How much does Cursor cost?
Cursor has a free Hobby tier, with paid individual plans at $20/mo (Pro), $60/mo (Pro+), and $200/mo (Ultra). Business plans start at $40/user/mo for Teams, with custom Enterprise pricing.
Is Cursor better than GitHub Copilot?
Cursor is a full IDE (forked from VS Code) with deeper codebase indexing, multi-model support, and autonomous cloud agents, while Copilot is primarily an IDE plugin. Most power users prefer Cursor for agentic work, though Copilot remains cheaper and more lightweight.
What models does Cursor support?
Cursor supports frontier models from OpenAI (GPT series), Anthropic (Claude/Opus), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok), and Cursor's own Composer model. You can switch between them per task or use Auto mode.
Does Cursor work on Windows and Linux?
The homepage prominently features a macOS download, but Cursor is built on VS Code and is generally available across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The CLI is also installable via curl.
Is Cursor safe to use with private code?
Yes — Cursor offers Privacy Mode that guarantees code data is never stored by model providers or used for training, and the company is SOC 2 certified. Enterprise plans add audit logs and admin controls.
What are Cursor cloud agents?
Cloud agents run autonomously on Cursor's infrastructure, building, testing, and demoing features end-to-end in parallel while you do other work. They can deliver PRs to GitHub or updates via Slack.
Can I use Cursor for free?
Yes, the Hobby tier is free with no credit card required, but it has limited Agent requests, limited Tab completions, and no access to frontier models or cloud agents.
Does Cursor integrate with Slack and GitHub?
Yes — Cursor for Slack lets teammates @mention the agent to take stabs at issues and open PRs, and Cursor reviews and ships PRs directly in GitHub. There's also a CLI for terminal workflows.