Cursor Pricing & Cheaper Ways to Pay
Code editor built around AI agents, Hobby at $0 and Pro at $20/month
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Best deal right now
WorksCursor Yearly Plans at 20% Off
Cursor Pro is $16/month on yearly billing, instead of $20/month billed monthly. Pro+ drops to $48 and Ultra to $160.
No student discount right now. This is the best other way to pay less that we know of.
- You need
- Card needed
- Ends
- No end date set
- Everyone
Not in the US?
What changes where you live.
- India
- Cursor sells a Start plan in India at ₹649/month, tax inclusive. It covers the Cursor models pool but not third-party models.
- United Kingdom
- Same USD prices. Pro, Pro Plus and Ultra are shown before tax, and the docs list no separate UK price.
- European Union
- Same USD prices. Pro, Pro Plus and Ultra are shown before tax, and the docs list no separate EU price.
- Rest of the world
- Same USD prices, shown before tax. India is the only country with its own plan in Cursor's docs.
Cursor pricing
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Hobby
$0/month
For the tinkerer; No credit card required, limited Agent requests, access to Composer
Individual
$20/month
For the agent-curious; Price exclusive of any applicable taxes
Teams
$40/month
For teams that ship together; Per user; Price exclusive of any applicable taxes
Enterprise
Custom
For scaled organizations; Contact sales
Other ways to pay less
- Hobby costs $0 with limited Agent requests.
- Pro at $20/month is the cheapest paid tier outside India.
- The pricing page has a yearly billing toggle. We could not read the yearly prices, so check them before you pay.
What Cursor does
Cursor is a code editor built around AI agents that can search your codebase, edit several files and run terminal commands. Hobby costs $0 with limited Agent requests, and Pro is $20/month before tax. There is no fixed student discount right now.
- Whole-codebase context indexing
- Multi-file autonomous agent editing
- Terminal command execution
- Cursor Tab code completion
- Parallel agents via git worktrees
- Bugbot automated pull request review
- Command-line and cloud agent support
- Composer proprietary coding models
Alternatives to Cursor
What else does the job, and what it costs.
| Tool | Why people look at it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Google Antigravity | An agent-based coding editor from Google, if you would rather stay in Google's tools. | Price: Not listed |
| Claude | Anthropic's assistant. Claude Code works from the terminal next to the editor you already use. | Price: Not listed |
| GitHub Copilot | Runs as an extension inside VS Code and other editors instead of replacing the editor. | Price: Not listed |
Questions about Cursor
Is there a Cursor student discount?
Not right now. Cursor's students page says anyone can start on Hobby at $0 and tells students to look out for promotions at campus and online events. It gives no fixed student price.
Do I need a card for the Hobby plan?
No. The pricing page says Hobby needs no credit card.
Is Cursor cheaper in India?
Yes. Cursor's docs list a Start plan for India at ₹649/month, tax inclusive. It includes the Cursor models pool but not third-party models.
Do the prices include tax?
No. Cursor's docs show Pro, Pro Plus and Ultra as prices before tax. Only the India Start plan is tax inclusive.
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Cursor vs. alternatives
Prices side by side
Cline and Cursor charge for AI coding in opposite ways. Cline is a $0 open-source extension where you bring your own API key and pay the model provider for what you use. Cursor is an AI editor with a $0 Hobby plan and a flat $20 a month for Pro, with model access included. Which is cheaper depends on how much you use the agent.
Devin Desktop (the editor that used to be Windsurf) and Cursor both charge $20 a month for Pro, so the price difference is in the other plans. Both have a $0 entry plan. Devin's next step is Max at $200, while Cursor has Pro Plus at $60 between Pro and its $200 Ultra plan. Neither lists a student price.
Kilo Code and Cursor both put an AI agent in your editor, but you pay for them differently. Kilo is a $0 open-source extension for VS Code, JetBrains and the CLI; you pay model providers at cost, either with your own key or through its zero-markup gateway. Cursor is an AI editor with a $0 Hobby plan and Pro at a flat $20 a month.
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