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by Anysphere

The AI-first code editor that feels like VS Code with an autonomous agent built in.

Pros

  • Best-in-class autocomplete and editing UX
  • Fast, capable Agent for real refactors
  • Familiar VS Code base lowers switching cost

Cons

  • Usage-credit model can be consumed fast on frontier models
  • Heavy agent use pushes most users toward $60+ tiers
  • Closed-source editor with required cloud connectivity

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Professional developers wanting a fast AI-first editor
  • Power users needing high model-usage ceilings (Pro+/Ultra)
  • Teams wanting privacy mode plus SSO and admin controls

✕ Not the best fit for

  • Developers committed to staying in vanilla VS Code/JetBrains
  • Users needing a free unlimited tier (the free plan is limited)
  • Teams requiring fully self-hosted/on-prem deployment

Features

  • ✓ AI-native code editor (VS Code fork) with deep model integration
  • ✓ Agent mode that plans and executes multi-file changes
  • ✓ Tab autocomplete that predicts multi-line and multi-cursor edits
  • ✓ Codebase-wide context and semantic search
  • ✓ Cloud/background agents that run tasks asynchronously
  • ✓ Access to frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) with max context
  • ✓ Bugbot agentic code reviews
  • ✓ Privacy mode keeping code off Cursor servers

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Hobby$0monthFree, no credit card; limited Agent requests; limited Tab completions; two-week Pro trial available
Pro$20month$16/mo billed annually; extended Agent limits, frontier models, MCPs/skills/hooks, cloud agents, $20 monthly credit pool, Bugbot on usage billing
Pro+$60monthEverything in Pro plus ~3x the usage credits
Ultra$200monthEverything in Pro plus ~20x usage credits and priority access to new features
Teams$40user/monthEverything in Pro plus centralized billing/admin, team marketplace, agentic Bugbot reviews, usage analytics, team-wide privacy mode, SAML/OIDC SSO
EnterpriseCustomuser/monthContact sales; pooled usage, invoice/PO billing, SCIM, access controls, audit logs, AI code tracking API, priority support

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

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