Cursor
Cursor is a coding agent for building software, with a desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
What Cursor is
Cursor is a coding agent for building software, with a desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Users can choose models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor, and launch fleets of agents to work on tasks in parallel for hours or days. Cursor also runs in the terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews pull requests in GitHub. Cloud Agents connect with Slack, GitHub, GitHub Enterprise Server, GitLab, and Linear. The free Hobby plan has limited Agent requests and access to Composer. Pro costs $20 a month; Teams costs $40 a month per user. Every plan includes model usage, and additional on-demand usage is billed in arrears after the included amount is consumed. Cursor says Privacy Mode prevents training on customer data and applies technical and contractual protections with model providers. Enterprise adds repository, model, and MCP controls, audit logs, and service accounts; its price is custom and not listed.
Good
- Free Hobby plan available
- Choose models from five listed providers
- Parallel agents can work for hours or days
- Cloud Agents connect to listed collaboration tools
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Watch out
- Hobby has limited Agent requests
- On-demand usage is billed in arrears
- Enterprise pricing is custom and unlisted
Who it suits
Cursor may suit developers who want model choice and agent-based coding workflows across desktop, terminal, Slack, or GitHub. Teams and enterprises may value the listed shared administration and access controls.
Verdict
Cursor offers a free entry plan alongside paid options and workflows spanning desktop, terminal, and connected services. Account for on-demand model charges, which continue after included usage is consumed.
Plans and prices
From Cursor's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | limited Agent and chat usage · Composer access · monthly |
| Hobby | Free | No credit card required · Limited Agent requests · Access to Composer · Free |
| Plus | $8 a month | Grok models only · monthly |
| Pro | $20 a month | Extended Agent limits · Frontier models · MCPs, skills, and hooks · Cloud agents · Bugbot usage-based billing · $20/mo. |
| Teams | $30 a month | team administration and controls · per user monthly |
| Premium | $30 a month | 4× Plus usage · cloud agents · automations · code hosting · AI reviews · third-party models at API list price · monthly |
| Pro+ | $60 a month | 3x Pro Agent limits · Higher Grok Bot usage limits · Frontier models · Cloud agents · $60/mo. |
| Super | $100 a month | 15× Plus usage · priority model access · monthly |
| Ultra | $200 a month | 50× Plus usage · earliest access · monthly |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | enterprise controls and support · custom |
The facts
Each one read from Cursor's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent mode
- Agent carries out end-to-end coding tasks while keeping the programmer in the loop.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Checkpoints
- Git integration and checkpoints let users inspect history and roll back snapshots.checked 21 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The Cursor CLI provides Agent, Plan, and Ask modes plus headless automation for scripts, CI, and GitHub Actions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Codebase retrieval
- Custom retrieval builds codebase context so the agent can understand a project.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Context inputs
- Users can add files, symbols, images, web results, and documentation references with @ mentions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Development surfaces
- Cursor runs in the terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews pull requests in GitHub.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The documentation covers installation, agents, models, CLI, SDKs, integrations, customization, billing, and security.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Enterprise controls
- Enterprise includes repository, model, and MCP access controls, auto-run, browser and network controls, audit logs, and service accounts.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- Plugins, Skills, and MCP connect specialized prompts, community extensions, and external tools or data.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Anysphere announced a $2.3 billion financing at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation in November 2025 and said its team exceeded 300 people.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, JetBrains, Slack, Linear, and MCP services.checked 21 Oct 2026
- License
- Cursor itself is proprietary; its license notice lists bundled components such as VS Code, Electron, and Monaco under their respective open-source licenses.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: context and token use
- TrustRadius reviewers report context loss in large codebases, inefficient token use, excessive changes, and occasional CLI or model problems.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Model support
- Cursor lets users choose models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Notable news
- Cursor announced a beta Environments API on October 16, 2026, with cloud-agent environments supporting up to 300 repositories.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Parallel agents
- Cursor says users can launch fleets of agents that work in parallel on tasks for hours or days.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Praise: agent workflow
- TrustRadius reviewers repeatedly praise Plan and Debug modes, fast indexing, autocomplete, and the ability to make broad code changes from natural-language instructions.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company description
- Anysphere describes itself as an applied research company working on automating coding.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Company identity
- Crunchbase identifies the maker as Anysphere, Inc., also known as Cursor, founded by Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark, Michael Truell, and Sualeh Asif.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Anysphere's LinkedIn page places the company in the 51–200 employee size band.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Headquarters address
- Anysphere lists 2261 Market Street STE 86466, San Francisco, CA 94114 as its contact address.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop platforms
- The Cursor desktop app is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.checked 30 Sep 2026
Money
- Limit: cost and resources
- Gartner reviewers criticize Cursor as expensive, resource-heavy, and limited in marketplace extensions.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: support and billing
- Trustpilot reviewers commonly describe confusing subscriptions, unexpected charges, difficult refunds, weak support, bugs, and performance problems.checked 21 Oct 2026
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