Cursor
4.5Cursor is an AI coding agent and development environment that turns ideas into working code, assisting software engineers and teams across desktop, terminal, and cloud workflows.
About
Cursor is an AI coding agent built to help developers and teams write software faster by delegating programming tasks to autonomous agents. Instead of only suggesting lines of code, Cursor's agents can plan work, read documentation, make edits, run builds and tests, and present finished features for review.
The product is made by Anysphere, a company that describes itself as an applied research group focused on the future of software development. Cursor spans several surfaces: a desktop application, a command-line tool (Cursor CLI), cloud agents that run on their own machines, a Slack integration, a mobile app, and a bot that can sign in to external tools. Developers can interact with it at whatever level of autonomy they choose, from targeted inline edits to fully agentic workflows, and it supports multiple underlying models so users can match a model to each task.
Key Features
Pricing & Fees
- Pricing: A free plan is available with limited AI usage and limited agent and chat requests. Paid plans are Plus at $8/month, Premium at $30/month (about 4x Plus usage), Super at $100/month (about 15x Plus usage), and Ultra at $200/month (about 50x Plus usage). Teams pricing starts at $30+ per user/month, and Enterprise is custom-priced via sales contact. Prices exclude taxes, and third-party model usage is billed separately.
- Cloud agents and automations: Available from the Premium tier upward, along with code hosting via Origin and AI code reviews via Bugbot.
- Cross-platform availability: Cursor offers a desktop app (downloadable for macOS), a CLI installable via a shell command, Slack integration, and a mobile app.
- Early access: The Ultra plan includes earliest access to new products and models, and Super adds priority model access at peak times.
Who It's For
Cursor is aimed at professional software engineers, startup teams, and large engineering organizations that want to offload repetitive coding work to AI agents while keeping humans in charge of decisions and reviews. It suits developers who work across many repositories and surfaces — IDE, terminal, Slack, and GitHub — as well as teams that need enterprise controls like SSO, audit logs, and usage analytics. Individual developers can start on the free tier, while teams of any size can scale up through the paid plans.
FAQ
What is Cursor?Cursor is an AI coding agent made by Anysphere that plans, writes, tests, and reviews code, operating in a desktop app, a CLI, Slack, GitHub, and the cloud.
Is there a free version of Cursor?Yes, Cursor offers a free plan with limited AI usage and limited agent and chat requests; paid plans start at $8/month for Plus and go up to $200/month for Ultra.
Which platforms and tools does Cursor integrate with?Cursor runs on the desktop (with a macOS download), in the terminal through Cursor CLI, inside Slack, and on GitHub for pull request review, and it also offers a mobile app.
What are the limits of the cheaper plans?The Free and Plus plans do not include cloud agents and automations, code hosting via Origin, or AI code reviews via Bugbot; those features begin with the Premium plan at $30/month.
What privacy and admin controls does Cursor provide?Team and Enterprise plans include team-wide privacy settings, custom chat data retention, SAML/OIDC SSO, audit logs, and repository, model, and MCP access controls.