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Cursor

Anysphere, part of SpaceX since 14 August 2026 US

Cursor is a standalone editor, a fork of VS Code, with a CLI, cloud agents and the Bugbot review bot around it. Since 12 October 2026 it is sold as part of The X Subscription, which bundles Cursor with Grok and X Premium.

From
€7.36
Free plan
Yes
Trial
No
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Best for

Developers who want the agent inside a fast editor and work mainly in Grok models

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Agent, diff and editor in one window, still the most comfortable interactive loop
  • Plus at EUR 7.36 per month is a low entry price
  • Cloud agents, automations, Bugbot code review and Projects in one product
  • Third-party Anthropic, OpenAI and Google models available at API list price from Premium

Weaknesses

  • Paid tiers bundle X Premium consumer features such as a verification checkmark and an ad-free timeline
  • Third-party models are excluded from included usage and metered separately
  • Plus is restricted to Grok models with no cloud agents
  • Ownership moved to SpaceX in August 2026, so model and roadmap decisions sit with one AI lab

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
Free Price on request per user limited agent and chat requests
Plus Price on request per user USD 8 per month, Grok models only, no cloud agents
Premium Price on request per user USD 30 per month, 4x Plus usage, cloud agents, third-party models at API list price
Super Price on request per user USD 100 per month, 15x Plus usage
Ultra Price on request per user USD 200 per month, 50x Plus usage
Teams Price on request per seat USD 30, 100 or 200 per seat per month depending on seat tier
Enterprise Price on request per seat price on request, pooled usage

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Verdict

Still the best editor-native agent experience, and now a more complicated purchase than it was. If you work in Grok models and would buy an X subscription anyway, the bundle is good value at EUR 7.36. If your team is standardised on Claude or GPT, the real cost is Premium at USD 30 plus metered API usage, and a CLI agent with your existing editor is usually cheaper.

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Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] Cursor pricing, The X Subscription tiers accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] Cursor models and pricing, usage pools, legacy plans and third-party model billing accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] Cursor blog, Cursor is now a part of SpaceX, 14 August 2026 accessed 2026-11-11

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