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Cursor

An AI coding agent for building ambitious software — agents turn ideas into code so you can hand off tasks.

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Our rating
★ 4.8 / 5 preliminary
Pricing
Freemium · from $8/mo
Category
AI code editor
For
BuilderVibe coder
Last updated
Oct 15, 2026

💲 Free plan; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only), Premium $30/mo, Super $100/mo, Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30+/user/mo. Source: cursor.com (checked Oct 15, 2026).

Pros & cons

👍 Pros

  • Best-in-class agentic editing in a VS Code-style IDE
  • Cloud agents and automations
  • Strong codebase awareness

👎 Cons

  • Plan structure changed recently — check what each tier includes
  • Can make sweeping changes; review diffs

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