# Cursor Pricing: Is Cursor Free, and What Each Plan From $0 to $200 Gets You

> Cursor has a free plan and paid plans at $8, $30, $100 and $200 a month. What each one includes, why Claude and GPT cost extra and what happened to the $20 Pro plan, from Cursor's own pages.

By Pat Simmons · November 4, 2026 · 9 min read

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Cursor has a free plan. It costs $0 and comes with limited AI usage, limited agent requests and limited Chat requests. The paid plans are Plus at $8 a month (Grok models only), Premium at $30 (4x the usage of Plus, plus cloud agents and Bugbot code reviews), Super at $100 (15x) and Ultra at $200 (50x). Teams starts at $30 per user a month, and Enterprise is priced by quote.

No plan is unlimited. Your allowance refreshes weekly, and when it runs out you can buy a top-off or wait for the refresh. Claude, GPT and other outside models aren't part of the allowance: Cursor bills them separately at API list price (the per-use rate the model's maker charges), and you can set a spending cap. All prices are from cursor.com/pricing, checked November 4, 2026, and they don't include tax.

_Cursor's plan cards, with the footnote that third-party models cost extra boxed in red. Ultra ($200) sits to the right of these. Screenshot of cursor.com/pricing, November 4, 2026._

## Is Cursor free?

Yes. Cursor's Free plan costs $0 a month and includes Cursor's Agent, with limited AI usage, limited agent requests and limited Chat requests. Cursor's own docs describe it as "Agent and Chat with limited usage."

The Free plan leaves out a lot of what the paid plans add. According to the comparison table on the pricing page, Free has no cloud agents, no Bugbot code reviews and no third-party models such as Claude or GPT. The pricing page lists no free trial of the paid plans.

Picking Claude or GPT in Cursor's own model menu takes Premium or higher, plus prepaid credit at API list price. (You can also run Anthropic's Claude Code extension in Cursor on a paid Claude plan; see below.)

## Cursor plans and prices, side by side

Cursor sells five individual plans and two business plans. "Usage" is how big your shared AI allowance is compared with Plus, the cheapest paid plan, as Cursor's pricing page puts it.

PlanPriceUsageAI includedCloud agentsBugbot code reviewsClaude, GPT and other third-party models

Free$0 a monthLimitedAgent and Chat, limited usageNoNoNot available
Plus$8 a monthBasic (the baseline)Grok models onlyNoNoNot available
Premium$30 a month4x PlusLatest Grok modelsYesYesBilled separately at API list price
Super$100 a month15x PlusGrok models, with priority access at peak timesYesYesBilled separately at API list price
Ultra$200 a month50x PlusGrok models, with earliest access to new products and modelsYesYesBilled separately at API list price
TeamsFrom $30 per user a month4x to 50x Plus, by seatCursor's Grok modelsYesYesBilled separately at API list price
EnterpriseCustom, through salesPooled across the teamCursor's Grok modelsYesYesBilled separately at API list price

Source: cursor.com/pricing, checked November 4, 2026. Prices exclude tax.

Cloud agents are Cursor's coding agents that, in Cursor's words, "use their own computers to build, test, and demo features end to end for you to review." Bugbot is Cursor's AI code reviewer. Both start at Premium, which also adds code hosting through Cursor's Origin service, Grok Bot and video generation.

The Grok models in the "AI included" column are Cursor's own: its docs list Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5 and Composer 2.5. On Plus they run at fixed settings, and Plus has no Auto mode, cloud agents, Bugbot or third-party models, per Cursor's docs.

_The Cursor rows of the comparison table: Agent is on every plan, and cloud agents, Bugbot and third-party models start at Premium. Screenshot of cursor.com/pricing, November 4, 2026._

Cursor's own advice on picking a plan, from the pricing page's FAQ: "We recommend Premium for new AI users, Super for daily agent users, and Ultra for power users. Plus is recommended for social creators with limited AI usage."

## Is the Cursor $20 plan unlimited?

No, and new customers can't buy it anymore. The $20 plan was Cursor Pro, which Cursor's docs now list as a legacy plan at $20 a month, alongside Hobby (free), Pro+ ($60), Ultra ($200) and the old Teams seats. Legacy plans keep working for people already on them, and new customers start on the current plans.

Pro wasn't unlimited either. According to the legacy plans page, Pro included unlimited Tab completions, but its AI model and agent usage came from two monthly pools, one for Cursor's own models and one for outside models like Claude, and after a pool ran out you could keep going with on-demand usage billed at the end of the month.

None of the current plans is unlimited. Each one has a usage pool that refreshes weekly, and Cursor's docs list three options when it runs out: wait for the reset, pay from prepaid credit, or upgrade to a bigger plan.

## Why is Cursor so expensive now?

The cheapest plan that matches old Pro now costs more, and outside models cost extra. Cursor's legacy plans page maps each old plan to its closest new one: Pro ($20) to Premium ($30), Pro+ ($60) to Super ($100), and Ultra ($200) to Ultra ($200).

The bigger change is Claude and GPT. Old Pro, Pro+ and Ultra included an allowance for third-party models. The new plans drop it, so Claude, GPT and Gemini are billed at the model's API list price from the first request, paid from prepaid credit you add on top of your plan. On Free and Plus you can't use them at all.

Cursor's side of it: it says each new paid plan includes "at least twice as much coding usage with Cursor models as the legacy plan it replaces," and adds Grok and X benefits. That extra usage applies to Cursor's own Grok and Composer models, so how much the change costs you depends on whether you mostly code with those or with Claude and GPT. We covered the reaction to the switch in our post on the Grok, Cursor and X Premium bundle.

You can control the extra spend. Cursor's docs describe a monthly additional usage limit that caps paid usage no matter how much credit you hold, plus an optional Auto Top-up that refills your credit when it drops below a level you set. Prepaid credit doesn't reset weekly, and each top-up expires 365 days after purchase if you don't use it.

## Cursor in the X Subscription bundle

Cursor's prices now come as part of The X Subscription, one plan that covers Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium. The pricing page lists X features like the Premium checkmark and ad-free scrolling next to Cursor's coding features, and its FAQ says subscriptions are sold only through X Subscription Corp.

Every tier shares one pool of usage across Cursor and Grok. Within Grok, the pricing page says, that pool covers Chat, Imagine, Voice and Bot, so heavy use of Grok Bot leaves less for coding in Cursor that week.

We broke down the Grok, Cursor and X Premium bundle when it launched, including what happens to existing SuperGrok and X Premium plans. For Cursor customers on an old plan, switching is optional and permanent, according to Cursor's legacy plans page.

## Cursor Teams and Enterprise pricing

Teams starts at $30 per user a month. On the pricing page's Teams tab, each seat comes in three versions: Premium at $30, Super at $100 and Ultra at $200 a month, and the comparison table lists "Mix and match seat types" for Teams.

Teams adds centralized billing, usage analytics, team-wide privacy settings, custom Chat data retention, SAML/OIDC single sign-on and a team marketplace for internal rules, skills and plugins, per the comparison table.

Enterprise is custom pricing through Cursor's sales team. It shares one usage pool across the whole team and adds invoice and purchase-order billing, automatic seat management (SCIM), granular spend controls, group-level spend limits, audit logs, and access controls for repositories, models and MCP connections (the links agents use to reach outside tools).

_The Teams tab with the Ultra seat selected ($200 a month), next to Enterprise. Screenshot of cursor.com/pricing, November 4, 2026._

Teams and Enterprise also pay a Cursor Token Rate of $0.25 per million tokens on top of the API price for eligible third-party model requests. Tokens are the small chunks of text AI models are billed by. Individual plans don't pay it.

## Cursor vs Claude Code on price

Both companies' top individual plans cost $200 a month. At the bottom, Cursor's Free plan includes its Agent with limited usage, while Claude's Free plan doesn't include Claude Code.

Claude Code starts with Claude Pro at $20 a month ($17 a month if you pay $200 for a year up front). Max costs $100 a month for 5x Pro's usage, and Ultra costs $200 a month for 10x Pro's weekly usage with no five-hour limit for verified accounts. Claude's paid plans include the Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models.

Cursor's plans run $8, $30, $100 and $200 and include Cursor's own Grok and Composer models. Using Claude models inside Cursor means Premium or higher plus prepaid credit at API list price.

You can also run Claude Code inside Cursor. Anthropic's docs offer an "Install for Cursor" link for the Claude Code extension, which signs in with any paid Claude subscription (Pro, Max, Ultra, Team or Enterprise), so that usage comes from your Claude plan.

For what the chat apps around these tools cost, see what the other AI apps cost.

## Who owns Cursor?

SpaceX owns Cursor. Cursor's company, Anysphere, Inc., announced on August 14, 2026 that "Cursor has officially been acquired by SpaceX," completing a process that started in April with a partnership with SpaceXAI to train models.

_The image on Cursor's announcement. From Cursor's blog: "Cursor is now a part of SpaceX"._

SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor for $60 billion in stock in June, days after its IPO, as we reported in SpaceX's $60 billion Cursor deal. In its announcement, Cursor says SpaceX gives it access to "the largest fleet of GPUs in the world," and that this means it "can provide customers with more capable models at lower cost."

For the company background and recent launches, see Cursor and Anysphere explained and what's changed in Cursor lately.

## Questions people ask about Cursor

What is Cursor AI, and what does it do?
Cursor describes itself as "your coding agent for building ambitious software." It's a code editor with AI agents built in. Its homepage says you hand off tasks to Cursor's agents "while you focus on making decisions," and that Cursor also runs in your terminal, works in Slack and reviews pull requests in GitHub.

Which AI models does Cursor use?
Cursor's homepage says you can "choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor." Only Cursor's own models (Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5 and Composer 2.5) come out of your plan's allowance. The rest cost extra on Premium and up.

Is the Cursor AI agent free?
Yes, with limits. The comparison table shows Agent on every plan, including Free. Cloud agents, which keep working on Cursor's computers, start at Premium ($30 a month).

Where do I download Cursor?
From cursor.com/download. Cursor says its desktop app is available for macOS, Windows and Linux, and the page lists Mac (ARM64, x64 and Universal), Windows (x64 and ARM64) and Linux (.deb, RPM and AppImage) versions.

Does Cursor have a student discount?
Not a standing one. Cursor's students page says: "Anyone can get started with Cursor for free. To upgrade your access, look out for promotions at our on-campus and online events starting this fall." The pricing page lists no student plan.

What happened to the Cursor Hobby plan?
Hobby was Cursor's old free plan. Cursor's docs now list it as a legacy plan whose closest match is today's Free plan. People already on Hobby keep it, and new sign-ups get Free.

How much is Cursor Pro?
Cursor Pro was $20 a month, and it's now a legacy plan that new customers can't buy. Cursor's docs name Premium ($30 a month) as the closest current plan.

Can I use Claude in Cursor?
Yes, two ways. On Premium and higher, you can pick Claude models in Cursor and pay for them at API list price from prepaid credit. Or you can install Anthropic's Claude Code extension in Cursor and use your Claude subscription.

Does Cursor charge tax, and can I cancel?
Prices on the pricing page don't include tax or fees such as VAT. You can cancel anytime, as long as you cancel at least 24 hours before your plan renews to avoid another charge.

Can I buy Cursor cheaper from a reseller?
No. The pricing FAQ says subscriptions are sold only through X Subscription Corp, and accounts bought anywhere else "may be suspended or terminated at any time."

Does Cursor train on my code?
Not if you turn on Privacy Mode. The pricing FAQ says that with Privacy Mode on, "we guarantee that code data is not used for training by us or our model providers." You can turn it on in settings, or a team admin can.

## Sources

- Cursor: Pricing (checked November 4, 2026)

- Cursor Docs: Models and pricing

- Cursor Docs: Legacy Cursor plans

- Cursor Docs: Usage and limits

- Cursor: Students

- Cursor: Download

- Cursor blog: Cursor is now a part of SpaceX

- Claude: Pricing (checked November 4, 2026)

- Claude Code Docs: Use Claude Code in VS Code (and Cursor)

- AI for Mortals: Grok, Cursor and X Premium now come in one plan

- AI for Mortals: SpaceX buys Cursor for $60 billion