TOOL PROFILE / EDITION 2026.09
Cursor
A coding agent that builds, tests, and demonstrates features end to end across local repositories, terminal, Slack, and GitHub.
Published balanced editorial evidence score; rank 2. No rank delta is shown because there is no prior numeric snapshot.
Best for
Professional engineers running agent fleets on large codebases
Price & access
Hobby free; Individual $20/mo; Teams $40/user/mo
Evidence summary
VF 62 because UI generation has no visual editor; ED 95 for repo agents, PR review, Origin, and CI hooks; SP 78 for an engineer-first workflow; IT 90 for plans, diffs, demos, and parallel agents; EC 88 for GitHub/Slack/MCP/multi-model support; DP 78 for governance without hosting; VP 74 because included usage is undisclosed.
Edition status
No prior snapshot. February 2026: Compiled reporting puts annualized revenue above $2B.
Strengths
- Parallel fleets of long-running agents
- Two-way GitHub PR review
- Scheduled and triggered maintenance agents
- Extensive enterprise access controls and audit logs
Tradeoffs
- No visual canvas
- Included model usage amount is not disclosed
- No first-party app hosting
- Team seats plus on-demand usage can compound cost
Score profile
VF 62 · ED 95 · SP 78 · IT 90 · EC 88 · DP 78 · VP 74
Linked evidence
Cursor features ↗Cursor changelog ↗Cursor pricing ↗Use the same published data, filters, and side-by-side metrics.