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Cursor vs Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans) pricing (Oct 2026)
Cursor starts at $8/mo (Plus), Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans) starts at $20/mo (Pro).
Last updated Oct 16, 2026
Price
Cheapest: $8/mo — Plus
- Free: Free only
- Plus: $8/mo
- Premium: $30/mo
- Super: $100/mo
- Ultra: $200/mo
- Teams: $30/mo
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
Cheapest: $20/mo — Pro
- Free: Free only
- Pro: $20/mo
- Max 5x: $100/mo
- Max 20x: Unverified
- Enterprise: $20/mo
Annual price
- Free: Free only
- Plus: Unverified
- Premium: Unverified
- Super: Unverified
- Ultra: Unverified
- Teams: Unverified
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
- Free: Free only
- Pro: $17/mo
- Max 5x: Unverified
- Max 20x: Unverified
- Enterprise: Unverified
Included usage
- Free: Limited agent & chat requests
- Plus: Basic shared usage pool (Grok models only)
- Premium: 4x Plus usage
- Super: 15x Plus usage
- Ultra: 50x Plus usage
- Teams: 4-50x Plus
- Enterprise: Pooled
- Free: No Claude Code access
- Pro: Claude Code included; 5-hour rolling + weekly limits
- Max 5x: 5x Pro usage per 5h session; $100/mo API credits
- Max 20x: 20x Pro usage; $200/mo API credits
- Enterprise: Usage billed at API rates
Overage
- Free: Free only
- Plus: Top-offs when pool used; weekly refresh
- Premium: Top-offs; third-party models billed at API list price
- Super: Top-offs; third-party models at API list price
- Ultra: Top-offs; third-party models at API list price
- Teams: per user/month, 'from $30'
- Enterprise: Custom pricing
- Free: Free only
- Pro: Usage credits at standard API rates
- Max 5x: Usage credits at API rates
- Max 20x: Usage credits at API rates
- Enterprise: API rates
Free tier
Free: limited agent/chat requests
Free plan exists but excludes Claude Code
FAQ
Which is cheaper, Cursor or Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans)?
Cursor starts at $8/mo (Plus); Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans) starts at $20/mo (Pro). Cursor has the cheaper starting paid plan.
Do Cursor and Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans) have free plans?
Cursor: yes. Claude Code (Anthropic Claude plans): yes.