Cursor
A VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing, agent mode, and codebase-wide context.
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Cursor vs Claude Code
Cursor (Anysphere) and Claude Code (Anthropic) 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 (10 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Cursor Anysphere | Claude Code Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | Voice Chat Release (Nov 2026) | latest |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $8/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Plus $8 · Premium $30 · Super $100 · Ultra $200 · Teams $30 | Pro $20 · Team (Standard seat) $25 · Team (Premium seat) $125 · Enterprise $20 |
| Model stack | 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 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 | 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 |
| Context window | 1000000 | Up to 1M varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 4 | 10 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Agent mode, Tab completion, Codebase indexing, Background agents, Bugbot review, Composer, Cursor Router, Cloud Agents | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension |
Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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