Cursor is an IDE and code editor built for programming with AI. Cursor includes an autocomplete that predicts the next edit. Once enabled, it is always on and will suggest edits to code across multiple lines.
$20
per month
Codex
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Codex is a specialized, agentic desktop application developed by OpenAI designed to serve as a command center for software engineering and autonomous coding tasks. Distinct from the general-purpose ChatGPT application, Codex is optimized for project-level repository management, allowing developers to orchestrate multiple AI agents that can research, implement, and verify code changes across a local or cloud-based codebase.
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Cursor
OpenAI Codex
Editions & Modules
Pro
$20
per month
Teams
$40
per month per user
Pro+
$60
per month
Ultra
$200
per month
Enterprise
Custom
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
Every plan includes a set amount of model usage. Additional usage is based on the models and features used. The Bugbot add-on is available at $40 per month, per user, or with Custom pricing for Enterprise customers. A discount is available for annual billing.
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Cursor contains multiple AI model from different LLM Model builders, so Cursor stacks up against them with even their model also and other models also and gives a free composer model to do coding easily for the developers. Even when the token completed for the subscription …
Less appropriate for people who don't use LLMs to code but instead to create artifacts. Cursor is a fluid development platform, not something that will create an artifact to run in the cloud. Well designed to work on teams, to manage the code and how the LLMs interact with the code itself. Great for deep vibe coding.
Codex is great for coding, but also really good for knowledge work. when used properly, codex can take over executing actions correctly and precisely over multiple software products, enabling more focus and less context switching.
Cursor is the best AI-powered IDE available today. The agents intelligently absorb context from the code, memory, and rules, and are capable of iterating with subagents until acceptance criteria is met.
Cursor is useful for all our developer team. Each and every team member use Cursor for coding and also Cursor has various models like composer, codex, claude and openai models which helps a lot for quality codings. Also Cursor help to create documents in md file format with markdown and preview which helps a lot.
I am using OpenAI Codex to help me to write complete automation framework. Like previously I am manually written the test scripts but after using it it enhance me the speed of writing scripts as well as with more efficient manner and just give some images and videos to help to understand the AI agents what are you want ? So its convert into your accordingly demand coding
graphical user interface is really the thing that setting apart because other code harnesses are really focused on commandline interfaces but whenever you want a good graphical interface with all of the tools and workflow that us software developers we want I think that Cursor is the one that has done it the best out of all of the code harnesses that we’ve tried
I use Codex, Claude Code and Cursor daily, but focused on different tasks. Codex as an app is the best overall and has the most reliable models. Would like to see better and easier ways to spin up cloud agents, like Cursor does.