How popular is Cursor?

As of Aug 20, 2026, Cursor routes about 21.8B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #7 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +47.8% over the last 7 days.

How much does Cursor cost?

Cursor's paid plans start at $20/month (Individual (Pro)), with a free tier available, per its pricing page captured Aug 21, 2026. Plan changes are tracked over time on this page.

What are the best alternatives to Cursor?

By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Zed, Zoo Code, and OpenHands. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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Cursor

homepage pricing changelog github

OpenRouter rank

of 15 tracked tools

Tokens / day

21.8B47.8%

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

Requests / day

161,702

OpenRouter, summed

Usage

OpenRouter token volume

latest Aug 20, 2026

source: OpenRouter app rankings · summed across the tool's apps · daily

21.8B on Aug 20, 2026

Pricing

Subscription plans

Latest captured subscription plans for Cursor.
Plan	$/mo	Notes
Hobby	$0	No credit card required · Includes access to Composer · Limited Agent requests
Individual (Pro)	$20	Includes Pro, Pro+, and Ultra tiers · Everything in Hobby, plus extended limits and MCPs, cloud agents, Bugbot on usage-based billing · Extended limits on Agent · Generous limits for Grok
Teams (Standard)	$40	Per user per month billing · Includes centralized team billing, SSO, and admin dashboard · Standard/Premium tiers with varying Agent limits (Premium: 5x Standard limits)
Enterprise	—	Custom pricing, contact sales required · Includes invoice/PO billing, SCIM, audit logs, and priority support · Pooled usage

source: cursor.com/pricing

captured Aug 21, 2026

Change history

Aug 21, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed; added Individual (Pro), Teams (Standard); removed Individual, Teams
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Aug 13, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Hobby price no longer listed (was $0/yr); Enterprise limits changed; added Individual, Teams; removed Pro, Pro+, Ultra, Teams Standard, Teams Premium
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Aug 12, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Hobby price now listed: $0/yr; added Pro, Pro+, Ultra, Teams Standard, Teams Premium; removed Individual (Pro), Teams
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Aug 4, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Teams limits changed; added Individual (Pro); removed Individual
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Aug 1, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed; added Individual, Teams; removed Individual (Pro), Teams (Standard)
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Jul 28, 2026
Cursor plans changed: added Individual (Pro), Teams (Standard); removed Individual, Teams
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Jul 25, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Hobby price no longer listed (was $0/yr)
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Jul 22, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Hobby $?→$0/yr; Individual $16→$20/mo; Teams $32→$40/mo
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Jul 21, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Teams $40→$32/mo; Enterprise limits changed; added Individual; removed Individual (Pro)
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Jul 19, 2026
Cursor plans changed: added Individual (Pro); removed Individual
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Jul 18, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed
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Jul 16, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed
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Jul 14, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed
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Jul 13, 2026
Cursor plans changed: added Individual; removed Individual (Pro)
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Jul 10, 2026
Cursor plans changed: Enterprise limits changed; added Individual (Pro); removed Individual
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Changelog

Releases

changelog feed pending — releases appear after the next ingest

source: cursor.com/changelog

Adoption

GitHub & package growth

GitHub stars

source: github.com/getcursor/cursor

33,151 stars · Aug 21, 2026

Package downloads/day

no package registry tracked for this entity

Community

Reddit pulse

30-day · to Aug 21, 2026

Mentions/day

Sentiment split

Cursor is launching a GitHub competitor. Is this a land grab for the developer stack?r/github · 183 pts
How does Cursor compare with Codex and Claude Code for longer coding sessions?r/cursor · 7 pts
How is cursor worth $60B???r/ · — pts

source: Reddit mentions across coding subreddits · sentiment auto-classified

latest Aug 21, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark results

Benchmark scores for Cursor.
Benchmark	Configuration	Score	Date	Source
no benchmark results attributed to Cursor yet

scores as published by each benchmark; configurations differ — compare within a row's benchmark only

Alternatives

Similar tools

Alternatives to Cursor by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity.
#	Tool	Tokens/day	7d Δ	Head-to-head
25	ZedZed Industries	19.5B	25.6%	vs Cursor
30	Zoo CodeZoo Code (community)	14B	48.4%	vs Cursor
15	OpenHandsAll Hands AI	41.7B	117.6%	vs Cursor
9	CodexOpenAI	78.4B	193.4%	vs Cursor

ranked by OpenRouter usage-rank proximity

snapshot Aug 20, 2026

FAQ

Cursor FAQ

How popular is Cursor?: As of Aug 20, 2026, Cursor routes about 21.8B tokens per day through OpenRouter — the #7 tracked AI coding tool by that measure. Its OpenRouter volume moved +47.8% over the last 7 days.
How much does Cursor cost?: Cursor's paid plans start at $20/month (Individual (Pro)), with a free tier available, per its pricing page captured Aug 21, 2026. Plan changes are tracked over time on this page.
What are the best alternatives to Cursor?: By OpenRouter usage, the closest alternatives are Zed, Zoo Code, and OpenHands. Head-to-head comparisons are linked in the alternatives table.

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