Cursor

AI coding agent and editor with cloud agents, automations and Bugbot code review.

Is Cursor right for you?

Cursor is ranked #1 of 6 in AI coding agents & IDEs on ShipStack. Best for: Daily driver IDE for builders. Most mature agentic IDE experience.

Rank: #1 in AI coding agents & IDEs
Best for: Daily driver IDE for builders
Why this rank: Most mature agentic IDE experience
Pricing: Free; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only); Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams from $30/user/mo
Official site: https://cursor.com
Verified: 2026-10-13

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for terminal and IDE: understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands.

💲 Claude Free; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo annual); Max from $100/mo

Best for: Large refactors from the CLI

Strong autonomous multi-file edits

OpenAI's coding agent across ChatGPT, CLI, IDE extension and cloud; runs parallel agents and reviews PRs.

💲 Included with ChatGPT Plus ($20) and Pro ($100); Business $20/seat (annual, 2+ seats)

Best for: Delegating parallel tasks

Cloud + local agent flexibility

AI coding agent that works from issue to merged PR, in your editor, terminal and on GitHub.

💲 Free; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo

Best for: Teams already on GitHub

Broadest editor/GitHub integration