Cursor
You use it to write, test, and build software.
In their words: “Cursor is your coding agent for building ambitious software.” — cursor.com ↗ · read 9 Aug 2026

Our score — we tested it
85/100 · coding
18 tasks, marked blind by 3 judges from 3 labs · 10 Aug 2026 · receipts ↓
Public score — what users say
No app-store listing to score from.
visit cursor.com ↗ · their prices ↗
Pricing
individual$16/mostale — last seen 23 Jul 2026
pro$20/moverified 23 Sept 2026
pro plus$60/moverified 23 Sept 2026
teams$40/moverified 23 Sept 2026
ultra$200/moverified 23 Sept 2026
Battles
A battle is one head-to-head run on one day; the rankings average a model’s whole test suite — the two can legitimately disagree.
Cursor against the alternatives
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What people are posting (90 days)
- hackernewsCursor Introduces Composer 2.5
- redditWhy do people still use Cursor?
- hackernewsSpaceX Is Buying Cursor
Every claim behind this page (8)
- hn stories 90d390 storiesHN Algolia API31 Aug 2026verified
- hn top points 90d1151 pointsHN Algolia API31 Aug 2026verified
- plan individual16 USD/monthcursor.com/pricing23 Jul 2026stale
- plan pro20 USD/monthcursor.com/pricing23 Sept 2026verified
- plan pro plus60 USD/monthcursor.com/pricing23 Sept 2026verified
- plan teams40 USD/monthcursor.com/pricing23 Sept 2026verified
- plan ultra200 USD/monthcursor.com/pricing23 Sept 2026verified
- screenshot/screens/cursor.jpgcursor.com13 Aug 2026verified