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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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Cursor vs Mistral
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $14.99/mo)
- you work on macOS, Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
M
Choose Mistral if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on iOS, Android, VS Code
- you're in its core audience: developers, enterprises with data-control requirements
Side by side
Feature Cursor Mistral
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$14.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt outYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary for operations and legitimate business needsVibe input/output kept until you delete conversation or account
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001—
Updates, last 90 days5—
Agent mode—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
MCP support—
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackWeb, iOS, Android, API, VS Code, JetBrains, Self-hosted
CategoryCode AssistantsLocal & Open Models
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.Mistral AI
Based in—France
Founded—2023
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
M Mistral
- Open-weight models that can be self-hosted
- Model customization on your own data with Forge
- Terminal coding agent powered by Devstral
- VS Code and JetBrains plugin with tab completion
- Remote coding agents in isolated sandboxes
- Custom MCP connectors and 100+ app connectors
- Spreadsheet, slide and image generation in chat
- Scheduled prompts, agents and workflows
Plans and prices
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Cursor
Free$0/month
Plus$8/month
Premium$30/month
Super$100/month
Ultra$200/month
Teams$30+/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Mistral
FreeFree
Pro$14.99/mo excluding taxes
Team$24.99/user/mo excluding taxes
EnterpriseCustom
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
Mistral
- Free plan includes chat, coding sessions and image generation
- Models can be self-hosted, on-prem or in your VPC
- Students can get Pro for $5.99/mo
- Pro includes $15/mo in API credits
- Commercial self-hosting requires a separate Mistral license
- Paid plans are subject to fair usage limits
- Enterprise pricing is available only through sales
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