Cursor vs Claude Code pricing (October 2026)

Generated from vendor pricing pages, fetched 2026-10-16. Always confirm on the vendor page.

Which is cheaper for you?

Both list a free plan. Cursor free: Limited agent and chat requests. Claude Code free: No Claude Code.

Cursor is cheaper to start paying for: Plus at $8/month (Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only) vs Claude Code Pro at $20/month (Includes Claude Code; usage limits apply).

Price is not the whole story: Cursor bills as "Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price", Claude Code as "Subscription with session/weekly usage limits; or API pay-as-you-go". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

Try your own numbers in the workload calculator.

Side by side

	Cursor	Claude Code
Billing model	Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price	Subscription with session/weekly usage limits; or API pay-as-you-go
Free plan	Limited agent and chat requests	No Claude Code
Cheapest paid plan	Plus $8/mo - Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only	Pro $20/mo - Includes Claude Code; usage limits apply
Top individual plan	Ultra $200/mo - 50x Plus usage	Max 20x $200/mo - 20x Pro usage; $200/mo API credits

Cursor plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Limited agent and chat requests
Plus	$8	Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only
Premium	$30	4x Plus usage; third-party models at API list price
Super	$100	15x Plus usage
Ultra	$200	50x Plus usage
Teams	$30/seat	From $30/user/month

Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Claude Code plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	No Claude Code
Pro	$20 ($17 annual)	Includes Claude Code; usage limits apply
Max 5x	$100	5x Pro usage; $100/mo API credits
Max 20x	$200	20x Pro usage; $200/mo API credits

Source: https://claude.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Recent pricing changes

2026-10-13 Cursor: Cursor plans moved into the X Subscription. Paid tiers are now Plus $8 (Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200. Third-party models cost extra at API list price. source
2026-07-28 Cursor: Cursor added Start, an India-only plan at INR 649 a month including tax, payable by UPI or card. source
2026-06-01 Cursor: Cursor Teams added a Premium seat with 5x the usage of Standard, at $120 a month or $96 billed annually. Standard stays $40, or $32 annually, with more included usage. source
2026-01-29 Claude Code: Claude Team Standard seats now include Claude Code and got cheaper. Premium seats dropped from $150 to $100 a month on annual billing. source
2025-08-28 Claude Code: Anthropic added weekly caps for Claude Pro and Max on top of the rolling 5-hour limits, including a separate Opus weekly cap. source
2025-08-12 Cursor: Cursor Teams moved to variable request costs. Auto mode began drawing on included usage at token rates instead of being unlimited. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor Pro changed from 500 requests a month to $20 of model usage at API prices. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor launched Ultra at $200 a month with 20x Pro usage. source