Cursor
AI coding agent for building ambitious software
- Also known as
- cursor
What is Cursor?
Cursor is an AI coding agent that combines IDE capabilities with autonomous agents to help developers build software. It streamlines development workflows across desktop, CLI, and cloud platforms.
Cursor pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Hobby free, Pro $20/mo, Teams $40/user/mo, Enterprise custom
Hobby
Free- Limited Agent requests
- Access to Composer
- No credit card required
Pro
- 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+
- 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
Ultra
- 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
Standard
- 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
Premium
- 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
Enterprise
Contact sales- Pooled usage
- Invoice/PO billing
- SCIM seat management
- Repository, model, and MCP access controls
- Auto-run, browser, and network controls
- Audit logs and service accounts
- AI code tracking API
- Priority support and account management
What Cursor does
The capabilities that matter for ides & code editors, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Type
- Full IDE
- Language scope
- Polyglot
- Deployment
- Both
- OS support
- Windows
- Base platform
- -
- Extensibility
- Extension marketplace
- LSP / DAP support
- -
- Remote / dev-containers
- ✓
- Integrated debugger / profiler
- -
- Code intelligence depth
- IDE-grade
- Built-in git integration
- ✓
- Built-in AI
- Native
- Openness
- Closed
- Pricing model
- Per-seat subscription
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Slack
- GitHub
Cursor FAQ
Common questions about Cursor, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Cursor?
Cursor is an AI coding agent that combines IDE capabilities with autonomous agents to help developers build software. It streamlines development workflows across desktop, CLI, and cloud platforms. It is indexed under IDEs & Code Editors.
Source: https://www.cursor.com
Is Cursor free?
Cursor offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.cursor.com
What platforms does Cursor support?
Cursor supports the web, Windows and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://www.cursor.com
Can Cursor be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cursor, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.cursor.com
What security certifications does Cursor have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Cursor. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cursor not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.cursor.com/security
Cursor alternatives
Other ides & code editors we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- ReplitBuild functional applications from text prompts using AI agents, with no coding requiredmedium · 73%
- TheiaOpen-source IDE for cloud and desktop development with built-in AI-powered coding assistancemedium · 64%
- Visual Studio CodeFree, extensible code editor with built-in AI agents for automated development workflowsmedium · 63%
- Vimlow · 29%
- Visual StudioUnleash your potential with the world's most popular IDE for the professional developermedium · 54%
Compare Cursor
Side by side against other ides & code editors, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cursor, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 45 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 45 | 0.06 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.05 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.04 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Type: full_ide · Builtin ai: native · Deployment: both · Os support: Windows · Remote dev: Yes · Open source: closed | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
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