Why caution:effective 2026-10-12 — From October 12, 2026, new subscribers buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription, one plan for Grok, Cursor and X: Free $0, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 a month, with one weekly usage pool shared with Grok that covers Cursor's own models. Third-party models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini are not included in any plan: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them. Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and the Teams Standard and Premium seats continue for existing subscribers until they switch. Source ↗Full history ↓
A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn and not restored, a product retired — does not lapse with time. This one rests on a record effective 2026-10-12, so it lapses on 2027-04-11 unless we record something new first.
Limits, pricing history. Verified October 2026. Last updated 2026-11-06.
Cursor's free tier offers AI code editor built on VS Code… We rate it caution — one recorded pricing restructure, on 2026-10-12.
The day we last read the vendor's page. The terms we publish were last confirmed on 2026-10-03.
Free Tier Details
AI code editor built on VS Code. Since 2026-10-12, Cursor's pricing docs (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) say: "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and X." Free is $0, with limited Agent and Chat usage. Paid plans are Plus $8/month, Premium $30/month (4x Plus's usage), Super $100/month (15x) and Ultra $200/month (50x), or $80, $300, $1,000 and $2,000 a year. Each paid plan's usage is one weekly pool shared with Grok, covering Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5 and Cursor's Composer 2.5. Claude, GPT, Gemini and other third-party models are outside every plan's pool: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them or your own API keys. Teams seats are $30, $100 or $200 per user a month, and on Teams and Enterprise third-party models cost API list price plus the Cursor Token Rate. Existing Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and Teams Standard and Premium subscribers keep their plans, with monthly usage pools and included third-party usage, until they choose to switch. Cursor announced the change on its forum on 2026-10-12 (forum.cursor.com/t/introducing-the-x-subscription/174450).
We read that on 2026-11-06 from https://www.cursor.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Cursor as "cursor" and states "$0" and "$8" and "$30" and "$100".
From cursor.com/pricing, read 2026-11-06:
Free $0 /month Get started Get started with: Limited AI usage AI Features Limited agent requests Limited Chat requests Features ✓ Post, reply, and follow
Cursor's data-use page says that with Privacy Mode off it may use and store your codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets to train its models. To keep your code out of training, check that Privacy Mode is on in Cursor's settings; any user can turn it on. (From cursor.com/data-use, read 2026-10-15.)
When You'll Outgrow Cursor's Free Tier
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade.
From October 12, 2026, new subscribers buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription, one plan for Grok, Cursor and X: Free $0, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 a month, with one weekly usage pool shared with Grok that covers Cursor's own models. Third-party models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini are not included in any plan: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them. Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and the Teams Standard and Premium seats continue for existing subscribers until they switch. Source ↗
Before: Hobby (free: limited Agent requests, access to Composer), Pro $20/month, Pro+ $60/month, Ultra $200/month, Teams $40/user/month for a Standard seat or $120 for a Premium seat; monthly usage pools (cursor.com/pricing, read 2026-10-03)
After: "Today we’re introducing The X Subscription, which brings together Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, and X Premium in one plan." (Cursor forum, 2026-10-12). "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and X." Free $0, Plus $8/mo, Premium $30/mo (4x Plus), Super $100/mo (15x Plus), Ultra $200/mo (50x Plus); Teams $30, $100 or $200 per seat/mo. "Third-party models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini aren't part of the included pool. On Premium and above, they're available in Cursor at the model's API list price from the first request, paid from your prepaid credit. Plus and Free don't include third-party models." (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing, read 2026-10-15)
Data correction - Cursor changed its Pro plan and introduced Ultra on 2025-06-16, not on 2025-06-01. The date comes from Cursor's own announcement. Source ↗
Before: Recorded 2026-03-13 with the change dated 2025-06-01
After: pricing_restructured dated 2025-06-16, from Cursor's announcement of the Pro and Ultra changes
Data correction — we published a Hobby tier at $10/month that Cursor has never offered. Hobby is the name of Cursor's free plan. Our free-tier description also carried GitHub Copilot's 2,000-completions figure, which appears nowhere on cursor.com/pricing. Source ↗
After: Hobby is the free plan (no credit card, limited Agent requests, Composer access). Paid: Pro $20/month, Pro+ $60/month, Ultra $200/month, Teams $40/user/month, Enterprise custom. Pro+ and Ultra prices are published in the page's JSON-LD Offer list rather than in the rendered body; this record's first version omitted them because we read only the rendered text.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-26). Retracted 2026-09-26: not a change Cursor made on or near 2026-08-28. The reading compared cursor.com/pricing with our own description, which carried a $10 Hobby tier Cursor never sold (corrected 2026-09-02) and the free plan's 2,000 completions and 50 slow premium requests, which the page no longer listed by September 2025. The Hobby card did change between the 2026-06-01 and 2026-08-01 captures, from "Limited Tab completions" to "Access to Composer", but Cursor's help center still includes Tab completions in the free plan: "You can use Agent, Chat, and Tab completions with the Auto model." Source ↗
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-02). Retracted 2026-09-02: Cursor has never offered a $10/month Hobby tier - Hobby is the name of its free plan. This row was our error, not a change Cursor made. Source ↗
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-26). Retracted 2026-09-26: Cursor did not add Pro+ in April 2026. Pro+ at $60 a month is already on cursor.com/pricing in the Internet Archive capture of 2025-09-22, and Cursor describes it as "3x Pro limits on Agent", not 10x. Source ↗
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Yes, Cursor offers a free tier: Free. AI code editor built on VS Code. Since 2026-10-12, Cursor's pricing docs (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) say: "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and...
What is Cursor's free tier?
Cursor's free tier is called "Free". AI code editor built on VS Code. Since 2026-10-12, Cursor's pricing docs (cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) say: "Cursor is sold as part of The X Subscription, one subscription for Grok, Cursor, and X." Free is $0, with limited Agent and Chat usage. Paid plans are Plus $8/month, Premium $30/month (4x Plus's usage), Super $100/month (15x) and Ultra $200/month (50x), or $80, $300, $1,000 and $2,000 a year. Each paid plan's usage is one weekly pool shared with Grok, covering Grok 4.7, Grok 4.6, Grok 4.5 and Cursor's Composer 2.5. Claude, GPT, Gemini and other third-party models are outside every plan's pool: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them or your own API keys. Teams seats are $30, $100 or $200 per user a month, and on Teams and Enterprise third-party models cost API list price plus the Cursor Token Rate. Existing Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and Teams Standard and Premium subscribers keep their plans, with monthly usage pools and included third-party usage, until they choose to switch. Cursor announced the change on its forum on 2026-10-12 (forum.cursor.com/t/introducing-the-x-subscription/174450). Cursor's data-use page says that with Privacy Mode off it may use and store your codebase data, prompts, editor actions and code snippets to train its models. To keep your code out of training, check that Privacy Mode is on in Cursor's settings; any user can turn it on. (From https://cursor.com/data-use, read 2026-10-15.)
Is Cursor's free tier reliable?
Cursor's free tier requires caution because of one specific recorded change, on 2026-10-12: From October 12, 2026, new subscribers buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription, one plan for Grok, Cursor and X: Free $0, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 a month, with one weekly usage pool shared with Grok that covers Cursor's own models. Third-party models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini are not included in any plan: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them. Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and the Teams Standard and Premium seats continue for existing subscribers until they switch. Source: https://forum.cursor.com/t/introducing-the-x-subscription/174450
Is Cursor's free tier good for production?
Cursor's free tier is usable for prototyping and development, but we rate it caution because of one recorded pricing restructure, on 2026-10-12. Consider alternatives with more stable pricing for critical services.
What changed in Cursor's pricing?
Cursor has had 2 recorded pricing changes. Most recently: From October 12, 2026, new subscribers buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription, one plan for Grok, Cursor and X: Free $0, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 a month, with one weekly usage pool shared with Grok that covers Cursor's own models. Third-party models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini are not included in any plan: on Premium and above they cost the model's API list price, paid from prepaid credit, and Free and Plus cannot use them. Hobby, Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra and the Teams Standard and Premium seats continue for existing subscribers until they switch. Source: https://forum.cursor.com/t/introducing-the-x-subscription/174450 (2026-10-12).
When will I outgrow Cursor's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Cursor in?
Cursor is categorized under AI Coding on AgentDeals.