№ — Head-to-Head
Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
Side by side: starting price, pricing model, free tier and platforms. Check each vendor's pricing page before you buy, since plans change often.
At a glance
What each one is
Cursor
Cursor is an AI-first code editor for pair programming, multi-file edits via Composer, and longer agentic tasks via Agent mode that can plan and apply changes across a repo. Frontier-model picker (Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-4o, Gemini), codebase chat, and inline edits. Free tier with limits; Pro at $20/mo, Business at $40/seat.
Full Cursor entry →GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot suggests code and entire functions in real-time across VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Visual Studio. Now offers a free tier with 2,000 completions and 50 chat messages per month, with Pro at $10/mo for unlimited use and access to Claude and GPT models alongside Copilot's own.
Full GitHub Copilot entry →We haven't written a verdict for this matchup yet, so we don't name a winner. How we choose what to feature is explained in our editorial methodology.