Cursor

Cursor is an AI-native code editor built by Anysphere that reimagines the IDE around AI agents rather than bolting AI on as a plugin. Forked from Visual Studio Code, Cursor combines familiar editor ergonomics with deeply integrated AI capabilities: context-aware Tab autocomplete, an Agent mode that can plan and execute multi-file changes, and cloud-based agents that work autonomously in the background to build, test, and demo features for review. Developers can trigger targeted edits with inline commands or hand off entire tasks to agents that explore the codebase, write code, run tests, and open pull requests.

Founded in 2022 by four MIT classmates and launched publicly in March 2023, Cursor gives developers a choice of frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and xAI Grok, alongside Anysphere's own in-house Composer models optimized for speed and cost. The platform extends into the terminal through Cursor CLI, into Slack and GitHub for delegating and reviewing agent work, and supports MCP servers, skills, and hooks for connecting external tools. Bugbot adds agentic, automated code review to pull requests, while Automations let teams set up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to fix CI failures and maintain codebases without manual intervention.

Cursor has grown rapidly to become one of the most widely adopted AI coding tools, used by more than half of the Fortune 500 and cited by engineering leaders at NVIDIA, Stripe, and Shopify for major productivity gains. Individual plans range from a free Hobby tier through Pro, Pro+, and Ultra, while Teams and Enterprise plans add centralized billing, SAML/OIDC SSO, audit logs, and access controls for larger organizations building software at scale.

Cursor's Hobby plan is free with no credit card required, offering limited Agent requests, limited Tab completions, and access to Composer. Pro costs $20/month and includes extended Agent limits, generous Grok and Composer limits, access to frontier models, MCPs/skills/hooks, cloud agents, and a $20 monthly credit pool for premium model usage. Pro+ costs $60/month with roughly 3x Pro's usage limits and a larger credit pool (~$70). Ultra costs $200/month with about 20x Pro's limits, a ~$400 credit pool, and priority access to new features. Teams Standard costs $40/user/month and adds centralized billing, a team marketplace, Bugbot code reviews, shared cloud agents, usage analytics, team-wide privacy mode, and SAML/OIDC SSO; Teams Premium costs around $120/user/month with roughly 5x Standard's included usage. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds pooled usage, invoice/PO billing, SCIM seat management, repository/model/MCP access controls, audit logs, and an AI code tracking API. Annual billing saves approximately 20% across all paid plans, and all prices are exclusive of applicable taxes.