Claude Code vs Cursor

Claude chat only. Claude Code is not included.

Do not plan a coding workflow on the free plan.

$17/mo when billed annually ($200 up front).

Includes Claude Code. At least 5x Free chat usage per five-hour session, plus weekly limits. Shared with claude.ai. No fixed prompt count.

Anthropic's pricing page lists $20 monthly and $17/mo annual.

5x Pro usage per five-hour session, higher output limits, and a weekly cap. Max also has a separate weekly limit for Fable, and the pricing table caps Fable at 50% of weekly limits. Includes $100/mo of platform API credits that Anthropic says cannot be spent inside Claude Code.

Price is from Anthropic's Max plan help article. The marketing page says Max starts at $100.

20x Pro usage per five-hour session, plus a separate weekly limit for Fable (50% of weekly limits on the pricing table). Includes $200/mo of platform API credits that do not spend inside Claude Code.

Price is from Anthropic's Max plan help article, which lists Max 20x at $200/mo.

Limited Agent and Chat requests, and Tab completions on Cursor models (Grok and Composer). No published request count. Third-party models are not available.

The current free plan on cursor.com/pricing. Legacy Hobby is the same kind of limited trial for older accounts.

Annual is $80/yr on Cursor's pricing docs.

Base weekly pool for Cursor models (Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5, and Composer 2.5), shared with Grok. Fast is off and effort is medium. No Auto, Cloud Agents, third-party models, or your own API keys. The pool size is not published as a prompt count.

The entry paid plan. Cursor recommends Premium, not Plus, for new agent users.

Annual is $300/yr on Cursor's pricing docs.

4x Plus usage of the weekly Cursor-model pool. Adds Cloud Agents, Automations, Origin, Bugbot, and third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit. Third-party models are not included in the $30.

Cursor's pricing page calls this the plan for new AI users.

Annual is $1,000/yr on Cursor's pricing docs.

15x Plus usage, plus priority model access at peak times. Third-party models bill the same way as on Premium.

The plan Cursor points daily agent users to.

Annual is $2,000/yr on Cursor's pricing docs.

50x Plus usage, plus earliest access to new products and models. Third-party models bill the same way as on Premium.

For several agents or automations, not a first plan.

Agent, Chat, and Tab with limited usage. No Cloud Agents, Bugbot, or Origin. No on-demand usage. No published request count.

The free plan from before The X Subscription. Not sold to new customers. Left out of budget matching so it does not duplicate Free.

Cursor Models pool only. No Other Models pool. Fast mode and effort controls are off. No on-demand usage.

Legacy regional plan. The legacy plans page still lists ₹649/mo, tax inclusive. Left out of US-dollar budget matching.

Two monthly pools: Cursor Models and Other Models. Older help text listed $20 of included Other Models usage. The current legacy plans page no longer prints that dollar amount. Unlimited Tab. On-demand after the pools, if you turn it on.

Not sold to new customers. The $20 price is on the legacy plans page. The included Other Models dollar amount is no longer published, so this row stays Verify and does not count toward the budget.

Same two monthly pools as legacy Pro, with more of each pool. Older help text listed $70 of included Other Models usage. The current legacy plans page no longer prints that dollar amount.

Not sold to new customers. The $60 price is published. The $70 pool figure is not, so this row stays Verify.

Same two monthly pools, with more of each than legacy Pro+. Older help text listed $400 of included Other Models usage. The current legacy plans page no longer prints that dollar amount.

Not sold to new customers. The $200 price is published. The $400 pool figure is not, so this row stays Verify. New customers buy Ultra on The X Subscription instead.