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Cursor is an AI code editor built on VS Code.

Free tierCloudPrice verified 2026-09-29Visit site ↗
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Our verdict

Who it's for

Teams that build software rapidly and need AI-assisted code generation, refactoring, and debugging benefit most from Cursor.

Who should look elsewhere

Subscription needed for full AI

Pros

  • +Powerful AI features
  • +VS Code based
  • +Fast iterations

Cons

  • −Subscription needed for full AI
  • −Freemium
  • −IDE & Code Editors
  • −AI Coding
  • −AI Assistants

Key features

  • ✓AI code editor
  • ✓Tab completions
  • ✓AI chat
  • ✓Background Agents
  • ✓Code review (Bugbot)
  • ✓Multi-model support
  • ✓Team collaboration
  • ✓SAML/OIDC SSO
  • ✓Usage analytics
  • ✓Audit logs

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Hobby$0monthNo credit card; Limited Agent requests; Access to Composer
Pro$20monthExtended Agent limits; Frontier models (Fable 5, Opus 5, GPT-5.6, Gemini, Grok); Cloud agents, MCPs, skills, hooks
Pro+—month3x Pro limits on Agent; Higher Grok Bot usage; Same product as Pro
Ultra—month20x Pro limits on Agent; Highest Grok Bot usage; Priority access to new features
Teams$40month · per seatPer user / month; Central billing, SSO, privacy mode; Team marketplace and shared cloud agents
Enterprise—monthPooled usage, invoice / PO; SCIM, audit logs, access controls; Priority support

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