Cursor alternatives
The closest Cursor alternative is GitHub Copilot. Inline help in the editor you already use.
- Price
- Free
- Level
- Intermediate
Free for individual developers; you pay only for the model usage you bring.
- Free for individual developers
- Open source
- You pay separately for model usage
- You manage your own model keys and costs
- Price
- Free tier, paid plans available
- Level
- Intermediate
Inline help in the editor you already use.
- Free plan includes limited chat and agent use
- Pro costs $10 a month
- Heavier plans cost $39 to $100 a month
- Usage draws on a GitHub AI credits budget
- Price
- Free tier, paid plans available
- Level
- Beginner
Clear at explaining and editing code you paste in.
- Free plan includes web search, file creation and code running
- Pro costs $20 a month, or $17 a month billed yearly
- Free plan does not include the Opus model
- Usage limits apply on every plan
- Price
- Free tier, paid plans available
- Level
- Intermediate
A natural pick if you already pay for ChatGPT and want an agent that can take coding tasks.
- A Free plan covers quick coding tasks
- Plus at $20 a month adds web, CLI and IDE use
- Free plan is limited to quick tasks
- Heavy use needs Pro, from $100 a month
- Price
- Free tier, then $20 and up
- Level
- Intermediate
An agent-style editor for multi-file changes.
- Free plan has unlimited Tab completions and inline edits
- Pro at $20 a month adds frontier models and Devin Cloud
- Free plan has a light quota and limited models
- Usage beyond the quota is billed at API pricing
- Price
- Free tier, paid plans available
- Level
- Beginner
Helpful for snippets and explanations outside a full editor.
- Free plan includes unlimited everyday text chats
- Voice, image creation and file uploads on every plan, limited on Free
- Free plan has a 27K context window versus 128K on Pro
- The Go plan may include ads
Compare head to head
Why people switch from Cursor
- The $8 Plus plan runs Grok models only
- Third-party model usage is billed on top of the plan
- Now sold as a bundle with Grok and X, not on its own
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