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Last checked 26 Oct 2026
Prices & plans
Every Cursor plan by Anysphere: what it costs, which AI models you get and whether the free plan is enough. Every price links to its source, and we re-check them every week.
The short answer
Cursor · 2 plans
Cheapest way in
Free
Yes. Cursor has a free plan, Hobby. Paid plans start with Cursor Pro at $20/mo.
Is the free plan enough?
No test scores yet
We don't have independent test scores for Cursor's free plan yet, so we can't say how close the free plan gets.
Highest score
Pro
Cursor Pro scores 99/100 for coding, with Claude Opus 5.5.
Prices per month, with the official source and the date we checked it. Scores are for coding, out of 100, from the same independent tests as our rankings.
| Plan | Price | Score | Worth it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | FreeSource: Anysphere · verified 26 Oct 2026 | No scores | — |
| Pro | $20/moSource: Anysphere · verified 9 Oct 2026 | 99Claude Opus 5.5 | Is it worth it? → |
The sourced facts per plan: price, AI models and what's included. Our opinion comes after.
Free plan
Paid plan
On every plan. Our take is opinion; strengths and limitations are sourced facts.
Our take (opinion, reviewed 7 Oct 2026)
For people who code a lot and want the AI to do real chunks of the work, not just autocomplete.
Good for
Not for
Prices are copied from each company's own pages, never estimated: a price we couldn't check says so. Scores come from independent benchmarks. Read how we rank, or see every AI plan side by side.