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AI-first code editor built on VS Code

65 /100

RankScore

#5

Ranked in AI Coding

Available in United States Supports English Supports Simplified Chinese Available in United Kingdom Available in United Arab Emirates Available in India
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Last verified Jul 18, 2026 ✓ Verified by RankTool.ai

Quick Info

Pricing
Free + $20/mo
Founded
2022
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux, API
API
✓ Yes
GDPR
✗ No

Overview

IDE with embedded AI for editing, refactoring, and codebase chat.

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Cursor is an AI-assisted software development environment built around an editor, coding agents, codebase context, terminal access, cloud agents, and review workflows. It supports both interactive coding inside a desktop editor and delegated agent work across desktop, terminal, web, mobile, Slack, GitHub, Linear, and related development surfaces. From an expert-review perspective, Cursor stands out for its emphasis on agentic development rather than only autocomplete. Its product pages describe agents that can plan tasks, edit files, run terminal commands, search codebases, use external context, create or review pull requests, and work across local and cloud environments. Cursor is well-suited to professional developers and engineering teams that want AI deeply embedded into everyday coding workflows. Its Teams and Enterprise materials indicate a growing focus on administration, shared context, SSO, audit logs, marketplace controls, model controls, and other governance needs. Important considerations include model usage limits, cloud-agent cost management, security review requirements for agent autonomy, and the need for developers to validate AI-generated code before production use.

Key features

Codebase chat
Multi-file edit
Composer agent
Tab completions
Rules
MCP support

6 features

Quick facts

Price
$20
Free plan
Yes
Trial
Yes
Learning
Intermediate
API
Yes
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, API
Privacy
Standard
SOC2 ✓
Open source
No
Teams
Yes
From $40/user
Languages
10+
Enterprise
Yes
SSO available
Verified
Jul 18, 2026
🟢 Fresh
Pricing checked
Jul 18, 2026
🟢 Fresh
Features checked
Jul 18, 2026
🟢 Fresh

Information on this page is compiled from official sources, public data, and AI-assisted research. While we strive for accuracy and regularly verify details, errors or outdated information may occur. Always confirm critical details (especially pricing) on the tool's official website before making a purchase decision.

Regions & availability

Where this tool is available and how you can pay

Available in United States Supports English Supports Simplified Chinese Available in United Kingdom Available in United Arab Emirates Available in India
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Ranking & awards

#5 AI Coding & Development of 7
Best For Enterprise

Rating breakdown

Overall: 65/100

Feature Completeness 60
Pricing Value 95
Ease of Use 60
Output Quality * 50
User Reviews * 50
Popularity * 50
Freshness Fresh 94
Privacy & Security * 50

* Estimated — not enough data yet

How we calculate RankScore →

Decision score

Quick-glance breakdown to help you decide — value, ease, features, support, and privacy.

Decision score

Expert + user ratings blended per dimension (1–10 scale)

5.0
Overall / 5★ search score
Privacy/Security 5.0

Use cases

Who uses Cursor and for what?

AI coding Code refactoring

Pricing plans

Hobby

$0

Free plan for trying Cursor with limited Agent requests and limited Tab completions.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Pro

$20 /mo

Individual paid plan with extended Agent limits, frontier models, MCPs, skills, hooks, cloud agents, and Bugbot on usage-based billing.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Popular

Pro Plus

$60 /mo

Individual plan recommended by Cursor for daily agent users, with more included API usage than Pro.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Ultra

$200 /mo

Individual plan recommended by Cursor for agent power users, with the highest public individual included API usage.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Teams Standard

$40 /mo

Self-serve team plan seat with centralized administration, team marketplace, Bugbot, cloud agents, usage analytics, privacy mode enforcement, and SSO.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Teams Premium

$120 /mo

Higher-usage Teams seat with 5x the usage of a Standard seat at three times the Standard seat price.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
Get started →

Enterprise

Custom

Custom enterprise plan for organizations that need pooled usage, invoicing, SCIM, advanced access controls, audit logs, service accounts, AI code tracking API, priority support, and account management.

  • No credit card required
  • Agent requests
  • Tab completions
  • Frontier models
  • Included API usage
  • First-party models pool
  • MCPs, skills, and hooks
  • Cloud agents
  • Bugbot
  • Centralized team billing and administration
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Pricing verified Jul 18, 2026 📈 14 changes in 6 mo 💰 Team of 5: ~$100/mo

Pricing last verified Jul 18, 2026. Confirm current rates on Cursor's website →

Performance & benchmarks

How Cursor performs against industry benchmarks

AI model: Multiple frontier coding models, including Cursor models and third-party models
Provider: Other

Context window comparison

Google Gemini 1,000,000 tokens
Grok 500,000 tokens
Rate limits
Free: Limited Agent requests and limited Tab completions
Paid: Extended Agent limits on Individual plans; Teams and Enterprise include additional usage and administration controls

⚠️ Benchmarks are based on published reports and may not reflect real-world performance.

Technical details

Under the hood

AI model

Multiple frontier coding models, including Cursor models and third-party models

(Other)

Input types

  • ✓ Text
  • ✓ Image
  • ✓ Code

Output types

  • ✓ Text
  • ✓ Code

Languages

10+ languages

Deployment

Cloud hosted

Privacy & security

Privacy score

50/100

50

🔒 Data usage

  • May be used for training

📋 Compliance

✗ GDPR ✓ SOC 2 ✗ HIPAA ✗ CCPA

🛡️ Security

✓ SSO / SAML ✓ Audit logs ✗ Encryption at rest ✗ Encryption in transit
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Quick comparison

How Cursor compares to top competitors

Feature Cursor Google Gemini Grok Replit
Price/mo $20 $5 $30 $25
Free plan ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Context — 1,000K 500K —
API ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Open source ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
RankScore 65 78 78 70
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Frequently asked questions

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Is Cursor free?
Yes. Cursor offers a free Hobby plan with limited AI requests (50 slow premium requests/month). The Pro plan costs $20/month with 500 fast premium requests, unlimited slow requests, and full codebase indexing. Business plans ($40/user/month) add team billing, admin controls, and privacy mode.
How is Cursor different from VS Code?
Cursor is a fork of VS Code with AI deeply integrated — not just an extension. Key differences include Composer (multi-file AI editing), codebase-wide chat with full project context, Tab completions powered by a custom model, and .cursorrules for project-specific AI behavior. Your VS Code extensions and settings migrate easily.
What is Cursor Composer?
Composer is Cursor's agent mode that can edit multiple files simultaneously based on a single instruction. Describe a feature or bug fix, and Composer reads your codebase, plans changes, and applies edits across files — creating new files, refactoring code, and running terminal commands autonomously.
Does Cursor support my existing VS Code extensions?
Yes. Cursor is built on VS Code and supports most VS Code extensions from the Open VSX marketplace. You can import your VS Code settings, keybindings, and extensions with one click during setup. Some Microsoft-proprietary extensions may not be available.
Is my code safe with Cursor?
Cursor offers Privacy Mode where your code is never stored on remote servers or used for training. On Pro and Business plans, you can enable Privacy Mode in settings. Business plans add SOC 2 compliance and admin-enforced privacy policies. Without Privacy Mode, code snippets may be processed by AI providers.

Company

Made by Cursor

Founded
2022
HQ
San Francisco, CA, US
Funding
$3.3B
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