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Cursor vs OpenHands
Live matchup data for Cursor and OpenHands: OpenRouter usage, pricing, benchmark scores, and community sentiment, refreshed daily. No verdicts — read the tape.
usage — openrouter daily tokens
Usage crossover
current leader: Cursor
usage series pending — daily OpenRouter snapshots build this chart
source: OpenRouter app rankings · daily · 90d
through Jul 7, 2026
side by side
Spec & pricing
| Spec | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Anysphere | All Hands AI |
| Homepage | cursor.com | all-hands.dev |
| GitHub | getcursor/cursor | All-Hands-AI/OpenHands |
| Package | — | openhands-ai |
| Subscription plans |
snapshot Jul 8, 2026 |
snapshot Jul 8, 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 33,015 | 79,981 |
| Pkg downloads/day | — | 9,039 |
| Latest release | — | 1.9.3 · 8 h ago |
sources: provider pages · OpenRouter · GitHub · package registries
— = not tracked / not applicable
head to head
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Cursor | OpenHands | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 10.2%Apr 19 · openhands-lm-32b-v0.1 | github.com |
| SWE-bench Lite | — | 41.7%Oct 25 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022 | github.com |
| swe-bench-multimodal | — | 34.9%May 28 · OpenHands Versa claude4 | github.com |
| swe-bench-test | — | 29.4%Nov 3 · OpenHands CodeAct 2.1 sonnet 20241022 | github.com |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 73.8%Nov 3 · SalesforceAIResearch SAGE OpenHands | github.com |
best tracked score per benchmark · scores are not directly comparable across benchmarks
sources linked per row
community pulse
Reddit sentiment
| Signal | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Mentions (30d) | 10 | 10 |
| Positive share | 40% | 20% |
| Negative share | 0% | 10% |
| Net sentiment | +40% | +10% |
| 30d trend |
source: Reddit mentions, LLM-classified sentiment · trailing 30d
through Jul 8, 2026
faq
Frequently asked
- Is Cursor more used than OpenHands?
- As of Jul 7, 2026, Cursor shows 12.6B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps and OpenHands shows 6.2B tokens/day through OpenRouter-tracked apps. The chart above tracks the full daily series with every lead change marked.
- How does Cursor pricing compare to OpenHands?
- Cursor tracked plans: Hobby (free), Individual ($20.00/mo), Teams ($40.00/mo), Enterprise. OpenHands tracked plans: Open Source (free), Individual (free), Enterprise. Full plan and per-token detail is in the spec table above, each with its source and capture date.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands score on coding benchmarks?
- The tape holds 0 tracked results for Cursor and 14 for OpenHands, but none on a shared benchmark yet — scores are listed side by side without a common baseline.
- Where does this comparison data come from?
- OpenRouter public rankings (usage), provider pricing pages (plans and per-token prices), GitHub and package registries (adoption), public benchmark leaderboards, and Reddit (sentiment). Every stored datum keeps its source URL, and the tape refreshes daily. The Token Tape publishes the data without declaring a winner.
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