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Cursor
AI-native code editor — VS Code fork with deep AI integration
VS Code fork built around AI. Tab completions, Agent mode, Composer, chat, codebase context. Claude/GPT/Gemini models. Privacy Mode default. Free tier + Pro from $20/mo.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby (Free) | Free | Free. Limited Agent requests + Tab completions. No credit card. |
| Pro | $20/mo | $20/month. Extended Agent limits, frontier models, MCPs + skills + hooks, cloud agents. |
| Teams | $40/mo | $40/user/month. Shared chats + commands + rules, centralized billing, RBAC, SAML/OIDC SSO. |
| Pro+ (Recommended) | $60/mo | $60/month. Everything in Pro + 3x usage on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini. |
| Ultra | $200/mo | $200/month. 20x usage multiplier + priority access to new features. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom. Pooled usage, SCIM, AI code tracking API + audit logs, priority support. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | agent mode | Multi-file editing + tool use + terminal commands | Agent mode |
| — | codebase index | Automatic codebase embedding (local + server) | Codebase context |
| — | editor fork | VS Code 1.9x fork — most extensions compatible | VS Code compatibility |
| — | models available | Claude 4.x (Sonnet, Opus), GPT-5, GPT-5-Codex, Gemini 2.5 Pro, custom fast models | Model access |
| — | privacy mode | ON by default — code never stored by model providers or used for training | Privacy Mode |
| — | supported os | macOS, Windows, Linux | Platforms |
| — | tab completion | Multi-line predictive Tab completions | Tab |
| — | terminal integration | Chat can run + read terminal output | Terminal |
Features
- Agent Mode — Autonomous multi-file editing + tool use. Runs terminal commands with confirmation. · docs
- Background Agents — Run agents in the cloud to tackle longer tasks async.
- BugBot (PR reviews) — AI reviewer on GitHub PRs. · docs
- Chat (⌘L) — Conversational chat with codebase context.
- Cmd-K Inline Edit — Highlight code + ⌘K → natural language edit instruction.
- Codebase Indexing — Embedding-based semantic search over your codebase.
- Composer — Multi-file edit sessions with full context.
- .cursorrules / Project Rules — Custom system prompts per project to steer the AI. · docs
- MCP Support — Add Model Context Protocol servers to extend agent capabilities.
- Privacy Mode — Data never used for training; zero-retention routing.
- Skills & Hooks — User-defined skills library + lifecycle hooks.
- Tab (multi-line completion) — Predictive completions including next-edit suggestions.
- Team Shared Context — Share chats, commands, rules across team.
- VS Code Extension Compat — Most VS Code extensions work via the marketplace.
- YOLO Mode — Auto-approve all agent actions (for trusted workflows).
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| cursor-cli | Cursor CLI | cli | 0.x |
| cursor-app | Cursor Desktop App | other | 0.x |
| cursor-mcp | Cursor MCP support | mcp | — |
| rules | Cursor Rules (.cursorrules) | other | — |
| privacy-mode | Privacy Mode | other | — |
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