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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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Free

No credit card required

Limited Agent & Chat requests

Premium — Most popular

$30/mo

Generous Grok usage pool

Recommended for new AI users

Teams

$30+/user/mo

Pooled usage + SSO

Admin Dashboard & spend controls

4.7/5

Editorial score

9 AI Features

Composer, Agent, Tab, Chat...

Grok Bundled

Claude/GPT/Gemini billed at API rate

Source: AI Coding Compare, verified October 2026

Feature	Cursor	Codeium
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	✓	—
Grok usage bundled into every paid plan, with Claude, GPT, and Gemini available at API list-price pay-per-use rates — plus Cursor's own Composer model	✓	—
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	✓	—
Rebranded: Codeium -> Windsurf -> Devin Desktop (Cognition AI)	—	✓
Historically: unlimited free completions and chat for individual developers	—	✓
Historically: support for 70+ programming languages across many editors	—	✓
The underlying technology now ships under the Devin Desktop brand	—	✓

Plan	Cursor	Codeium
Starting price	Free	Free
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Pricing model	Freemium	Discontinued as a standalone brand — now under Devin Desktop's pricing

AI-first code editor built for deep multi-file agentic coding workflows

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Former free AI code completion platform, now absorbed into Devin Desktop (Cognition AI)

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