Cursor pricing & review
AI-first code editor with agents.
Free plan: Limited AI usage, agent and chat requests; limit: “Limited agent requests” (no number stated) (checked 2026-10-22) · Compare free plans
Is Cursor worth it?
No cheaper checked option — Cursor has the lowest checked price for AI coding assistant.
- Cheapest plan we checked
- $8/mo monthly
- All plans we listed
- Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100; Ultra $200; Teams $30/user
- Real free plan
- Yes — Free: $0 with limited agent requests
- ToolPick Best Value pick
- No
- Cheapest same-job alternative (AI coding assistant)
- Monthly: GitHub Copilot $10/mo — $2/mo more
- Best real-free alternative
- GitHub Copilot — Free plan: $0
- What it does (main job first)
- AI coding assistant (see every tool that does it)
- Categories
- Coding
Prices checked 2026-10-19 on the official pricing page · Full cost calculator. Verdict rule, the same on every page: 1) we look for a tool that does the same main job (AI coding assistant) with a lower checked price on the same billing (monthly with monthly, yearly with yearly) and name the cheapest; 2) if there is none, we say so; 3) the Best Value label is shown separately and never replaces the price answer. No ratings or reviews.
Coding plans checked 2026-10-21: Cursor alternatives · Cursor vs Claude Code · Cheapest AI coding assistant
Free vs Plus vs Premium, plan by plan (checked 2026-10-22): Cursor pricing explained →
Looking for something else? See 3 Cursor alternatives that do the same job →
Buying for a team? Cursor Teams: from $30/seat monthly (checked 2026-10-26), so a team of 5 pays $150/mo monthly. Team costs for your team size →
Refunds: Possible within 14 days of the charge, if you haven't used it that billing period. (checked 2026-10-27) Refund and cancel steps →
Trains on your data? Free & personal plans: unclear, see policy. Team & business: admin decides. (checked 2026-10-29) How to opt out →
Which Cursor plan should I pick?
- A few times a week: Free, $0. Free has limited agent and chat requests. Plus ($8) adds a basic pool but only Grok models.
- Every day for work: Premium, $30/mo. Cursor recommends Premium for new AI users: 4x the Plus pool.
- All day or with agents: Super, $100/mo. Cursor recommends Super for daily agent users (15x Plus) and Ultra ($200, 50x) for power users.
Limit resets: Your allowance refreshes weekly. At the limit: Keep going with top-offs. Checked 2026-11-03. Compare usage limits across 8 AI tools →
What will Cursor cost you or your team? Compare it with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, Warp by seats and usage: AI coding cost calculator →
Why trust this pick
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100; Ultra $200; Teams $30/user (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- The free plan has limits: Free: $0 with limited agent requests.
Check the official pricing page · How we pick · Price changes log
Alternatives that do the same main job (AI coding assistant)
GitHub Copilot · Windsurf · Warp
Comparisons
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FAQ
How much does Cursor cost?
Per its official pricing page (checked 2026-10-19): Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100; Ultra $200; Teams $30/user.
Does Cursor have a free plan?
Free: $0 with limited agent requests (checked 2026-10-19).
Is there a cheaper alternative to Cursor?
No cheaper checked option — Cursor has the lowest checked price for AI coding assistant (ToolPick verdict from prices checked on official pricing pages).
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