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Choosing the Right Plan

💎 Pricing & Power Tips 12 min 100 BASE XP

Cursor Pricing (2026)

Cursor's paid plans give you two separate usage pools: a generous first-party pool for Cursor's own models (Auto, Composer 2.5, and Grok 4.5) and an API-model allowance for frontier models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini, billed at provider API rates.

PlanPriceAPI allowanceKey Features
HobbyFreeLimited Agent + Tab completions, no credit card required
Pro$20/mo$20/mo includedUnlimited Tab, first-party pool, Bugbot access, Cloud Agents
Pro+$60/mo$70/mo includedEverything in Pro with a larger allowance
Ultra$200/mo$400/mo includedMaximum allowance, priority access to new features
Teams$40 (Standard) / $120 (Premium) per seatPer-seatPremium seats get 5x Agent limits; team marketplace, shared team context, analytics, team-wide privacy mode, SAML/OIDC SSO
EnterpriseCustomPooled usageSCIM, 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.

Cost Tip: Lean on 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.
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How does usage billing work on Cursor's paid plans?
One flat credit pool for everything
Two pools: a generous first-party pool (Auto, Composer 2.5, Grok 4.5) plus a separate API-model allowance
Pay per keystroke
Everything is unlimited
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