Cursor

What it is

This section summarises Cursor's own documentation. It is not a hands-on assessment.

Cursor is a desktop code editor from Anysphere for macOS, Windows and Linux. It imports VS Code settings, keybindings and extensions in one click and uses the Open VSX registry for extensions, so not every Microsoft Marketplace extension is available. Its AI features are:

• Tab: AI autocomplete that can edit several lines, add imports, jump to your next edit location and suggest edits in other files.
• Agent: an assistant in the side pane that searches the codebase, edits files, runs terminal commands and can drive a browser, with local checkpoints to roll back its changes. Plan Mode researches and writes a plan before it touches code.
• Cloud agents, Automations and Bugbot (AI code review), on Premium and higher plans.
• A CLI, and an agent that runs inside JetBrains IDEs through the Agent Client Protocol (paid plans).

New customers now buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription, which bundles Grok, Cursor and X. Paid plans share one weekly usage pool across Cursor and the Grok apps. Third-party models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini are not in that pool: on Premium and above they are billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Existing customers on the older Pro, Pro+ and Ultra plans can stay on them.

Pricing

Model	freemium
Paid plans from	$8/month (Plus)
Notes	Sold through X Subscription Corp, bundled with Grok and X perks. Plus ($8) covers Grok models only. Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 a month, with a usage pool that refreshes weekly. Claude, GPT and Gemini cost extra at API list price, Premium and up. Teams from $30 per seat.
Checked	November 9, 2026