How does Cursor compare with the alternatives?
Choose Cursor to pick a model per task in one editor, where the picks set the bill. Claude Code keeps every editor, JetBrains included, on Anthropic's models and a per-seat allowance; its VS Code extension also runs inside Cursor.
Choose Cursor if the team will move into one editor and wants models from several providers. Choose Codex to keep current editors, with the agent bundled into ChatGPT plans or API usage; its pull requests merge more often in public studies.
Copilot costs less per seat, keeps engineers in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse and Xcode, and turns a GitHub issue into a pull request. Cursor asks the team to move into its editor, and its Bugbot reviews on GitLab and Bitbucket as well as GitHub.
Choose Cursor for SSO on a self-serve team plan and one first-party agent. Choose Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf, to run Cognition's agents beside third-party ones in one editor.
