AI-native editor · active
Cursor
An AI-native desktop editor that combines completion, interactive agents, cloud agents, and review in one product.
Visit Cursor ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026 · review due Oct 08, 2026
- Best for
- Developers who want one polished editor surface for both fast completion and longer agent-driven work.
- Avoid if
- You require an open-source editor stack or fully self-hosted model execution.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Integrated editor and cloud-agent workflow
- Broad model strategy
- Team administration options
Limitations
- Agent usage can extend beyond the base subscription
- The product is proprietary
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- Yes
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- Yes
- Review
- Yes
- Testing
- Yes
Editors
Cursor
Operating systems
macOS, Windows, Linux
Repository hosts
GitHub
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
Yes
Bring your own model
No
03 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
Hobby is free; Pro starts at $20/month.
Team
Teams starts at $40 per user/month.
Enterprise
Contact sales.
Prices exclude applicable taxes. Plans include model usage; on-demand model usage can be billed separately.
04 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- AI requests use Cursor’s backend for final prompt construction; model execution uses Cursor or configured provider infrastructure.
- Indexing
- Codebase indexing uploads short-lived plaintext chunks to compute embeddings; Cursor stores embeddings and obfuscated metadata rather than plaintext code.
- Retention
- Privacy Mode offers a no-storage path where request data is deleted after processing.
- Training policy
- Privacy Mode states that code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers.
- Enterprise controls
- Team-wide Privacy Mode, SAML/OIDC SSO, Usage administration
05 / Evidence
Primary sources
- Cursor pricing ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026pricing, privacy.training_policy, classification.audience, capabilities
- Cursor installation and language support ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026classification, compatibility, deployment
- Cursor models and hosting ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026models, privacy.code_processing
- Cursor privacy and security ↗Checked Sep 08, 2026privacy
- Cursor models and pricing documentation ↗Checked Aug 31, 2026models.supported_models, models.display
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