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Cursor
AI coding environment with agents, a CLI and cloud agents, plus Bugbot for pull request review on Teams plans. The Hobby plan is free; Pro is $20 a month and Teams is $40 per user.
Description of Cursor
Cursor, made by Anysphere, is an AI coding environment described by the company as a coding agent for building software. The desktop app is an editor with agents that plan and edit code, and Cursor also offers a command line interface, cloud agents that run tasks on their own machines, automations, a mobile app and a plugin marketplace. A Composer model is available alongside other frontier models.

For pull requests the company sells Bugbot, an AI code reviewer that integrates with GitHub and looks for logic bugs with a low false positive rate. The Bugbot page says all plans have a 14-day free trial. The pricing page lists Bugbot as usage-based on Pro plans and agentic code reviews with Bugbot as included in the Teams plan. The main page shows a macOS download, and cloud agents are reachable on the web.
The pricing page lists four plans. Hobby is free with no credit card and limited agent requests. Individual plans start at $20 per month for Pro, with Pro+ and Ultra for heavier use, and add extended agent limits, cloud agents and access to frontier models. Teams is $40 per user per month and adds shared billing, a team marketplace, usage analytics, team-wide privacy mode and SAML or OIDC single sign-on. Enterprise is custom and adds pooled usage, SCIM, audit logs and access controls.
Cursor says privacy mode guarantees that code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers when enabled. The site footer shows SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and AIUC-1 badges.
Features of Cursor
- Agent-based editor with a CLI, cloud agents, automations and access to several frontier models and Cursor's Composer model.
- Bugbot reviews GitHub pull requests for logic bugs and is included in Teams, with a 14-day free trial on all plans.
- Teams adds SSO, shared billing and privacy mode; Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs and repository, model and MCP access controls.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cursor free?
Yes. The Hobby plan is free with no credit card and limited agent requests. Pro is $20 per month and Teams is $40 per user per month.
What is Bugbot?
Bugbot is Cursor's AI pull request reviewer, built to find logic bugs in GitHub pull requests. It has a 14-day free trial and is included in the Teams plan; Pro uses usage-based billing.
Is my code used to train models?
With privacy mode on, Cursor guarantees code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers. Team admins can enable it team-wide.
Website: https://cursor.com/
Company: Anysphere, Inc.
Key facts
AI coding editor first, with Bugbot as an add-on PR reviewer. Hobby is free; Pro is $20 a month. Bugbot is included on Teams at $40 per user and billed by usage on Pro. Review is not its main product.
| Pricing model | Freemium |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes · Hobby: no credit card, limited Agent requests, access to Composer. |
| Starting price | $20 / month |
| Data residency | Not verified |
| Compliance (as stated by vendor) | SOC 2 (claimed), ISO 27001 (claimed) |
| Integrations | Not verified |
| Public API | Not verified |
| Self-hostable | Not verified |
| Official site | Online (auto-checked 2026-10-12) |
| Can a general AI assistant replace it? | A general LLM can suggest code but cannot edit your project or comment in a GitHub PR. Cursor and Bugbot are needed for that; the editor still uses LLMs inside. |
| Last verified | 2026-10-10 by editor |
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Update history
- 2026-10-12 · site status updated (auto-check)
- 2026-10-10 · ai alternative note updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · editor verdict updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · compliance updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · pricing page url updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · starting price usd updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · free tier updated (editor)
- 2026-10-10 · pricing model updated (editor)
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