Cursor
AI Coding & App Builders · cursor.com
Cursor is an AI coding tool with agents, cloud agents, code review (Bugbot), and CLI, offered on individual, team, and enterprise plans.
Switching to Devin saves $240 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Cursor alternatives
We compared 10 products and found 10 cheaper alternatives · vs Cursor Pro at $20/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Cursor’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Cursor costs $20/mo on the Pro plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 10 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 7 of them cover at least 75% of the 4 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Devin at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less. Cursor's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GitHub Copilot Pro plan · missing: Frontier model choice, SSO (SAML/OIDC), Team collaboration | 25% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 50% cheaper | |
Base44 Starter plan · missing: Autonomous coding agent app builder — adjacent | 75% | $16/mo how? ⓘ | $48 / year 20% cheaper | |
Create Pro 20k plan · missing: Autonomous coding agent, SSO (SAML/OIDC) app builder — adjacent | 50% | $19/mo how? ⓘ | $12 / year 5% cheaper |
Which Cursor alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Devin — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Devin — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Cline — $0/mo (Open Source plan) · covers 100%
- Need autonomous coding agent, frontier model choice, SSO (SAML/OIDC) or team collaboration?
- Replit — from $0/mo (Starter plan)
Feature comparison
Cursor vs the top alternatives, on the 4 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Cursor | Replit | v0 by Vercel | Devin | Cline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous coding agent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frontier model choice | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML/OIDC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $20/mo Pro | $0/mo Starter | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Open Source |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Cursor covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Autonomous coding agent
- ✓ Frontier model choice
- ✓ SSO (SAML/OIDC)
- ✓ Team collaboration
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://cursor.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
- https://cursor.com/pricing#main (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Cursor cost?
Cursor's Pro plan costs $20/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Cursor alternative?
Yes. Devin has a free plan that covers 100% of the 4 capabilities we compared against Cursor.
What is the cheapest Cursor alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Replit is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Starter plan).
Does Cursor have a free plan?
Yes. Cursor's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.