Cursor
AI code editor and coding agents, now sold inside The X Subscription
Overview
Cursor is an AI code editor that began as a VS Code fork, with codebase-aware agents that run locally or in the cloud, a CLI, Bugbot code review and automations. It is made by Anysphere, Inc., which SpaceX acquired in August 2026. Since 12 October 2026 new customers buy it through The X Subscription, which bundles Cursor with Grok and X Premium.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 14 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Limited agent requests
- Limited Chat requests
- Cursor agent
- Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine and Build
- Grok API access
- X Premium checkmark and fewer ads
- Cloud agents and automations
- AI code reviews via Bugbot and code hosting via Origin
- Third-party models at API list price, billed separately
- Grok Bot
- Everything in Premium
- Priority model access at peak times
- Everything in Super
- Earliest access to all products and models
- Centralised billing, usage analytics and SAML/OIDC SSO
- Team-wide privacy settings
- Enterprise: pooled usage, SCIM, invoice billing and audit logs
Use cases
What you can produce with Cursor
- Multi-file changes made by an agent that reads the whole codebase, reviewed as diffs before acceptance
- Background cloud agents and automations that run tasks without the editor open
- Pull requests reviewed for bugs and security issues by Bugbot
- Coding tasks run on Grok or Composer models inside a weekly allowance, or on Claude, GPT and Gemini at API price
- Local agents monitored and answered from the Cursor iOS app
- Team usage, privacy settings and SSO managed from one admin dashboard
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 move into The X Subscription makes Grok-only use cheap, from $8 a month, and Premium at $30 is priced below the old Cursor Pro plus SuperGrok.
The catch is for teams that want Claude, GPT or Gemini: those now cost API list price on top of the plan, so budgets need caps. Teams should also settle Privacy Mode and SpaceX ownership in their data-governance review before rolling it out.
What we found
Cursor is the AI code editor made by Anysphere, Inc., a San Francisco company. It started as a fork of VS Code, released publicly in 2023, and has grown into a set of local and cloud coding agents with a CLI, Bugbot code review, automations and, since September 2026, Projects. Anysphere bought Supermaven in 2024, agreed to acquire Graphite in December 2025 and took in the Firetiger team in August 2026. Its November 2025 Series D raised $2.3 billion at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation, when the company said annualised revenue had passed $1 billion.
Ownership changed in 2026. SpaceX took an option on Cursor in April, a June regulatory filing set an all-stock price of $60 billion according to press reports, and Cursor's blog announced the acquisition complete on 14 August. The model line-up followed: the Cursor Models pool in its docs now holds Grok 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 alongside Anysphere's own Composer 2.5, with Grok 4.7 released on 21 September.
Pricing changed most. On 12 October 2026 SpaceX's AI arm launched The X Subscription, and cursor.com/pricing now sells Cursor only inside it: Free, Plus at $8, Premium at $30, Super at $100 and Ultra at $200 a month, each also carrying X perks such as a checkmark and fewer ads. Plus runs Grok models only. From Premium up, Claude, GPT and Gemini stay available but are billed separately at API list prices, while the shared Grok allowance refreshes weekly. Team seats start at $30. Existing Pro, Pro Plus and Ultra subscribers may keep their plans.
The editor itself is still the reason to choose it. The cost model is now a subscription plus metered third-party usage, so set spending caps, and check Privacy Mode before rollout, because it decides whether code may be used for training. The docs still describe the older Pro plans, so confirm which plan an account is on before comparing prices or allowances.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
Notable facts
- Cursor reached $100 million ARR in its first year with minimal marketing — growth driven entirely by developer word of mouth and social media.
- The founding team were MIT undergraduates who built Cursor as their senior project before raising $60 million at a $400 million valuation.
- Cursor was the first consumer IDE to offer multi-file AI edits where the AI plans and implements changes across an entire feature in a single operation.
Frequently asked questions
About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Cursor's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Cursor unless explicitly stated.
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