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Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $10/mo)
- you work on Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
G
Choose GitHub Copilot if…
- you work on VS Code, JetBrains, iOS
- you're in its core audience: software developers, students and open source maintainers
Side by side
Feature Cursor GitHub Copilot
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary for operations and legitimate business needs—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001—
Updates, last 90 days5—
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents
AI PR review
MCP support
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackWeb, macOS, VS Code, JetBrains, iOS, Android
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.GitHub, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part ofSpaceX—
Key features
C Cursor
- Agent mode that plans and builds features from prompts
- Cloud agents running tasks in parallel on own machines
- Command-line agent installable via curl
- Slack integration that opens pull requests
- AI code reviews on GitHub PRs via Bugbot
- Model choice across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, Cursor
- Cmd+K targeted inline edits
- Privacy mode excluding code from training
G GitHub Copilot
- Inline code completion and next edit suggestions
- Chat assistance in the IDE and on GitHub.com
- Agent mode for proposing and validating edits
- Cloud agents that work on issues in the background
- Third-party agents including Claude Code and Codex
- Choice of multiple LLMs
- AI code review on pull requests
- MCP server allow lists and audit logs
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Cursor
Free$0/month
Plus$8/month
Premium$30/month
Super$100/month
Ultra$200/month
Teams$30+/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
GitHub Copilot
Free$0
Pro$10
Pro+$39
Max$100
Business$19
Enterprise$39
Strengths and limitations
Cursor
- Free plan available
- Works in desktop, terminal, Slack and GitHub
- Supports models from several providers
- SOC 2, ISO27001 and ISO42001 certified
- Plus plan is limited to Grok models
- Third-party model usage is billed separately at API list price
- Cloud agents and code reviews require Premium ($30/month) or higher
- Prices exclude taxes
GitHub Copilot
- Free plan with 2,000 completions a month, no credit card required
- Works in many editors plus the CLI, a desktop app and GitHub
- Supports third-party agents such as Claude Code and Codex
- Business plans include IP indemnity and governance controls
- Chat is only available in VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio, per the FAQ
- Free, Pro and Pro+ interactions may be used for model training unless you opt out
- Premium models such as Opus require the $39 Pro+ plan or higher
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