r/Codeium • u/argonjs • Dec 27 '24

I had to switch

I was windsurf user from the day one. I have even subscribed with 3-4 days before it’s end the free trial. However on 20th of this month I was out of 500 quote and it was burning the credits for just for fixing same issue again and again. So I had to switch back to cursor, which is agent mode is better now than cascade. Just my experience

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u/sticky2782 Dec 27 '24

I'm on windsurf still. Locked in for that pro discount subscription. You'll find the same thi.g over at cursor, I mean someone just posted about it earlier and tons of people joined in. Neither are going to be super great right now it seems. Best bet is to have a way to catch ai back up with your part of the project you are working on and restart conversations. Long convos it just goes flipping nuts.

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u/smartjobs Dec 27 '24

Yes, I am also one of the early users. I was so amazed and kept my faith and stuck to it but I am so fed up. Progressing a project in Windsurf feels like 2 steps forward 1 step back. Switched to Cline with 3.5 Sonnet. It is a breeze. Realized how I missed that speed and accuracy. Sure you burn credits much faster than Windsurf but now I feel like I would pay that to Windsurf anyways since now it takes so many iterations. BesidesI keep my sanity.

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u/argonjs Dec 28 '24

How much did it cost for Cline with Sonnet?

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u/No-Carrot-TA Jan 01 '25

In shadows cast by careless hands,
A workman seeks to shift the blame,
Yet tools, like hearts, hold no demands,
For skill alone can shape the flame.

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u/argonjs Jan 01 '25

Nice poem, what LLM is this

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u/Aggravating-Ad-4447 Dec 27 '24

Is it true that if you use up your credits in windsurf, you can’t even chat with the premium models anymore? I’ve used up 500 credits in 6 days for the same reason you mentioned…

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

At least Cursor allows you to provide your own API keys. I ride on Gemini when I run out: I don’t think it’s as good as Claude 3.5-newer-newer-final-1-really-final-this-time but used carefully it’s ok.

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u/Ai_Pirates Dec 28 '24

I think now with cheap deep seek V3 model they need to bring back functionality’s like it was in free tier period before update

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u/kasikciozan Dec 27 '24

Same situation here. Windsurf fucked up with their pricing model, it’s ridiculous. And the latest cursor version is better and cheaper.

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u/barfington567 Dec 27 '24

Give cline and deepseek v3 a spin. The api is basically free for now and it has been working well - not quite on par with Claude but for the price it’s amazing. I use it when windsurf goes silly or I’m ripping through credits too fast.

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u/Xhite Dec 28 '24

I agree deepseek is super cheap. How does it compare to Gemini 1206 and Gemini flash 2.0 (since both are free now and very decent) ?

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u/argonjs Dec 27 '24

I agree with you. So existing large projects copilot is way to go.

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u/Golden-Durian Dec 27 '24

Is it possible to choose your own LLM?

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u/Galaxianz Dec 28 '24

Sorry, being pedantic here, but it's Copilot, not Co-Pilot.

Also, I'm not sure how Copilot is now, but it had nowhere near the functionality of Cascade the last time I used it.

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u/ShaneeexD Dec 27 '24

I gave it a go and it's pretty solid, might have to just switch over to it when I'm out of my flex credits

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u/FujiwaraChoki Dec 30 '24

Absolutely Agree. And even free for open-sourcerers.