Choosing the Right Plan — Pricing & Power Tips
Choosing the Right Plan
Cursor Pricing (October 2026)
Cursor retired its legacy "500 fast requests" quota in favor of usage pools + Auto routing. Paid accounts separate usage into a generous first-party pool for Cursor's native models (Auto, Composer 2.5, and Grok 4.7) and API-priced frontier models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) billed at provider API list rates. In October 2026 (following the August 2026 SpaceX/xAI acquisition), Cursor introduced unified X Subscription tiers with weekly usage refreshes alongside grandfathered Pro/Pro+ plans:
October 2026 X Subscription Tiers (New Sign-Ups)
| Tier | Price | Usage Pool & Access |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | Limited Agent & Tab requests on basic native models |
| Plus | $8/mo ($80/yr) | Shared weekly usage pool for native Cursor & Grok models (third-party models excluded) |
| Premium | $30/mo ($300/yr) | 4x Plus usage; unlocks Cloud Agents, Automations, Origin hosting, Bugbot, and 3rd-party API models via prepaid credits |
| Super | $100/mo ($1,000/yr) | 15x Plus usage + priority peak-time model access + 3rd-party API models via prepaid credits |
| Ultra | $200/mo ($2,000/yr) | 50x Plus usage + earliest access to new products and frontier models |
Grandfathered Individual, Teams & Enterprise Plans
| Plan | Price | API allowance | Key Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | Free | - | Limited Agent + Tab completions, no credit card required |
| Pro | $20/mo | $20/mo included | Unlimited Tab, first-party pool, Bugbot access, Cloud Agents |
| Pro+ | $60/mo | $70/mo included | Everything in Pro with a larger allowance |
| Ultra | $200/mo | $400/mo included | Maximum allowance, priority access to new features |
| Teams | $40 (Standard) / $120 (Premium) per seat | Per-seat | Premium seats get 5x Agent limits; team marketplace, shared team context, analytics, team-wide privacy mode, SAML/OIDC SSO |
| Enterprise | Custom | Pooled usage | SCIM, audit logs, CMEK, repo/model/MCP access controls, AI code tracking API |
Which Plan Fits You?
Official guidance from Cursor's pricing page: daily Tab users typically stay under $20/mo; daily Agent users typically land around $60–100/mo; power users running parallel and cloud agents budget $200+.
Max Mode & Cloud Billing
Max Mode unlocks a model's maximum context window and bills at API token rates. Cloud Agents always run in Max Mode - factor that in when sizing a plan for heavy cloud workflows.
Regional Pricing: Cursor Start
Since July 28, 2026, Cursor also offers Cursor Start - a localized ₹649/month plan for developers in India with generous Grok 4.7 and Composer access, always-on cloud agents, Cursor for iOS, and the same plugins/MCP/hooks/skills ecosystem as the global plans.
Auto and Composer 2.5 for daily work - they draw from the generous first-party pool instead of your API allowance. Save Claude Opus-class models for the architecture decisions that genuinely need them, and use annual billing to save on the subscription.Cursor replaced the legacy '500 fast requests' quota with usage credit pools and Auto routing. Query your active Cursor CLI status.