Three significant competitive moves in May 2026:
Cursor: Shipped Composer 2.5, an in-house long-horizon coding model benchmarking at Opus 4.7 / GPT-5.5 level at $0.50/M input + $2.50/M output (far cheaper than Claude API). Added "Build in Parallel" (multi-agent parallel dispatch), PR review, cloud agent dev environments, and Microsoft Teams integration. Cursor is no longer a Claude wrapper — it has its own model.
Windsurf: Post-Cognition acquisition, bundled Devin Cloud and Devin Terminal CLI into the IDE. Pro raised $15 → $20/month, new Max plan at $200/month. Added Adaptive model router. Devin 3 tops 90% on SWE-bench Verified. Windsurf now positions as the enterprise compliance IDE (FedRAMP, HIPAA, ITAR) with local + cloud hybrid execution.
GitHub Copilot: Pro ($10) and Pro+ ($39) move to AI Credits-based flex billing on June 1 2026 — same base price, new credit pool consumption model. Copilot Agent (GA) runs in parallel agent mode inside VS Code.
Claude Code positioning: tied with Cursor at 18% developer adoption (per Opus 4.7 competitive report staged 2026-05-16). Claude Code wins on: deepest codebase context, hooks/skills automation layer, Anthropic model quality. Cursor wins on: autocomplete speed (72% acceptance rate), own model economics. Windsurf wins on: enterprise compliance, 40+ editor support.