Cursor

What is Cursor?

Cursor is an AI-first code editor from Anysphere, built as a fork of VS Code, that adds an agent, predictive Tab completion and codebase-aware chat to the editing experience. It supports models from several providers as well as its own Composer model.

Key capabilities of Cursor

• Tab completion: Predicts multi-line edits and the next cursor position.
• Agent mode: Plans and makes changes across many files and runs terminal commands.
• Codebase-aware chat: Ask questions that draw on indexed repository context.
• Background agents: Run agent tasks in remote environments while you keep working.
• Bugbot code review: Automated pull request review comments.

How Cursor works

Because Cursor is a VS Code fork, extensions and settings carry over. The editor indexes your repository, sends relevant context to the selected model and applies proposed changes as reviewable diffs. Agent runs can execute commands, and background agents work remotely. Paid plans include a monthly pool of usage credits at model API rates.

Who uses Cursor?

Individual developers, startups and larger engineering teams who want AI built into the editor itself use it. Teams and Enterprise plans add centralized billing, analytics, SSO and admin controls.

Cursor pricing

Third-party sources report Hobby as free, Pro at $20 per month, Pro+ at $60, Ultra at $200 and Teams at $40 per user per month, with a higher Teams tier and custom Enterprise pricing. Usage beyond the included pool is billed.

Cursor alternatives

GitHub Copilot works inside existing IDEs and GitHub, Windsurf is another agentic editor with its Cascade agent, and Claude Code is a terminal-based agent. Cursor's difference is a purpose-built editor with its own models and background agents.