Cursor vs OpenAI Codex 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. OpenAI Codex free: Quick tasks, GPT-6 Luna.

The cheapest individual paid plans cost the same: Cursor Plus and OpenAI Codex Go at $8/month.

Price is not the whole story: Cursor bills as "Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price", OpenAI Codex as "Included in ChatGPT plans with shared limits; or API key pay-as-you-go". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

Try your own numbers in the workload calculator.

Side by side

	Cursor	OpenAI Codex
Billing model	Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price	Included in ChatGPT plans with shared limits; or API key pay-as-you-go
Free plan	Limited agent and chat requests	Quick tasks, GPT-6 Luna
Cheapest paid plan	Plus $8/mo - Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only	Go $8/mo - Lightweight tasks
Top individual plan	Ultra $200/mo - 50x Plus usage	Pro $100/mo - Tiers at $100, $200, $500

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.

OpenAI Codex plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Quick tasks, GPT-6 Luna
Go	$8	Lightweight tasks
Plus	$20	A few focused sessions per week
Pro	$100	Tiers at $100, $200, $500
Business	$20/seat	Per user

Source: https://developers.openai.com/codex/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
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