About Cursor
Cursor is a fork of VS Code purpose-built for AI coding. Multi-file edits, agent mode, and Composer make it a favorite of indie devs. Cursor stands out for autonomous agents for code generation and task execution, agentic code reviews with bugbot, cloud agents and automations, and composer for code assistance. Teams pick it because ai-first editing experience and composer for multi-file edits. Things to keep in mind: costs add up at scale.
Cursor is an Editor's Choice freemium tool and launched on 2023-03-15. It sits in the Coding and AI Code Generation space and is best used to Autonomous code generation and task execution for software development, Agentic code reviews and CI failure fixes, Building interactive dashboards and data visualization tools.
Pricing
HobbyFree
- No credit card required
- Limited Agent requests
- Access to Composer
Pro$20/mo
- Extended limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok & Composer
- Access to frontier models
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
- Bugbot on usage-based billing
Pro+Custom
- 3x Pro limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok & Composer
- Access to frontier models
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
- Bugbot on usage-based billing
UltraCustom
- 20x Pro limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok & Composer
- Access to frontier models
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
- Bugbot on usage-based billing
- Priority access to new features
Teams Standard$40/user/mo
- Centralized team billing and administration
- Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins
- Agentic code reviews with Bugbot
- Cloud agents and automations with shared team context
- Usage analytics to understand team behavior
- Team-wide privacy mode
- SAML/OIDC SSO
Teams PremiumCustom
- 5x Standard limits on Agent
- Centralized team billing and administration
- Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins
- Agentic code reviews with Bugbot
- Cloud agents and automations with shared team context
- Usage analytics to understand team behavior
- Team-wide privacy mode
- SAML/OIDC SSO
Features
- •Autonomous agents for code generation and task executionIt's a defining strength of Cursor — especially when teams need to autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Agentic code reviews with BugbotBuilt-in support for agentic code reviews with bugbot — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Cloud agents and automationsBuilt-in support for cloud agents and automations — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Composer for code assistanceBuilt-in support for composer for code assistance — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •CLI integrationBuilt-in support for cli integration — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Slack and GitHub integrationBuilt-in support for slack and github integration — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Mission Control interface for window managementIt's a defining strength of Cursor — especially when teams need to autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
- •Privacy mode for code data protectionBuilt-in support for privacy mode for code data protection — used for autonomous code generation and task execution for software development.
Pros
- AI-first editing experience
- Composer for multi-file edits
- Fast Tab completion
Cons
- Costs add up at scale
- Some VS Code extensions break
- Privacy concerns for closed code
AI Models used
The foundation models that power Cursor under the hood.
Powers code generation, completion, and intelligent refactoring features in the editor.
Provides alternative AI-assisted coding capabilities and context-aware code understanding.
Offers faster code suggestions and completions for real-time editing assistance.
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