Cursor
Desktop coding agent on The X Subscription.
Side by side
Cursor vs Claude Code
Cursor is a desktop agent sold inside The X Subscription. Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal and IDE agent, included with paid Claude plans and also usable on API credits.
Checked 15 Oct 2026. Cells quote the linked official page. Where a page is silent, the cell says Unknown.
Claude Code
Terminal and IDE agent included with paid Claude plans.
Where the recorded cells differ
- Published from. Cursor: Plus $8/mo. Claude Code: Pro $20/mo.
- Free tier. Cursor: Yes. Claude Code: No.
- CLI. Cursor: Unknown. Claude Code: Yes.
- Bring your own key. Cursor: Unknown. Claude Code: Yes.
- MCP. Cursor: Enterprise controls. Claude Code: Yes.
- Cloud agent. Cursor: Premium+. Claude Code: Web and remote.
Matrix
| Field | Cursor | Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Published from | Plus $8/mosource Lowest paid individual tier on the pricing page. Free exists at $0. | Pro $20/mosource Monthly Pro. Annual Pro is $17/month billed as $200 up front. Free does not include Claude Code. |
| Free tier | Yessource Free is $0 with limited agent and chat requests. | Nosource Claude Code is No on Free and Yes from Pro upward. The Claude Free plan itself is $0. |
| Open source | Nosource Sold as a subscription. The pricing and models pages reviewed do not publish an open-source license. | Nosource Distributed as Anthropic's product. The pages reviewed do not publish an open-source license for Claude Code. |
| Agent edits code | Yessource The feature table marks Agent on Free through Enterprise. | Yessource The product page describes planning, writing code, running tests, and opening pull requests, and says it asks before changing files or running commands. |
| Inline completion | Unknownsource The current pricing page does not mention tab or inline completion. Legacy plan docs mention unlimited Tab on older Pro, Pro+, and Ultra plans. | Unknownsource The product page reviewed does not describe inline tab completion. |
| CLI | Unknownsource The pricing page reviewed does not list a Cursor CLI. | Yessource Terminal is a primary surface. |
| Bring your own key | Unknownsource Premium and above pay API list price from prepaid credit. The pages reviewed do not say you paste your own provider key. | Yessource A Claude Console account runs Claude Code at standard API pricing. The product FAQ warns that an API key in the environment is billed as API usage instead of the subscription. |
| MCP | Enterprise controlssource Enterprise lists repository, model, and MCP access controls. Which plans can use MCP servers is not stated on that table. | Yessource The FAQ says Claude Code can use MCP servers, with GitHub given as an example. |
| Cloud agent | Premium+source Cloud agents and automations are marked from Premium through Enterprise, and not on Free or Plus. | Web and remotesource Web, mobile, and desktop access are listed. The FAQ also says Claude Code runs locally in the terminal and talks to model APIs without a remote code index. A separate always-on cloud VM product is not named. |
| Team or enterprise admin | Yessource Teams and Enterprise list centralized billing, SSO, analytics, and admin controls. | Yessource Team and Enterprise tables list central billing, SSO, and, on Enterprise, SCIM, audit logs, and role-based access. |
Pricing
Cursor
- — Free. Free
- — Plus. Monthly. Annual is $80/year on the models docs.
- — Premium. Monthly. Annual is $300/year on the models docs.
- — Super. Monthly. Annual is $1,000/year on the models docs.
- — Ultra. Monthly. Annual is $2,000/year on the models docs.
- — Teams. Per seat. Docs list Premium $30, Super $100, or Ultra $200 per user per month.
- — Enterprise. Contact sales
Claude Code
- — Free. Free
- — Pro. Monthly, or $17/month annual ($200 up front).
- — Max. Monthly. 5x or 20x more usage than Pro.
- — Team. Monthly and annual. Dollar seat price not published on the page reviewed.
- — Enterprise. Annual. Self-serve or sales.
- — Console API. Pay as you go