- Entry price
- $20/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Logged activity · 90d
- 62/100
Terminal agent vs desktop editor
- Entry price
- $20/mo
- Free tier
- Yes
- Logged activity · 90d
- 74/100
Claude Code vs Cursor
At a glance
Verified values · no winner is picked| Dimension | Claude Code | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $20/mo | $20/mo |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Open source | No | Not yet verified |
| Self-hosting | Not yet verified | No |
| Enterprise (SSO + offering) | Yes | Yes |
Where they differ
4claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code: "Steer and review from your terminal, IDE, Slack, or web", with surfaces listed as Terminal, Web, iOS, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, and Desktop.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗cursor.com
cursor.com/download presents three surfaces: Desktop ("an agent-first experience, with all the best parts of the editor"), Terminal ("Run agents in any terminal or script", installed via curl https://cursor.com/install), and Web ("Kick off agents in the cloud from your browser, phone, or tools like Slack, GitHub, and Linear").
https://cursor.com/download ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing feature tables mark Claude Code as included (Yes) for Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team, and both Enterprise options, and not included (No) for Free.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗cursor.com
Re-verified: cursor.com/pricing lists Hobby (Free), Individual (Pro, Pro+, Ultra), Teams, and Enterprise (Custom).
https://cursor.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing individual-plan comparison table: the "Claude Code" row reads No for Free and Yes for Pro and Max.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗cursor.com
cursor.com/pricing lists Hobby "For the tinkerer", Free, including "No credit card required" and "Limited Agent requests".
https://cursor.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing Enterprise: "Seat price + usage at API rates — US$20/seat/month, billed annually", with SCIM, audit logs, and a Compliance API.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗cursor.com
cursor.com/pricing lists Enterprise "For scaled organizations", Custom, with pooled usage, invoice/PO billing, SCIM seat management, and audit logs and service accounts.
https://cursor.com/pricing ↗Pricing face-off
USD list price · monthly billingclaude.com
cursor.com
Not yet verified for one or both
1claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code lists VS Code and JetBrains among the surfaces Claude Code runs in.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗References
Links — shown, never counted as differencescode.claude.com
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview returned HTTP 200 with the Claude Code documentation overview.
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview ↗cursor.com
Re-verified: https://cursor.com/docs returned HTTP 200 with Cursor's documentation.
https://cursor.com/docs ↗github.com
CHANGELOG.md in the official anthropics/claude-code repository; versioned, dated releases are published at github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases.
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code ↗cursor.com
https://cursor.com/changelog returned HTTP 200 with dated release notes (latest entry Sep 23, 2026).
https://cursor.com/changelog ↗Recent record
Each side’s own record · not a score| Reading | Claude Code | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Verified changes | 0 in 30 days · 7 in 90 days · Coding agents median 0.5 | 2 in 30 days · 9 in 90 days · AI code editors median 2 |
| Last verified change | 7 Oct 2026 · 30 days ago | 20 Oct 2026 · 17 days ago |
| Activity · 90 days | 62 · above the Coding agents median of 52.5 | 74 · above the AI code editors median of 64 |
| Latest list-price move | Team — premium seat: $150 → $125/mo, billed monthly · 2 Feb 2026 | None observed |
| Pricing on record | 5 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $20 | 5 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $20 |
| Comparable facts | 7 of 7 verified | 6 of 7 verified |
Claude Code · latest 3
- Release
Claude Code adds Claude Haiku 5.5 as its default Haiku model
Claude Code 2.1.293 adds Claude Haiku 5.5, which becomes the default Haiku model on the Anthropic API, with a 1M-token context window.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 7 Oct 2026Claude Code — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.293 ↗ - Release
Claude Sonnet 5.5 added as the default Sonnet model (v2.1.284)
Release v2.1.284 adds Claude Sonnet 5.5, now the default Sonnet model on the Anthropic API.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.284 ↗ - Availability
Claude Code cloud sessions become generally available
Cloud sessions, previously Claude Code on the web, are now generally available for Pro, Max, Team, and eligible Enterprise users.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web ↗
Cursor · latest 3
- Release
Cursor's Agent SDK becomes generally available
The Agent SDK lets teams define an agent as a folder of code, test it with evals, and deploy it to Cursor or their own infrastructure.
cursor.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 20 Oct 2026Cursor — changeloghttps://cursor.com/changelog/agent-sdk ↗ - Release
Cursor opens the Origin App Marketplace to public submissions
Origin integrates with over 20 apps for deployments, CI, code review, security, monitoring and project management, and the marketplace opens to public submissions.
cursor.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026Cursor — changeloghttps://cursor.com/changelog/origin-app-marketplace ↗ - Platform
Cursor's iOS app can remotely control local agents
Remote Control lets users see and reply to agents running on their own computer from the Cursor iOS app; it is on by default except for Enterprise organizations.
cursor.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 6 Oct 2026Cursor — changeloghttps://cursor.com/changelog/remote-control-local-agents ↗