Side-by-side plans and limits from each vendor's official pricing page, checked 2026-10-19.
| Cursor | Claude Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI IDE | CLI agent |
| Plans & prices | Free: $0 Plus: $8 Premium: $30 Super: $100 Ultra: $200 Teams: $30+ per user/mo | Free: $0 Pro: $20 ($17/mo annual) Max 5x: $100 Max 20x: $200 Team (Premium seat): $100/seat (annual), $125 monthly |
| Limits by plan | Free: Limited agent and chat requests Plus: Shared weekly usage pool (Cursor+Grok); only Grok models Premium: 4x Plus usage; third-party models billed at API list price Super: 15x Plus usage Ultra: 50x Plus usage Teams: 4-50x Plus usage by seat tier | Free: Claude Code not included Pro: 5-hour session + weekly limits, shared with Claude chat Max 5x: 5x Pro usage; includes $100/mo API credits for the Claude Platform Max 20x: 20x Pro usage; includes $200/mo API credits for the Claude Platform Team (Premium seat): 5x Standard-seat usage; includes Claude Code; teams of 2-150 |
| Limit reset | Weekly (legacy plans: monthly) | Rolling 5 hours + weekly |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Checked | 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-19 |
Pick Cursor if you want a full AI editor (IDE) and are happy on Grok models or paying API list price for others.
Pick Claude Code if you live in the terminal, want Claude models with 5-hour/weekly limits, and may already pay for Claude.
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