G
GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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Cursor vs OpenAI Codex
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you work on macOS
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
O
Choose OpenAI Codex if…
- you need an API to build on
- you work on iOS
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Cursor OpenAI Codex
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$8/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 42001SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Updates, last 90 days55
Agent mode
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents
AI PR review
MCP support—
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackWeb, iOS, API, Slack
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.OpenAI OpCo, LLC
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
O OpenAI Codex
- Desktop app for local coding chats
- Command-line interface (CLI)
- IDE extension
- Cloud tasks through Codex on the web
- Automatic GitHub code review
- Slack integration
- SDK for scriptable workflows
- Works with an API key and pay-per-use billing
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
OpenAI Codex
Free$0/month
Go$8/month
Plus$20/month
ProFrom $100/month
Business$20/user/month billed annually; $25 billed monthly
Enterprise & EduContact sales
API KeyPay per usage
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
OpenAI Codex
- Free plan includes basic Codex use in the desktop app
- Available in the desktop app, CLI, IDE, web, iOS and SDK
- Enterprise controls such as SCIM, RBAC, EKM and data residency
- API key option for pay-per-use billing
- Free and Go plans have no published usage numbers
- Plus usage limits are given only as estimated ranges
- API key use doesn't include cloud features such as code review or Slack
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