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Quick verdict: Cursor edges ahead with a 4.7/5 rating vs 4.4/5. See the full breakdown below.

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Hobby

Free

2,000 completions/mo

50 slow requests/mo

Pro

$20/mo

500 fast requests/mo

Unlimited slow requests

Business

$40/user/mo

SSO + admin controls

Audit logs + billing

4.7/5

100 reviews

9 AI Features

Composer, Agent, Tab, Chat...

Multi-Model

GPT-4o + Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Source: AI Coding Compare, March 2026

Feature	Cursor	Aider
Multi-file AI editing via Composer and Agent modes	✓	—
Codebase-aware chat with semantic search across your entire project	✓	—
Tab completion with ghost-text inline suggestions	✓	—
Agent mode that runs terminal commands and iterates autonomously	✓	—
Web search integration inside the IDE	✓	—
Support for GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and other frontier models	✓	—
Bring-your-own API key for custom model access	✓	—
VS Code extension compatibility (all existing plugins work)	✓	—
Git diff view with AI-assisted commit message generation	✓	—
Privacy mode to prevent code from being stored on Cursor servers	✓	—
Terminal-based AI pair programming with direct git commit integration	—	✓
Support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Ollama, and 50+ LLM providers	—	✓
File context management with explicit add/drop workflow	—	✓
Automatic git commits with AI-generated commit messages	—	✓
Voice input for dictating code changes	—	✓
Watch mode for implementing annotated code comments	—	✓
Multi-file editing and refactoring	—	✓
Web search integration for documentation lookup	—	✓
Diff review before committing changes	—	✓
Repo map for whole-codebase context awareness	—	✓

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