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Ellipsis vs Cursor

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Pricing
FreemiumEllipsis is free for all public GitHub repositories with no usage limits or credit card required. For private repositories, the Developer plan costs $20/developer/month, billed monthly, with a 7-day free trial and no credit card required for the trial. The Developer plan includes automated PR code review on all private repos, the @ellipsis-dev fix trigger, custom style guides, adaptive learning, codebase Q&A, weekly summaries, and access to the agents-as-config platform. All plans include SOC 2 Type II compliance and no code persistence. Enterprise pricing is available for larger teams and adds admin controls, centralized billing, custom compliance requirements, and dedicated support. Contact team@ellipsis.dev or schedule a call with a founder for enterprise pricing.
FreemiumCursor'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.
Categories
AI Coding AssistantsAI Productivity ToolsAI Developer APIs & PlatformsAI No-Code / Automation Tools
AI Coding Assistants
Summary
AI code review and cloud coding agents — define agents as config, deploy with git push
AI-native code editor with autonomous agents for building software
Ellipsis

Ellipsis Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Free for all public GitHub repositories — the easiest no-cost entry into automated AI code review for open-source projects
  • Agents-as-config approach (YAML in repo + git push) is the most developer-native way to deploy and version-control AI agents
  • SOC 2 Type II certified with zero code persistence — code never stored after processing, ideal for compliance-sensitive teams
  • 'Replace an $80K engineering role with $40/month' — the strongest ROI claim in the AI code review market, from a real customer (Rivo)
  • Adaptive learning customizes reviews to your team's preferences over time — reduces noise as it learns what your team values
  • YC W24 pedigree with $2M seed — early-stage but institutionally validated for serious enterprise consideration

Cons

  • GitHub-only for the code review bot — no native GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps support in the PR review product
  • Requires admin-level GitHub access to install — often gets stuck in IT approval processes at large enterprises
  • $20/developer/month adds up for larger teams — a 30-person team pays $600/month, requiring careful ROI calculation
  • No self-hosting option — pure SaaS on AWS; unsuitable for air-gapped or highly isolated enterprise environments
  • Cloud coding agents platform is newer and less battle-tested than the core code review product
  • Weaker analysis of complex architectural or cross-file logic compared to tools with dedicated codebase graph engines like Greptile or Augment Code
Cursor

Cursor Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Deep AI-native integration rather than a bolted-on plugin experience
  • Free Hobby tier available with no credit card required
  • Wide model choice across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and in-house Composer models
  • Autonomous cloud agents can work tasks end-to-end in parallel
  • Privacy Mode guarantees code isn't used for model training when enabled
  • SOC 2 certified with strong enterprise governance and access controls

Cons

  • Credit-based billing means heavy agent or premium-model usage can exceed the base plan quickly
  • Ultra tier is expensive at $200/month for power users
  • As a VS Code fork, some proprietary VS Code extensions may not be fully compatible
  • On-demand overage costs beyond included credits are billed in arrears and can surprise new users
  • Enterprise pricing and invoice billing require contacting sales rather than transparent self-serve rates

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