GitHub Copilot vs Cursor
GitHub Copilot: An AI coding assistant from GitHub that offers code completions, chat, agent mode, a cloud agent and code review inside editors, the terminal and GitHub itself.
Cursor: An AI coding agent and code editor that plans, writes, tests and reviews code, with autonomous agents in the desktop app, the CLI, cloud agents and integrations such as Slack and GitHub.
Free plan
- GitHub Copilot: 2,000 completions per month, access to Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini and more, Copilot CLI and community support. No credit card required.
- Cursor: Hobby plan: no credit card required, limited Agent requests, access to Composer.
Paid plans
- GitHub Copilot: Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month, Max $100/month, Business $19/month, Enterprise $39/month
- Cursor: Pro $20/month, Pro+ $60/month, Ultra $200/month, Teams Standard $40/month, Teams Premium $120/month, Enterprise Contact sales
Platforms
- GitHub Copilot: Web, VS Code, Visual Studio, Xcode, JetBrains, Neovim, Eclipse, Raycast, SQL Server Management Studio, Zed, CLI
- Cursor: macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, CLI, Slack
Developer API
- GitHub Copilot: No
- Cursor: No
Sources
Checked on the vendors' websites: GitHub Copilot on 2026-10-06, Cursor on 2026-10-06.
- https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
- https://cursor.com/pricing
- https://cursor.com