Claude Code vs Cursor
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Claude Code
Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, IDEs, desktop, web and Slac...
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Cursor
AI code editor and coding agents, now sold inside The X Subscription
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| RECATOOLS Score | 9 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | Free plan: limited agent and Chat requests and a starter allowance for Cursor's coding agents, no card listed |
| Paid from | $17/month (Claude Pro billed annually, $20 monthly), with Claude Code included | $8/month (Plus, Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | WAU doubled in early 2026 (one of the most-loved coding tools) | 1m+ developers |
| Founded | 2025 | 2023 |
| Maker | Anthropic | SpaceX |
| Verdict | Claude Code hands substantial engineering work to an agent that plans, edits across a repository, runs tests and opens pull requests, and it now reaches well beyond the terminal, into IDEs, the desktop app, the web and S... |
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... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.