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Claude Code vs Cursor
Claude Code or Cursor? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Chat about your code, Agent that edits files, Knows the whole codebase, Runs commands, JetBrains IDEs, Command line
- Only Claude Code states: VS Code
- Only Cursor states: Inline completion, Reviews pull requests, Choice of models, No code retained, API
Claude Code
Claude Code is an AI coding agent that works in terminals, IDEs, Slack, and the web to plan, write, test, and review code.
Plans
Free
Free
- Chat on web, desktop, and mobile
- Search the web, create files, and run code
- Memory across conversations
- Connect your apps and tools
- Create Artifacts
Pro
- $17 Per month with annual subscription discount
- $200 billed up front
- $20 if billed monthly
- Claude Code included
- More usage
- Hand off and schedule tasks
- Claude Design, Slides, Docs
- Claude Science
- Projects
Max
- From $100 Per month
- Claude Code included
- Choose 5x or 20x more usage than Pro
- Higher output limits for all tasks
- Early access to advanced Claude features
- Priority access at high traffic times
Standard seat
- $20 Per seat / month if billed annually
- $25 if billed monthly
- All Claude features, plus more usage than Pro
- Claude Code and Claude Cowork
- Claude Design, Slides, and Docs
- Claude Science
- Enterprise search across your organization
- Central billing and administration
Premium seat
- $100 Per seat / month if billed annually
- $125 if billed monthly
- 5x more usage than standard seats
- Claude Code and Claude Cowork
- Claude Design, Slides, and Docs
- Claude Science
- Enterprise search across your organization
- Central billing and administration
Enterprise
- US$20/seat/month, billed annually
- All Team plan features
- Admins set user and org spend limits
- Role-based access with fine grained permissioning
- System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
- Audit logs
- Custom data retention controls
Enterprise (sales-assisted)
Price on request
- All Team plan features
- Admins set user and org spend limits
- Role-based access with fine grained permissioning
- System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
- Audit logs
- Custom data retention controls
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Chat about your code — “I'm new to this codebase. Can you explain it to me?” source
- Agent that edits files — “Claude Code builds the plan, asks clarifying questions, and handles work that runs for hours or days.” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “Claude Code maps and explains entire codebases in a few seconds.” source
- Runs commands — “Claude Code runs in your terminal and works alongside your preferred IDE and development tools without requiring you to change your workflow.” source
- VS Code — “Native extensions for VS Code (+ Cursor, Devin Desktop) and JetBrains IDEs.” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “Native extensions for VS Code (+ Cursor, Devin Desktop) and JetBrains IDEs.” source
- Command line — “Super powerful terminal integration. Works with all your CLI tools alongside any IDE.” source
Latest updates
- 2.1.282 (2.1.282)
- 2.1.281 (2.1.281)
Added Claude Desktop policy keys, assumed-role and guardrail support for Bedrock upstreams, and telemetry resource attributes to gateway config.
- 2.1.280 (2.1.280)
Added Claude Opus 5.5 as the default Opus model, with a 1M context window and listed token pricing.
Cursor
Cursor is an AI code editor that helps developers understand, write, test, review, and manage software.
Plans
Hobby
Free
- No credit card required
- Limited Agent requests
- Access to Composer
Pro
- $20 / mo.
- $16
- Extended limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok
- Access to frontier models
- Grok Bot access
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
Pro+
- 60 USD
- Extended limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok
- Access to frontier models
- Grok Bot access
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
Ultra
- 200 USD
- Extended limits on Agent
- Generous limits for Grok
- Access to frontier models
- Grok Bot access
- MCPs, skills, and hooks
- Cloud agents
Teams
- $40 / user / mo.
- $32
- Centralized team billing and administration
- Team marketplace for internal rules, skills, and plugins
- Cloud agents and automations with shared team context
- Grok Bot access
- Agentic code reviews with Bugbot
- Usage analytics to understand team behavior
Enterprise
Price on request
- Pooled usage
- Invoice/PO billing
- SCIM seat management
- Repository, model, and MCP access controls
- Auto-run, browser, and network controls
- Audit logs and service accounts
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Inline completion — “autocompletes when and where you need it to” source
- Chat about your code — “How does the payment flow handle failed transactions?” source
- Agent that edits files — “For complex tasks, Cursor asks clarifying questions, builds a plan, then executes in the background.” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “Designed for large codebases, Cursor uses Instant Grep to search millions of files in milliseconds.” source
- Runs commands — “Run shell commands directly from Cursor, from builds to tests to installs.” source
- Reviews pull requests — “Agentic code reviews with Bugbot” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “Start agents from GitHub, Slack, Linear, JetBrains IDEs, and more.” source
- Command line — “Run agents in any terminal, script, or editor.” source
- Choice of models — “Choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.” source
- No code retained — “Privacy mode can be enabled in settings or by a team admin.” source
- API — “AI code tracking API” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “Cursor holds AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certifications, along with a SOC 2 Type II attestation.” source
- SOC 2 — “Cursor holds AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certifications, along with a SOC 2 Type II attestation.” source
- ISO 27001 — “Cursor holds AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certifications, along with a SOC 2 Type II attestation.” source
- ISO 42001 — “Cursor holds AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certifications, along with a SOC 2 Type II attestation.” source
- Not trained on your data — “When enabled, we will not train on your data.” source
Latest updates
- Rollouts and Security Review
Rollouts watches every change as it deploys and reports its health per environment; Security Review reports bugs on every pull request.
- Cursor Projects
Projects maintains context over months of work, delegates tasks to subagents, and performs recurring work without being prompted.
- Self-hosted machines
Self-hosted machines keep tool execution entirely in your own network; cloud agents can execute on infrastructure you already use.