Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
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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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's coding assistant and agents, now billed in AI Credits
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.6 / 10 | 8.3 / 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 | Copilot Free: 2,000 inline suggestions a month plus limited chat and agent usage, no card required; free Student plan for verified students |
| Paid from | $8/month (Plus, Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 | $10/month (Pro, 1,500 AI Credits); Business $19 and Enterprise $39 per seat a month |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 1m+ developers | 4.7m+ paid subscribers |
| Founded | 2023 | 2021 |
| Maker | SpaceX | GitHub, Inc. |
| 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... |
For teams already on GitHub, Copilot is still the lowest-friction way to add AI to the whole workflow: completions in almost every major editor, agents that work from issues and open pull requests, reviews on github.com,... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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