On free tier, Cursor is Hobby, Free and Claude Code is $0, Free for everyone. On cheapest paid plan, Cursor is $20 / mo. (Pro) and Claude Code is $20 if billed monthly (Pro). On team plan, Cursor is $40 / user / mo. (Teams, Standard seat) and Claude Code is $25 if billed monthly, per seat (Team). On past the included usage, Cursor is On-demand usage, billed in arrears and Claude Code does not publish it. ToolDrift sells neither of these and takes no referral fee on either, it scores them. Every figure was read off the named company's own page on or since 2026-09-18; the URLs and the dates are at the foot of this page, and a job re-fetches each one on a schedule and fails when a figure is no longer on the page it came from.
| COMPARED ON |  CURSOR |  CLAUDE CODE |
|---|---|---|
| Free tierwhat the vendor gives you at $0 a month, in its own words | Hobby, Free"No credit card required", limited Agent requests, access to Composer. Cursor serves two pricing layouts at random on the same URL, and the plan name sits next to a tagline in one of them, so this row matches the feature line both layouts carry.cursor.com, read 18 September 2026 | $0, Free for everyoneThe free Claude plan does not include Claude Code; the page lists Claude Code from Pro upwards.claude.com, read 18 September 2026 |
| Cheapest paid plan | $20 / mo. (Pro)Cursor names the $20 tier Pro. Sampled ten times tonight, the page returned two layouts five times each: one prints Hobby Free, Pro $20 / mo., Pro+ $60 / mo. and Ultra $200 / mo. as four cards, the other prints one Individual card at $20 / mo. covering Pro, Pro+ and Ultra, which is what this row recorded on 14 August 2026. Both agree the cheapest paid price is $20 / mo. Cursor also publishes Start at ₹649/mo, tax inclusive, for developers in India only.cursor.com, read 18 September 2026 | $20 if billed monthly (Pro)$17 per month with the annual discount, $200 billed up front. Pro "Includes Claude Code".claude.com, read 18 September 2026 |
| Team plan | $40 / user / mo. (Teams, Standard seat)"There are two business plans: Teams and Enterprise (custom). Teams offers two seat types: standard ($40/user/mo) and premium ($120/user/mo), where premium adds 5x the standard limits on Agent." Read off Cursor's pricing documentation rather than the pricing page, because one of the two layouts that page serves at random omits the Teams block entirely.cursor.com, read 18 September 2026 | $25 if billed monthly, per seat (Team)$20 per seat / month billed annually. A Premium seat is $125 monthly or $100 annually and carries "5x more usage than standard seats*".claude.com, read 18 September 2026 |
| Past the included usagewhat the vendor says happens when the plan's allowance runs out, the line that decides the real bill, and the one no headline price includes | On-demand usage, billed in arrears"Every plan includes a set amount of model usage. On-demand usage allows you to continue using models after your included amount is consumed, billed in arrears."cursor.com, read 18 September 2026 | not publishedThe plans are described in multiples rather than rates, "More usage*", "Choose 5x or 20x more usage than Pro*", and the asterisk points at "Usage limits apply." No per-unit price for exceeding a plan is printed on this page.claude.com, read 18 September 2026 |
Pick Cursor when
You want the editor everyone else on the team already knows, and you want the agent and the editor to be one product rather than a plugin. Cursor is the default answer for a reason: it is the most widely used of these, its $20 tier is the same price as the cheapest agent subscription here, and its Teams tier at $40 / user / mo. is the only one on this table that bundles SSO, pooled billing and agentic code review without a sales call.
Pick Claude Code when
The work is agentic rather than autocomplete, long refactors, migrations, a task you describe once and come back to. Claude Code is a terminal agent rather than an editor, so it composes with whatever editor you already use instead of replacing it, and it is included in the same $20 Pro subscription as the chat product rather than being a separate bill.
Cursor vs Claude Code, free tier?
Cursor: Hobby, Free. "No credit card required", limited Agent requests, access to Composer. Cursor serves two pricing layouts at random on the same URL, and the plan name sits next to a tagline in one of them, so this row matches the feature line both layouts carry. Claude Code: $0, Free for everyone. The free Claude plan does not include Claude Code; the page lists Claude Code from Pro upwards. Read from cursor.com and claude.com on 2026-09-18. Free tier here means what the vendor gives you at $0 a month, in its own words.
Cursor vs Claude Code, cheapest paid plan?
Cursor: $20 / mo. (Pro). Cursor names the $20 tier Pro. Sampled ten times tonight, the page returned two layouts five times each: one prints Hobby Free, Pro $20 / mo., Pro+ $60 / mo. and Ultra $200 / mo. as four cards, the other prints one Individual card at $20 / mo. covering Pro, Pro+ and Ultra, which is what this row recorded on 14 August 2026. Both agree the cheapest paid price is $20 / mo. Cursor also publishes Start at ₹649/mo, tax inclusive, for developers in India only. Claude Code: $20 if billed monthly (Pro). $17 per month with the annual discount, $200 billed up front. Pro "Includes Claude Code". Read from cursor.com and claude.com on 2026-09-18.
Cursor vs Claude Code, team plan?
Cursor: $40 / user / mo. (Teams, Standard seat). "There are two business plans: Teams and Enterprise (custom). Teams offers two seat types: standard ($40/user/mo) and premium ($120/user/mo), where premium adds 5x the standard limits on Agent." Read off Cursor's pricing documentation rather than the pricing page, because one of the two layouts that page serves at random omits the Teams block entirely. Claude Code: $25 if billed monthly, per seat (Team). $20 per seat / month billed annually. A Premium seat is $125 monthly or $100 annually and carries "5x more usage than standard seats*". Read from cursor.com and claude.com on 2026-09-18.
When should I pick Cursor, and when Claude Code?
Cursor, You want the editor everyone else on the team already knows, and you want the agent and the editor to be one product rather than a plugin. Cursor is the default answer for a reason: it is the most widely used of these, its $20 tier is the same price as the cheapest agent subscription here, and its Teams tier at $40 / user / mo. is the only one on this table that bundles SSO, pooled billing and agentic code review without a sales call. Claude Code, The work is agentic rather than autocomplete, long refactors, migrations, a task you describe once and come back to. Claude Code is a terminal agent rather than an editor, so it composes with whatever editor you already use instead of replacing it, and it is included in the same $20 Pro subscription as the chat product rather than being a separate bill.
| COLUMN | PAGE | WHAT IT SUPPLIED | READ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | cursor.com | Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Past the included usage | 18 September 2026 |
| Cursor | cursor.com | Team plan | 18 September 2026 |
| Claude Code | claude.com | Free tier, Cheapest paid plan, Team plan, Past the included usage | 18 September 2026 |
- Cursorcursor.comFree tier, Cheapest paid plan, Past the included usageREAD 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
- Cursorcursor.comTeam planREAD 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
- Claude Codeclaude.comFree tier, Cheapest paid plan, Team plan, Past the included usageREAD 18 SEPTEMBER 2026
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