Cursor

The world's most popular AI code editor

RecommendedLaunched in 2022
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ComplexityEasy

Origin

🇺🇸United States

Ideal for

IndividualsFreelancersStartupsSmall businessesMedium businesses
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About Cursor

Cursor is the AI code editor that redefined the market. Built as a fork of Visual Studio Code by Anysphere (Y Combinator S22), it quickly won over millions of developers by integrating AI at the heart of every development interaction.

What sets Cursor apart is its AI-first approach. Rather than adding AI as a plugin to an existing editor, Cursor is an editor built around AI. Tab auto-completion predicts your next actions with remarkable accuracy, inline editing lets you describe changes in natural language, and Composer mode orchestrates up to 8 AI agents working simultaneously on different tasks.

The editor indexes your entire project to understand global context: file relationships, code patterns, dependencies. When you request a change, Cursor doesn't work in isolation — it understands your application's complete architecture.

Multi-model support is a major advantage: OpenAI (GPT-5), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini) are all available. You choose the best model for each task. The Pro+ plan offers 3x usage limits on all models.

Cursor also offers Bugbot, an automated code review add-on integrated with GitHub, capable of detecting bugs in your pull requests and proposing fixes directly.

Strengths
  • Market leader (~$500M-1B ARR in 2025)
  • Familiar VS Code interface with compatible extensions
  • Multi-agent Composer mode (up to 8 simultaneous)
  • Exceptional predictive Tab auto-completion
  • Multi-model support (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini)
  • Full project indexing for global context
  • Cloud Agents for cloud execution
  • Bugbot: automated AI code review
Limitations
  • Usage-based pricing can become expensive
  • Credit dependency (surprise bills possible)
  • Very limited free plan
  • No mobile version
  • Requires leaving native VS Code

Features

Terminal Integration
AI-Assisted Debugging
MCP Support
Code Completion
AI Code Review
Autonomous Agent Mode
Cloud execution
Git Integration
Multi-File Editing
Context Window
128K tokens
Open Source
Remote / Mobile Control
Real-Time Collaboration

Pricing

Hobby
Free
  • Limited Agent requests
  • Limited Tab completions
  • No credit card required
Most popular
Pro
19/mo
  • Extended Agent limits
  • Unlimited Tab completions
  • Cloud Agents
  • Maximum context windows
Pro+
56/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • 3x usage on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini
  • Premium models
Ultra
184/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • 20x usage on all models
  • Priority access to new features
Teams
37/mo
  • Everything in Pro
  • Shared chats and commands
  • Centralized billing
  • Usage analytics
  • +3 more...

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Price
Freemium
Starting from 19€/mo
Code & Automation
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