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Cursor

Coding agent by Anysphere, Inc. (a SpaceX subsidiary)

AcquiredClosed sourceVerified Oct 22, 2026
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AI code editor forked from VS Code with an agent, tab completion, a CLI, and cloud agents. Since October 2026 it is sold as part of a combined Grok/Cursor/X subscription.

Key facts

Type
Coding agent · IDE, CLI, Cloud agent, Web
Pricing
Free tier, paid from $8/mo
Free tier
Free plan with limited Agent and Chat usage on Cursor's own Grok and Composer models. Claude, GPT and Gemini, and your own API keys, need Premium or higher.
License
Proprietary
Models
Grok, Composer, Claude, GPT, Gemini
Platforms
macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
Bring your own API key
Yes
Local models
No
MCP support
Yes
Self-hostable
No

Cursor pricing

Free

$0/month

Agent and Chat with limited usage; Tab completions with Cursor's Grok and Composer models; no own API keys

Plus

$8/month

$6.67/month billed yearly

$80/yr. Grok and Composer models only, at fixed settings; no Auto, Cloud Agents, Automations, Bugbot, Origin, third-party models or own API keys. Bundled with Grok and X

Premium

$30/month

$25/month billed yearly

$300/yr. 4x Plus usage; adds Cloud Agents, Automations, Bugbot code review and Origin code hosting; Claude, GPT and Gemini at API list price from prepaid credit

Super

$100/month

$83.33/month billed yearly

$1,000/yr. 15x Plus usage; priority model access at peak times

Ultra

$200/month

$166.67/month billed yearly

$2,000/yr. 50x Plus usage; earliest access to new products and models

Teams

$30/month

Premium, Super or Ultra seats at $30, $100 or $200 per seat/mo, mixable; no Plus seats. Third-party models at API list price plus a $0.25 per million tokens Cursor Token Rate

Enterprise

Custom

Contact sales; pooled usage, invoice billing, SCIM and audit logs

Full Cursor pricing guide: usage limits, API costs and which plan to pick →

Best for

  • Developers who want an AI-first editor based on VS Code
  • Teams that want local and cloud agents in one product
  • Users already paying for Grok or X Premium

Pros

  • Familiar VS Code-based editor with import of existing settings
  • Local agent, CLI, and cloud agents share one subscription
  • Third-party frontier models available on Premium and above

Cons

  • Included usage covers only Cursor/Grok models; Claude, GPT, and Gemini are billed separately at API prices
  • Cheapest paid plan (Plus) is limited to Grok and Composer models
  • Plan structure changed significantly in 2026, with legacy and new plans coexisting

How Cursor compares

Claude Code vs Cursor

If you mainly want to code with Claude models, pick Claude Code: Pro at $20/month includes Claude usage, while Cursor's new plans include only Cursor's own Grok and Composer models and bill Claude separately at API list price, from the $30 Premium plan up.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

OpenAI Codex vs Cursor

If you want OpenAI's models, pick Codex: it's included in ChatGPT plans (limited on Free and Go, full from Plus at $20/month), while Cursor's plans include only its own Grok and Composer models and bill GPT at API list price from the $30 Premium plan.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Cursor vs GitHub Copilot

Pick GitHub Copilot if you want Claude, GPT and Gemini included in your plan and want to stay in the editor you already use.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Cursor vs Kiro

Pick Cursor if you want fast, interactive editing with an agent beside you and you're happy with Cursor's own Grok and Composer models: its $8 Plus plan is the cheapest way in.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

Windsurf is now Devin Desktop, Cognition's editor, and it comes with Devin's plans.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

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