. Auto populated

Integrations — Tie

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

Developer — Windsurf Wins

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

Platforms — Lovable Wins

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

Privacy — Tie

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

Workspaces — Tie

Workspaces: Windsurf compared with Lovable
Feature	Windsurf	Lovable
Projects / Folders	Yes. Organised by workspace.	Yes. Auto populated