The AI Coding Tool Wars: Overview of Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, and Codex
Mar 14, 2026AI Research·Noah OgbiMar 14
Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex each make a different bet about where AI intelligence should live in a developer's workflow. A primary-source review of all four tools - their architectures, pricing structures, and honest trade-offs - in a market moving faster than most roundups can track.