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Cursor

We could not confirm a free version from Cursor’s pricing page — check it yourself ↗
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cursor.com/pricing8 Aug 2026
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Battle record
1 tested
1 too close to call

We are not scoring how Cursor is received. Of 41 public posts we found, only 3 carried an opinion either way — and unlike our battles, which are judged by three models from three labs in both presentation orders, sentiment is read by a single model with no second opinion. That is not a strong enough instrument to put a number against. How we measure this.

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Is it safe?

Four things worth knowing before you type anything into Cursor. Where Cursor says it itself, we quote them and link to the page we read it on.

1

What happens to what you type?

They will not use your inputs to train their AI models unless you explicitly agree to it.

“ANYSPHERE WILL NOT USE CONTENT TO TRAIN, OR ALLOW ANY THIRD PARTY TO TRAIN, ANY AI MODELS, UNLESS YOU’VE EXPLICITLY AGREED TO THE USE OF CONTENT FOR TRAINING.”

their own words — cursor.com ↗ · read 7 Aug 2026

They keep your data for as long as they deem necessary for their business needs, with no specific end date.

“Anysphere retains your personal data only for as long as necessary to operate the Service effectively and to support legitimate business needs”

their own words — cursor.com ↗ · read 7 Aug 2026
2

Can it be wrong?

The company warns that you use the generated suggestions at your own risk and should not rely on them as absolute truth.

“YOU AGREE THAT ANY USE OF SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND YOU WILL NOT RELY ON ANY SUGGESTION AS A SOURCE OF TRUTH.”

their own words — cursor.com ↗ · read 7 Aug 2026
3

What should you never type into it?

Safer than most on this point, but the rule still holds: never type in passwords, bank or card numbers, or private information about someone who has not agreed to it.

This one is our advice, not theirs — it follows from what their policy says above.
4

Do you have to give them a card?

We could not confirm a free version from Cursor’s pricing page, so assume you will need to pay. Check their prices yourself ↗

Every quoted line was found word-for-word in the document linked beside it. Nothing appears here from memory: if we could not find the sentence, the answer says so instead. How we check this

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