
AI-native IDE forked from VS Code with LLM-powered code completion, chat, and multi-file agentic editing via Composer/Agent mode.
Cursor is an AI-native integrated development environment built by Anysphere. Forked from Visual Studio Code, it deeply integrates large language models for code completion, conversational chat, and multi-file agentic editing through its Composer and Agent modes.
The platform supports multiple frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI, as well as Cursor's own proprietary models. It offers codebase indexing, background automations, and integrations with terminal, Slack, and GitHub.
| Attribute | AI Code Editor | AI Agent Platform | Claude Code | CLion, DataGrip, GoLand, IntelliJ IDEA, PhpStorm, PyCharm, Rider, RubyMine, RustRover, WebStorm | Copia AI | Devin, Devin Desktop | Dosu MCP Server | DreamFlow | Frontier Open-Weight Language Models | OpenCode, OpenCode Go | Sourcegraph Deep Search | Visual Editor for React | |
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| Provider | |||||||||||||
| Founded | 2022 | 2025 | 2021 | 2000 | 2020 | 2023 | 2023 | 2020 | 2024 | 2017 | 2013 | 2023 | |
| Sells To | Enterprise, Enterprises | Engineering Teams | Enterprises | Developers | Enterprise | Enterprises | Developers | Enterprise, Small Business | B2B, Enterprise, Government | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprise | Enterprise, Small Business | |
| Pricing Model | Recurring, Software, Subscription | Subscription | Recurring, Usage-based | Subscription | Recurring, SaaS, Software | — | — | Recurring, Software | B2B | Recurring, Software, Usage-based | Recurring | Recurring | |
| Ownership | Private | Privately Held | Venture Capital | Private | Venture Capital | Private | Venture-backed private company | Venture Capital | Private | Private, Venture Capital | Private, Venture Capital | Venture Capital |
Provider 
Founded 2022
Sells To Enterprise, Enterprises
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Subscription
Ownership Private
Founded 2025
Sells To Engineering Teams
Pricing Model Subscription
Ownership Privately Held
Provider 
Founded 2021
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Recurring, Usage-based
Ownership Venture Capital
Provider 
Founded 2000
Sells To Developers
Pricing Model Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider 
Founded 2020
Sells To Enterprise
Pricing Model Recurring, SaaS, Software
Ownership Venture Capital