Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
Read from each vendor’s own pages last night, so it does not go stale the way a written comparison does.
IDE
Cursor
VS Code fork built around whole-codebase agentic editing. The revenue leader of the category.
Free, then $20 / mo
IDE
GitHub Copilot
The incumbent inline-completion and chat assistant, bundled into VS Code and the JetBrains IDEs.
Free, then $10 / mo
Measured — counted from real repositories, nightlyAsserted — read from the vendor docs, dated
| Compared on | Cursor | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Asserted — what each vendor publishes about itself | ||
| Category | IDE | IDE |
| Vendor | Anysphere | GitHub (Microsoft) |
| Status | Active | Active |
| How it charges | Subscription | Subscription |
| Entry price | Free, then $20 / mo | Free, then $10 / mo |
| Plans |
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| Default model | None — you choose | None — you choose |
| Your own key | Yes | No — bundled only |
| Source | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Measured — counted on the last nightly run | ||
| Stars | not measured | not measured |
| Maintenance | not measured | not measured |
| Days since last push | not measured | not measured |
| Top model in it | not measured | not measured |
| Its volume | not measured | not measured |
What has changed on either of them
1 entry| What changed | Kind | Was, and is now | Confidence | Occurred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot changed the quota wording on its pricing pageGithub Copilot | Quota change | limits 1,000 credits, 2,000 completions, 2000 completionslimits 1,000 credits, 2,000 completions, 2.9x+ included usage, 2000 completions, 4x+ included usage, unlimited code completion and next edit, unlimited max plan unlimited copilot, unlimited pro, unlimited with every paid plan | low |
