Cursor vs GitHub Copilot pricing: plans, usage and limits compared (2026)
Cursor and GitHub Copilot plans side by side: monthly prices, how usage is measured, free tiers and team options, from each vendor's official pricing pages.
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Short answer. On published prices, GitHub Copilot is the cheaper way in: Pro is $10 per user per month with unlimited completions, against $8 for Cursor’s Plus plan, which is limited to “basic” usage of Grok models. Cursor’s $30 Premium plan is the first tier that lists third-party models, billed at API list price on top. Both measure usage in ways that make plans hard to compare by price alone, so read the usage lines below before you choose.
Cursor is an AI code editor from Anysphere, and GitHub Copilot is GitHub’s assistant that works inside editors, the command line and GitHub itself. This comparison uses only the two companies’ official pricing pages, checked on November 11, 2026. Both pages change often, and neither tells you exactly how much work a plan buys, so treat the numbers as a starting point.
At a glance
| Cursor | GitHub Copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: “limited” agent and Chat requests | Yes: 2,000 completions/month, limited chat and agent use |
| Entry paid plan | Plus: $8/month | Pro: $10/user/month |
| Mid plan | Premium: $30/month | Pro+: $39/user/month |
| Higher plans | Super $100, Ultra $200 | Max $100/user/month |
| Completions | Tab completion limits: not stated | Unlimited on Pro and above |
| How usage is expressed | Multiples of Plus usage (Premium 4x, Super 15x, Ultra 50x); allowance refreshes weekly | GitHub AI Credits, 1 credit = $0.01 |
| Team plan | Teams: $30+/user/month | Business: price not on the plans page |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Not stated on the plans page |
What Cursor’s page says
Cursor’s pricing page lists five individual plans: Free ($0), Plus ($8/month), Premium ($30/month), Super ($100/month) and Ultra ($200/month). It does not state annual prices.
- Usage. Plus has “basic” usage in a shared pool. Premium is listed as 4x Plus, Super as 15x Plus and Ultra as 50x Plus. The FAQ says allowances refresh weekly. The page gives no request counts for paid plans.
- Models. Free includes limited access to Chat, Imagine and Grok Build. Plus includes Grok models only. From Premium, the page lists the latest Grok models, and says third-party models are available “at API list price, billed separately.” Super adds priority model access at peak times and Ultra adds earliest access to products and models.
- Teams and Enterprise. Teams starts at $30+ per user per month with pooled usage of 4x to 50x Plus. Enterprise is custom.
- Not stated. Tab completion limits and annual pricing.
The page is also a Grok pricing page: several plans list Grok Chat, Grok API access and a Grok Bot, and the footer links to “SpaceXSI Subscription Terms.” We report this because the page presents it, and it means Cursor’s current plans bundle more than the editor.
What GitHub’s page says
GitHub’s plans page lists these individual tiers, with usage measured in GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01):
| Plan | Price | Completions | Included chat and agent usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 2,000/month | Limited, base credits only |
| Pro | $10/user/month | Unlimited | $10 base credits + $5 flex = $15 |
| Pro+ | $39/user/month | Unlimited | $39 base + $31 flex = $70 (“4x+” Pro) |
| Max | $100/user/month | Not stated | $200 total credits per month |
The model list shown is the same on Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max, including Haiku 4.5 and GPT-5 mini, and Pro adds model selection and third-party agents such as Claude Code and Codex. All individual plans list editors and IDEs, the CLI and GitHub. Business and Enterprise prices and limits are not on this page; it says only that GitHub Enterprise now includes access to Copilot. Admins on Business can set usage limits and pooled organization-wide credits, but amounts are not stated.
Where they differ
- Price of the first paid step. $8 (Cursor Plus) versus $10 (Copilot Pro). Plus is limited to Grok models, while Copilot Pro lists model selection and unlimited completions, so the cheaper plan is not the same product.
- How usage is described. Cursor uses relative multiples with no request counts. GitHub states a dollar-denominated credit pool for each plan, which makes the amount of included usage easier to read, though not what a credit buys in practice.
- Third-party models. Cursor says third-party models from Premium up are billed at API list price, separately from the plan. GitHub’s page puts third-party agents inside the plan with credits (Pro and above).
- Team pricing. Cursor publishes a Teams starting price ($30+/user/month). GitHub’s plans page does not show Business pricing.
Who should choose which
- You want unlimited completions and a lower entry price: Copilot Pro at $10 is the published match.
- You want a dedicated AI editor and are fine with Grok models on the cheapest plan: Cursor Plus at $8.
- You need third-party models on a published team price: Cursor lists Teams from $30 per user, with third-party usage billed at API list price.
- You need to know how much usage you get: only GitHub’s credit amounts are stated in dollars on the pages checked.
What we couldn’t verify
- How many tasks, requests or tokens each plan’s usage allowance covers in practice, on either side.
- Cursor’s annual prices and Tab completion limits.
- GitHub Business and Enterprise prices and limits.
- Whether either page shows different prices by region or currency.
These pages are updated frequently. Check both before you buy. For other AI building tools, see best AI app builders for non-developers.
FAQ
Which is cheaper, Cursor or GitHub Copilot? By the entry prices published on November 11, 2026, Cursor Plus is $8 per month and Copilot Pro is $10 per user per month. The plans include different things, so price alone does not decide it.
Does Copilot have a free plan? Yes. GitHub lists Free at $0 with 2,000 completions per month and limited chat and agent usage.
Does Cursor have a free plan? Yes. Cursor lists Free at $0 with limited agent and Chat requests.
Sources
- Cursor: Pricingchecked 2026-11-11
- GitHub Copilot: Planschecked 2026-11-11