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.
$30
per month
IBM Bob
Score8.9 out of 10
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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.
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IBM Bob
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Team - Premium
$30
per month
Team - Super
$100
per month
Team - Ultimate
$200
per month
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Cursor is now available as part of The X Subscription. A discount is available for annual billing.
Solutions Architect in Information Technology at Techdata (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)
Chose IBM Bob
Depends on the use cases. I actually moved away from Cursor due to their version of Desktop mode (it interrupted my workflow). I think the auto model picker is the best in the game, but I would still like a manual option, and the version control is very robust, unlike the …
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Chose IBM Bob
We evaluated Cursor alongside IBM Bob. Cursor is an excellent general-purpose AI development tool and is particularly strong for modern technologies such as Python, TypeScript, React, and APIs. However, IBM Bob was a better fit for our IBM i/Infinium environment because of its …
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Chose IBM Bob
Each tool has its own strengths. For specific tasks, like Java modernization, IBM Bob excels. The building team really invested in system prompts and model training. That's why harness engineering is so important these days. When you sum up great models with well-trained tools, …
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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.
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Really good fit: - Getting started with IBM i development - Getting an overview of a process or program which you have never seen before - Teaching about general IBM i usage (but you have to ignore the edits of system values on the machine) Not good to use: - If you expect working and fully analyzed modernization projects - If you rely on the correctness of the code, because you don't understand the overall syntax of the language - Working with column based RPG II code - Working on very complex systems
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Fluency in COBOL RPG, and modernizing them into cloud ready frameworks. It compressed a 30 day migration down to 3 days
"Plan mode" creates dependency maps and multi-page technical specification drafts. Helps eradicate research overhead. It outputs a 20+ page convert blueprint in minutes
Generates end to end automated test suites and native browser validation. Helps extreme QA sprint efficiency without expanding headcount
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Would like to see more personalization capabilities. Bob does a good job reading code and adapting to a given style, but there should be more specific personalization settings.
A more detailed understanding of how Bobcoins are spent would be welcome. This will help adapt to more efficient prompting.
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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.
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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.
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IBM Bob functions well with its IDE. The interface is very versatile and configurable. But "out of the box" it is already very useful. And being able to specify which mode of operation it should use (ask, design, etc.) helps your focus and helps to tailor IBM Bob to the function you want it to perform, instead of having to write it all out in prompts.
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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
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I selected IBM Bob primarily because of his training and the quality of the information he provides. Yo selecione IBM Bob principalmente por como fue entrenado y la calidad de la information que TE provee
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
