Best for
Solo developers and small teams who want an AI-first IDE with project-wide context, not just inline autocomplete.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $20/mo
- Setup time
- 5 minutes (import VS Code settings)
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/18/2026
What we love
- ✓Best-in-class AI code editor experience
- ✓Switches between Claude, GPT, and Gemini seamlessly
- ✓Codebase context awareness is genuinely useful
- ✓Monthly updates with meaningful improvements
Where it falls short
- −Expensive once you hit usage caps
- −BYOK is partial — some features need Cursor credits
- −Cloud-only, no fully offline mode
- −Slight ecosystem lag behind upstream VS Code
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20264 tiers
Hobby
free forever, no card needed
- ✓Limited Agent requests
- ✓Limited Tab completions
Pro
per month (Pro+ and Ultra sub-tiers for heavier users)
- ✓Everything in Hobby
- ✓Extended limits on Agent
- ✓Access to frontier models
- ✓MCPs, skills, and hooks
- ✓Cloud agents
- ✓Bugbot on usage-based billing
Teams
per user / month
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Cloud agents with shared team context
- ✓Team-wide rules, skills, automations
- ✓Security review agent
- ✓SAML/OIDC SSO + privacy mode
- ✓Team plugin marketplace
- ✓Usage analytics + centralized billing
Enterprise
Contact sales
- ✓Everything in Teams
- ✓Pooled usage
- ✓Invoice / PO billing
- ✓SCIM seat management
- ✓AI code tracking API + audit logs
- ✓Priority support
Why we picked it
If you write code at all, this is the editor now. The Tab key alone is worth the subscription.
Overview
A fork of VS Code with AI baked into every file operation. Tab completion is the magic — it predicts your next few edits, not just the next line. Pairs incredibly well with Claude.
Key features
- ●Tab completion that learns from your codebase
- ●Composer for multi-file edits
- ●Codebase indexing for project-wide context
- ●Agent mode for autonomous task execution
- ●Bring-your-own-key for OpenAI and Anthropic
- ●Native VS Code fork — all extensions work
Best use cases
Building features in unfamiliar codebases
The Ask panel reads your whole repo for context.
Refactoring across many files
Composer mode edits multiple files in one shot.
Pair programming with AI
Cmd+K for inline edits, Cmd+L for chat with context.
Agent-driven tasks
Hand Cursor a ticket; it researches, writes the code, and runs the tests.
Integrations
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