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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor

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GitHub Copilot

GitHub (Microsoft)

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Cursor

Anysphere

Overview
Rating
4.535,000 reviews
4.78,000 reviewsTop rated
Category
Coding
Coding
Subcategory
AI Code Assistant
AI Code Editor
Company
GitHub (Microsoft)
Anysphere
Status
Active
Active
Launch year
2021
2023
Tags
codingautocompletegithubmicrosoftdeveloper-tools
codingai-editorvscodeautocompleteagentcursor
Pricing
Starting price
$10/moBest value
$20/mo
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Yes
Free trial
✕
✕
Pricing notes

Free tier with 2,000 completions and 50 premium requests/month. Pro $10/month. Pro+ $39/month. Business $19/user/month. Enterprise $39/user/month (requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud).

Free Hobby plan with limited AI use. Pro $20/month with usage-based credit pool. Business $40/user/month with admin controls and enforced privacy mode.

Capabilities
Best for
Code completionDebuggingTest writingCode reviewFeature implementation
Feature implementationRefactoringBug fixingTest writingLarge codebase navigation
Target audience
Individual developersDevelopment teamsEnterprise engineeringStudentsOpen source contributors
Individual developersStartup engineering teamsFull-stack developersVS Code users
AI type
Code LLM
Code LLM
Modalities
TextCode
TextCode
Technical
Model provider
OpenAIAnthropicGoogle
AnthropicOpenAIGoogle
Model names
GPT-4oClaude SonnetGemini
Claude SonnetGPT-4oGemini
API available
✓
✕
Open source
✕
✕
Deployment
SaaS
Desktop
Platforms
VS CodeJetBrainsNeovimXcodeVisual Studio
WindowsMacLinux
Integrations
GitHubGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsSlackJira
GitHubVS Code extensionsGit
Team collaboration
✓
✓
Trust & security
Security

Business and Enterprise exclude code from model training. Enterprise includes SSO and audit logs.

Business plan enforces privacy mode. Code never sent to train models. SAML SSO and admin dashboard included.

Privacy notes

Free plan users: code may be used for model training unless opted out. Business and Enterprise opt out by default. Review settings before using with proprietary code.

Free and Pro plans: code may be stored for product improvement unless privacy mode is enabled. Business enforces privacy mode by default. Review settings before use with proprietary code.

Verdict
Pros
  • Genuinely useful free tier
  • Widest editor support of any AI coding tool
  • Multi-model choice on paid plans
  • Deep GitHub ecosystem integration
  • Codebase-wide context enables powerful multi-file editing
  • Familiar VS Code interface reduces onboarding time
  • Multi-model choice matches model to task
  • Tab autocomplete predicts multi-line edits
Cons
  • Free plan limits modest for daily professional use
  • Business pricing adds up for larger teams
  • Enterprise requires GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription
  • Only works in its own VS Code fork
  • Credit-based pricing after 2025 harder to predict
  • Heavy premium model use leads to overages
  • Privacy mode not enforced on free or Pro plans

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