Cursor vs Visual Studio Code
Cursor is an AI-native IDE by Anysphere. Visual Studio Code is an AI-native IDE by Microsoft. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.
 Cursor |  Visual Studio Code | |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Layer | AI-native IDE, Terminal agent, Cloud agent | AI-native IDE |
| Vendor | Anysphere | Microsoft |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Windows, Linux, Web |
| License | Proprietary Proprietary | MIT Open source |
| Status | active | active |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Entry price | Free | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | Free |
| Team seat | $40/user/mo | — |
| Included usage | $20/mo Pro | — |
| Beyond the plan | Blocked, API list price | — |
| Part of a plan | — | — |
| Models | ||
| Providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Vendor models | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Moonshot |
| Bring your own key | Partial BYOK | Partial BYOK |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Features | ||
| Git worktrees | Yes | Yes |
| Parallel agents | Yes | Yes |
| Subagents | Yes | Yes |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| Browser automation | Yes | Yes |
| Sandboxing | No | Yes |
| Remote execution | Yes | Yes |
| Diff review | Yes | Yes |
| Checkpoints | Yes | Yes |
| Plugins | Yes | Yes |
| Hooks | Yes | Yes |
| Tab completion | Yes | Yes |
| Works with | ||
| Runs | — | GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex CLI |
| Runs inside | cmux, Conductor, dmux, Emdash, Herdr, JetBrains AI, Orca, Paseo, Superset, T3 Code, Vibe Kanban, Warp | — |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-23 |