Cursor vs. IBM Bob

IBM Bob

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cursor	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	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
IBM Bob	Score 7.4 out of 10	N/A	IBM Bob is an AI-assisted development tool designed to support developers across the software development lifecycle. It helps interpret developer intent and provides assistance when working with real-world codebases by using contextual awareness of the surrounding project.	N/A

Pricing

Cursor

IBM Bob

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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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cursor	IBM Bob
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level 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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Best Alternatives
	Cursor	IBM Bob
Small Businesses	PyCharm Score 9.2 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	PyCharm Score 9.2 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Enterprises	PyCharm Score 9.2 out of 10	No answers on this topic
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User Ratings
	Cursor	IBM Bob
Likelihood to Recommend	9.4 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	6.6 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cursor	IBM Bob
Likelihood to Recommend	Anysphere, Inc. It is great for non-coders who have some technology knowledge and are comfortable following Cursor's instructions to build and deploy a webapp. Good prompting skills are needed. It is not for those who are not comfortable looking at raw codes. Cursor also is not very creative when it comes to user interface design. Evelyn So, M.Sc Innovation UX Consultant Read full review	IBM IBM Bob is best suited to work with legacy code as its difficult to find and train the resources for those legacy systems. Its works very well in handling full SLDC with documentation. Having said that, since it's still in the starting phase, some hallucination is observed and its still needs some human intervention during software development life cycles which will be improved over the time ofcourse Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Anysphere, Inc. state-of-art IDE Best LLMs one click away Code suggestions very easy to use Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
Cons	Anysphere, Inc. Very complex user interface As it generate codes for additional features, it sometimes affects existing funtions Black interface hard to read Evelyn So, M.Sc Innovation UX Consultant Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
Usability	Anysphere, Inc. Really easy to use; we've been replacing all other IDEs for it now. As it is a fork of Visual Studio Code, we transitioned to it in a very smooth way, and now our development process is faster than ever. It supports a bunch of languages and we don't need to have a webpage with an LLM open now because it is all with Cursor. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM Overall IBM Bob is pretty intuitive and has a good UI to interact and design/debug code generated in one UI and solution. There are a few items that could be a bit more drag and drop and point and click to make even more business user friendly and look less IT or tech heavy. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Anysphere, Inc. Softr's chat AI is less sophisticated. However, it is great for building simple database-driven webapps. I have used it together with Airtable to build a very simple webapp. It is drag and drop. Vercel V0's chatAI is faster and more friendly. The user interface is also more visually appealing and user friendly. It is comparable to Cursor though I have only used V0 briefly so have not gone through the learning curve. Evelyn So, M.Sc Innovation UX Consultant Read full review	IBM IBM Bob stands out in legacy code revamping and transformation that helps in bridging the gap between the legacy code and developers who doesnt have expertize in the legacy codes. With Semgrep scanning, the code is developed with all security considerations, saving time on post-development fixes. The agentic workflow focuses on think first and code later approach which saves a lot time Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Anysphere, Inc. Development speed increased at least 25% The result of the final Product is better than before/without it We use it as a standard now Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
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