Claude Code vs Cursor
Claude Code is listed under Coding agents, Cursor under Coding agents. Each name links to the product's own site.
| Category | Coding agents | Coding agents |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Public code | Yes | No |
| Tags | anthropic, terminal, cli, claude | editor, ide, agent-mode, vscode |
| Website | anthropic.com | cursor.com |
What Claude Code does
Command-line agent from Anthropic that reads a codebase, edits files, runs commands and tests, and works with git. It also runs inside IDEs and can be scripted through an SDK.
What Cursor does
Code editor built on VS Code, made by Anysphere. It has chat, multi-file edits and an agent mode that can run terminal commands, search the codebase and fix errors it causes.
Other options
See all Coding agents, or alternatives to Claude Code and Cursor.