Cursor (company)

Cursor is an AI-first code editor built on Visual Studio Code that requires download and installation.[1]It provides deeper local control, supports offline usage for some features (with AI functions needing internet),[2]and is an AI-powered code editor designed to enhance developer productivity by integrating advanced artificial intelligence capabilities into the coding workflow, with a focus on code editing and refactoring experiences.[3]Developed by Anysphere Inc., it is forked from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code and incorporates features such as repo-wide code understanding, multi-file editing agents, and native terminal access to streamline software development tasks.[3]Launched publicly in March 2023, Cursor has rapidly gained adoption among professional developers for its ability to generate, edit, and review code using large language models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic's Claude series, xAI's Grok, and others, with the Pro plan offering benefits such as unlimited Tab completions, extended Agent limits, Background Agents, maximum context windows, and $20 of API agent usage credits per month for frontier models at API rates, along with unlimited usage for slower or cheaper models in certain modes.[4]These extended limits are based on dynamic inference costs from the $20 monthly usage credits; heavy use of advanced models can deplete them in days to a week, while light use is generally sufficient. Higher-tier plans such as the Ultra plan, priced at $200 per month, include $400 of API agent usage credits plus additional bonuses. When users exceed their included monthly usage, Cursor notifies them in the editor, and they can enable on-demand usage to continue at the same model inference API rates on a pay-as-you-go basis (billed monthly for the excess usage), with no separate overage charges or markups; users pay only for the additional usage at the standard API prices. Cursor Pro has no documented grace period after hitting usage limits; the official pricing page describes "extended limits on Agent" for Pro but provides no details on what happens when limits are exceeded, including any grace period, overage handling beyond on-demand, or fallback access without additional payment. User discussions on the Cursor forum mention "grace period" in contexts like rate limiting or subscription expiration, but these are unofficial and not confirmed as applying to usage limits. Users can track their usage via theusage dashboard.[3][5][6][7][8][9]