Cursor vs Claude Code
Cursor is listed under AI IDEs, Claude Code under CLI agents. Each name links to the product's own site.
| Category | AI IDEs | CLI agents |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Public code | No | Yes |
| Tags | editor, agent, vs-code-fork, chat | terminal, anthropic, mcp, subagents |
| Website | cursor.com | anthropic.com |
What Cursor does
AI code editor built on a fork of VS Code. It has chat, inline edits and an agent mode that changes many files at once. It supports models from several providers and has a free tier.
What Claude Code does
Terminal-based coding agent from Anthropic. It reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and works with git. It also runs in IDEs and supports MCP servers, hooks and subagents.
Other options
See all AI IDEs, or alternatives to Cursor and Claude Code.