Cursor Review

Cursor is a fork of Visual Studio Code from Anysphere that puts an AI agent at the center of the editor. It keeps the whole extension ecosystem developers already know, then adds codebase aware chat, fast tab completion and an agent that can plan a change, edit many files and run the code to check its own work. Migration takes minutes because your VS Code settings and extensions come across.

The traction is real. Anysphere closed a 2.3 billion dollar Series D in November 2025 at a 29.3 billion dollar valuation, and annual recurring revenue passed 3 billion dollars by early 2026. Six plans cover most needs: a free Hobby tier, Pro at 20 dollars a month, Pro+ at 60, Ultra at 200 and Teams at 40 dollars per user. Pro+ and Ultra mainly buy 3 times and 20 times the usage rather than new features.

The rough edge is money. In June 2025 Cursor moved to a credit model where each paid plan includes a pool of usage equal to its price, split across an everyday agent pool and an API pool billed at each model's rate. Heavy users report burning through credits faster than expected, and the switch drew loud criticism. If you code all day and want the smoothest agentic editor available, Cursor is the one to beat. If your use is light or bursty, the metering can make monthly costs hard to predict.