Cursor pricing, usage limits and free plan (Oct 2026)

Anysphere (sold as part of The X Subscription) · 5 paid plans tracked · from $8/mo · last checked 2026-10-16

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plan restructureCursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool

Is Cursor free?

Free tier
Free plan $0/month: 'Limited agent requests', 'Limited Chat requests'. No third-party models (Claude/GPT/Gemini) on Free. Exact request counts not published.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

Cursor plans, prices and usage limits

Plus

$8/mo
Annual: $80/yr
Limits Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly. Only Grok models; third-party models not available. Absolute pool size not published.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

Premium

$30/mo
Annual: $300/yr
Limits 4x Plus weekly usage. Third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit. Adds Cloud Agents, Bugbot, Origin hosting.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

Super

$100/mo
Annual: $1,000/yr
Limits 15x Plus weekly usage; priority model access at peak times.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

Ultra

$200/mo
Annual: $2,000/yr
Limits 50x Plus weekly usage; earliest access to new products/models.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

Teams

$30/mo
$30, $100 or $200 per seat/mo
Limits Each seat matches the weekly usage of the matching individual tier; third-party models at API list price + $0.25/M token Cursor Token Rate.Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16

How Cursor's limits reset

PlanPricePeriods the vendor mentions
Free$0Monthly
Plus$8/moWeekly
Premium$30/moWeekly
Super$100/moWeekly
Ultra$200/moWeekly
Teams$30/moWeekly
  • Plus Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly.
  • Premium 4x Plus weekly usage.
  • Super 15x Plus weekly usage.
  • Ultra 50x Plus weekly usage.
  • Teams Each seat matches the weekly usage of the matching individual tier.

Quoted from the sources above. Allowance periods are the time words each vendor uses in its limits ("weekly", "five-hour", "per month").

Notes

  • Cursor is now sold inside 'The X Subscription' (one subscription for Grok, Cursor and X). Legacy Hobby/Pro/Pro+/Ultra/Teams plans continue for existing customers with monthly usage pools.
  • Pool is weekly, not monthly.

Flags & uncertainty

Usage is expressed only as multiples of the Plus pool ('4x', '15x', '50x'); no absolute numbers are published.

Cursor price and limit history

  1. plan restructure
    Cursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool

    New customers now buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription (Grok + Cursor + X). Usage moves from two monthly pools to one weekly pool shared with Grok; third-party models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) are no longer included and bill at API list price on Premium and above. Legacy Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra ($200) continue for existing subscribers.

  2. limit change
    Cursor Pro switches from 500 requests/month to $20 of frontier-model usage at API rates

    Cursor later apologized (July 4, 2025) for the unclear rollout and offered refunds for unexpected charges between June 16 and July 4.

Cursor news

Curated from official Cursor posts, changelogs and status pages. Pricing and limit moves are highlighted.

  1. Feature
    Cursor cloud agents can build shareable canvases; Environments API in beta

    Cloud agent environments now support up to 300 repositories, and large ones load 5× faster.

    Source: cursor.com
  2. Incident
    Grok models in Cursor return capacity errors for about seven hours

    Some Grok requests failed with capacity errors from 3:25 pm on 15 Oct to 10:20 pm PDT, when Cursor declared them working normally.

    Source: status.cursor.com
  3. Incident
    Cursor outage hits the IDE, Cloud Agents, Grok Bot and Origin

    A widespread issue caused errors across Cursor from 5:22 pm to 8:07 pm PDT on 12 Oct; Cloud Agents were the last to recover.

    Source: status.cursor.com
  4. Feature
    Cursor's Origin opens an app marketplace with 20+ dev-tool integrations

    Apps from Cloudflare, Linear, Sentry, Socket and others cover deploys, CI, review, security and monitoring, and the marketplace is open to public submissions.

    Source: cursor.com
  5. PricingGrok
    The X Subscription merges Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium into one plan

    Plans run Free, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200, with a shared Grok usage pool; third-party models in Cursor bill at API list prices via top-ups.

  6. Feature
    Cursor's iOS app can now watch and message agents running on your computer

    Remote Control is on by default except for Enterprise orgs; agents keep running locally.

    Source: cursor.com
  7. Launch
    Cursor launches Rollouts and Security Review bots for Teams and Enterprise

    Rollouts monitors each change as it deploys and reports health per environment, and Security Review reports exploitable bugs on every pull request.

    Source: cursor.com
  8. Launch
    Cursor Projects: a coordinator agent that directs thousands of subagents

    Projects run in the cloud by default, keep shared context over months of work, and can follow Slack channels, schedules or PRs without being prompted.

    Source: cursor.com
  9. OtherChatGPT
    OpenAI is winding down its contract supplying models to Cursor

    OpenAI says it will wind down the contract providing its models to Cursor after Cursor's acquisition by SpaceX.

    Source: openai.com

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Cursor pricing questions

Is Cursor free?

Yes. Free plan $0/month: 'Limited agent requests', 'Limited Chat requests'. No third-party models (Claude/GPT/Gemini) on Free. Exact request counts not published.

How much does Cursor cost?

Cursor has 5 paid plans: Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30, $100 or $200 per seat/mo. Cheapest: $8/mo. Checked 2026-10-16.

What are Cursor's usage limits?

Plus: Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly. Only Grok models; third-party models not available. Absolute pool size not published. Premium: 4x Plus weekly usage. Third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit. Adds Cloud Agents, Bugbot, Origin hosting. Super: 15x Plus weekly usage; priority model access at peak times. Ultra: 50x Plus weekly usage; earliest access to new products/models. Teams: Each seat matches the weekly usage of the matching individual tier; third-party models at API list price + $0.25/M token Cursor Token Rate. Usage is expressed only as multiples of the Plus pool ('4x', '15x', '50x'); no absolute numbers are published.

When do Cursor usage limits reset?

Plus: Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly. Premium: 4x Plus weekly usage. Super: 15x Plus weekly usage. Ultra: 50x Plus weekly usage. Teams: Each seat matches the weekly usage of the matching individual tier.

Is Cursor cheaper if you pay yearly?

Yes, up to 17%: Plus is $6.67/mo billed yearly instead of $8/mo.

Has Cursor's pricing changed recently?

12 Oct 2026: Cursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool. 16 Jun 2025: Cursor Pro switches from 500 requests/month to $20 of frontier-model usage at API rates.

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