Microsoft Surface is a series that is touchscreen-based and for personal computers which are developed by Microsoft and introduced in 2012 while when talking about iPad, they are tablet series which is designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. This only works in the iOS and the iPadOS systems introduced in 2010.
Microsoft Surface Vs iPad
The main difference between Microsoft Surface and iPad is that Microsoft surface is introduced and launched by Microsoft in the year 2012 within the OS of android and windows while pads are introduced and launched by Apple Inc in the year 2010 having the OS which is known as iOS.