Cursor vs Replit
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Cursor
AI code editor and coding agents, now sold inside The X Subscription
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Replit
Browser-based platform to build, host and run apps, with Replit Agent...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.6 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: limited agent and Chat requests and a starter allowance for Cursor's coding agents, no card listed | Starter (in Replit's docs, not on the pricing page): daily Agent credits to a monthly cap, Lite build, one published app that goes down after 30 days |
| Paid from | $8/month (Plus, Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 | $20/month (Core, billed monthly) or $18/month billed annually |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 1m+ developers | 30M+ users |
| Founded | 2023 | 2016 |
| Maker | SpaceX | Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh, Faris Masad |
| Verdict | Cursor remains one of the strongest AI editors: agents that work across a whole codebase, cloud agents and automations, and Bugbot reviews, with Grok and Composer models included in a weekly allowance. The October 2026 m... |
Replit puts editing, collaboration, a managed database and hosting in one browser tab, and Replit Agent can now take a prompt all the way to a published app. Free Mode, added in August 2026, makes everyday work on Core a... |
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