Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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Claude Code vs Cursor
Claude Code (Anthropic) and Cursor (Anysphere) both sit in Coding. Cursor is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $8/mo. Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 7). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Claude Code Anthropic | Cursor Anysphere |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | latest | Voice Chat Release (Nov 2026) |
| Entry cost | from $20/mo | Free tier · from $8/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Pro (Individual) $20 · Team (Standard seat) $25 | Free free · Plus $8 · Premium $30 · Super $100 · Ultra $200 · Teams $30 |
| Model stack | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Haiku 5.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Opus 5.5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 · Sonnet 5.5 | Claude 4 Sonnet · Claude 4.5 Haiku · Claude 4.5 Opus · Claude 4.5 Sonnet · Claude 4.6 Opus · Claude 4.6 Sonnet · Claude 4.7 Opus · Claude Fable 5 · Claude Fable 5.1 · Claude Fable 5.2 · Claude Haiku 5.5 · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Claude Sonnet 5 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Composer 2.5 · Gemini 3.1 Pro · Gemini 3.6 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.8 Flash · Gemini 4 Argon · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6 Terra · Grok 4.5 · Grok 4.6 · Grok 4.7 |
| Context window | Up to 1M varies by model | 1000000 |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 9 | 7 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension | Agent mode, Tab completion, Codebase indexing, Background agents, Bugbot review, Composer, Cursor Router, Cloud Agents |
Cursor
A VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing, agent mode, and codebase-wide context.
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