Cursor
Code editor built on VS Code that edits, refactors and runs a codebase from natural-language instructions.
What it does
- Agentic coding
- Code generation
- Code review
How it compares
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Claude Code
Both AI coding tools in JetBrains' 2026 survey; Cursor and Claude Code share second place in workplace adoption at 18% of developers each, with Cursor's growth slowing.
Cursor’s growth has slowed down, both in terms of awareness and adoption at work. It is still the second most well-known AI dev tool, with 69% of developers aware of it. However, in terms of adoption at work, it now shares second place with Claude Code, with both being used for work by 18% of developers worldwide.
Research report · 25 Aug 2026 -
GitHub Copilot
Both AI coding tools in JetBrains' 2026 workplace survey, where Copilot is described as the market's former long-standing leader and Cursor as sharing second place in adoption at work.
We are now ready to share how AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, JetBrains AI Assistant, Junie, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and Google Antigravity have evolved over the past two years in terms of awareness, adoption, and satisfaction.
Research report · 25 Aug 2026 -
Codex
Both AI coding tools measured in the same JetBrains 2026 workplace survey; Cursor is joint-second in adoption there, and Codex is OpenAI's entry in the same market.
We are now ready to share how AI coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, JetBrains AI Assistant, Junie, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex, and Google Antigravity have evolved over the past two years in terms of awareness, adoption, and satisfaction.
Research report · 25 Aug 2026 -
Replit Agent 4
This article compares Cursor AI with nine alternatives including Replit, GitHub Copilot, Zed, and Cline.
Official documentation · 19 Sep 2026 -
Devin Desktop
In recent months, Cursor and Windsurf have started offering more agentic AI products that are starting to resemble what Cognition offers.
News reporting · 19 Sep 2026 -
Lovable
Like Cursor and other platforms that help developers write code and build apps by harnessing the coding and reasoning abilities of large language models, Stockholm-based Lovable helps people use natural language to create websites and apps.
News reporting · 19 Sep 2026 -
Replit
In a world where rival Cursor is reportedly in talks to be acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion, is Replit also bound to sell?
News reporting · 19 Sep 2026
Sources
- Pricing
- Sold within
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The pricing page offers a free "Hobby" plan ("No credit card required", "Try Cursor"), an Individual plan at $20 a month with a "Get Pro" button, and "Get Teams" at $40 per user a month; the largest tier is custom-priced.
- Interfaces
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Page offers Download for macOS, states Cursor runs in your terminal with an install command, and offers Get Cursor for Slack.
Also from Cursor
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Bugbot Developer tool
AI code-review tool that runs automatically in the background on new pull requests, flags likely logic bugs with a low false-positive rate, and proposes fixes directly in the Cursor editor.
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Cloud Agents AI agent
Cloud-hosted coding agents (formerly Background Agents) that run in isolated virtual machines with full development environments, work across multiple repositories in parallel, and produce merge-ready pull requests; reachable from Cursor Web, Desktop, iOS, Slack, GitHub/Bitbucket, Linear or the API.
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