Description
Cursor is an AI-native code editor forked from VS Code that has become the fastest-growing IDE among professional developers, surpassing 1 million users and 360,000 paying customers. It offers agentic coding with autonomous multi-file editing, tab completion with multi-line predictions, and deep codebase understanding through contextual chat. Cursor supports OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini models, letting developers choose the best model for each task. All existing VS Code extensions and settings are fully compatible, making migration seamless.
Features
- ●Agent Mode: Autonomous multi-file editing with planning and execution
- ●Tab Completion: Context-aware multi-line code predictions
- ●Codebase Chat: Ask questions about your entire project with full context
- ●Multi-Model: Choose between OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini models
- ●Cloud Agents: Run AI agents in the cloud for background tasks
- ●VS Code Compatible: All extensions and settings work out of the box
Pricing
Hobby
$0
/ forever
- Limited Agent requests
- Limited Tab completions
- No credit card required
Pro
$20
/ month
- Extended Agent limits
- Unlimited Tab completions
- Cloud Agents
- Max context windows
Pro+
$60
/ month
- 3x usage on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini
- Everything in Pro
Ultra
$200
/ month
- 20x usage on all models
- Priority access to new features
Teams
$40
/ month/user
- Shared rules and chats
- Centralized billing
- SAML/OIDC SSO
- Usage analytics
Pros & Cons
Pros
✓ Best-in-class agentic coding experience
✓ Deep codebase understanding across files
✓ Multi-model support (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini)
✓ Seamless VS Code migration
✓ Rapid iteration with Cloud Agents
Cons
✗ Free plan has strict request limits
✗ Pro+ and Ultra tiers are expensive
✗ Heavy resource usage on older machines
Tags:code editor, AI IDE, agentic coding, code completion, developer tools