Cursor

Cursor is an AI code editor and coding agent made by Anysphere. You describe a task; the agent plans the work, searches the code, edits files and runs terminal commands. The desktop app has the Agents Window for running many agents side by side, plus an editor with Tab autocomplete. Plan Mode, Debug Mode and Design Mode change how it works.

It runs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux, and in a terminal as Cursor CLI. Cloud agents run in their own virtual machines; you start them from the web, the iOS app, Slack, GitHub or Linear. Automations start agents on a schedule or on events. Bugbot reviews pull requests on GitHub. Models come from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI and Cursor.

Monthly US prices (cursor.com/pricing): Free $0, Plus $8 (Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200, Teams from $30 per user, Enterprise custom. One usage pool is shared with Grok, and plans include X features. Third-party models are billed at API list price. SpaceX acquired Cursor in 2026.

Made for

Software developers and teams who build software with AI agents. The maker suggests Premium for new AI users, Super for daily agent users, Ultra for power users, Teams for people who work together, and Enterprise for larger organizations.

Use cases

• Hand a coding task to an agent and review its changes
• Plan a feature with the agent before any code is written
• Run many cloud agents in parallel across repositories
• Review pull requests on GitHub with Bugbot
• Run agents in a terminal, in scripts or in GitHub Actions
• Start agents and merge their pull requests from an iPhone

An alternative to

• Claude Code

  A full code editor with the agent built in, Tab autocomplete, and a free plan.

• GitHub Copilot

  An editor built around agents: the Agents Window runs many side by side, with Cloud Agents, Automations and Bugbot.

• OpenAI Codex

  Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others in one editor.

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