Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to build software with AI.
Cursor generally receives favorable reviews, with many users appreciating its strengths in streamlining coding tasks and improving workflow efficiencies. Despite high satisfaction ratings, some users express concerns about pricing transparency and tracking costs effectively across sessions. Sentiment around pricing leans towards being manageable, though there are occasional frustrations related to unexpected expenses. Overall, Cursor maintains a solid reputation in the AI tooling community for its capabilities, but users do desire better cost visibility and efficiency.
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Cursor generally receives favorable reviews, with many users appreciating its strengths in streamlining coding tasks and improving workflow efficiencies. Despite high satisfaction ratings, some users express concerns about pricing transparency and tracking costs effectively across sessions. Sentiment around pricing leans towards being manageable, though there are occasional frustrations related to unexpected expenses. Overall, Cursor maintains a solid reputation in the AI tooling community for its capabilities, but users do desire better cost visibility and efficiency.
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information technology & services
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300
Funding Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$3.2B
OpenAI’s Game-Changing o1 Description: Big news in the AI world! OpenAI is shaking things up with the launch of ChatGPT Pro, priced at $200/month, and it’s not just a premium subscription—it’s a glim
OpenAI’s Game-Changing o1 Description: Big news in the AI world! OpenAI is shaking things up with the launch of ChatGPT Pro, priced at $200/month, and it’s not just a premium subscription—it’s a glimpse into the future of AI. Let me break it down: First, the Pro plan offers unlimited access to cutting-edge models like o1, o1-mini, and GPT-4o. These aren’t your typical language models. The o1 series is built for reasoning tasks—think solving complex problems, debugging, or even planning multi-step workflows. What makes it special? It uses “chain of thought” reasoning, mimicking how humans think through difficult problems step by step. Imagine asking it to optimize your code, develop a business strategy, or ace a technical interview—it can handle it all with unmatched precision. Then there’s o1 Pro Mode, exclusive to Pro subscribers. This mode uses extra computational power to tackle the hardest questions, ensuring top-tier responses for tasks that demand deep thinking. It’s ideal for engineers, analysts, and anyone working on complex, high-stakes projects. And let’s not forget the advanced voice capabilities included in Pro. OpenAI is taking conversational AI to the next level with dynamic, natural-sounding voice interactions. Whether you’re building voice-driven applications or just want the best voice-to-AI experience, this feature is a game-changer. But why $200? OpenAI’s growth has been astronomical—300M WAUs, with 6% converting to Plus. That’s $4.3B ARR just from subscriptions. Still, their training costs are jaw-dropping, and the company has no choice but to stay on the cutting edge. From a game theory perspective, they’re all-in. They can’t stop building bigger, better models without falling behind competitors like Anthropic, Google, or Meta. Pro is their way of funding this relentless innovation while delivering premium value. The timing couldn’t be more exciting—OpenAI is teasing a 12 Days of Christmas event, hinting at more announcements and surprises. If this is just the start, imagine what’s coming next! Could we see new tools, expanded APIs, or even more powerful models? The possibilities are endless, and I’m here for it. If you’re a small business or developer, this $200 investment might sound steep, but think about what it could unlock: automating workflows, solving problems faster, and even exploring entirely new projects. The ROI could be massive, especially if you’re testing it for just a few months. So, what do you think? Is $200/month a step too far, or is this the future of AI worth investing in? And what do you think OpenAI has in store for the 12 Days of Christmas? Drop your thoughts in the comments! #product #productmanager #productmanagement #startup #business #openai #llm #ai #microsoft #google #gemini #anthropic #claude #llama #meta #nvidia #career #careeradvice #mentor #mentorship #mentortiktok #mentortok #careertok #job #jobadvice #future #2024 #story #news #dev #coding #code #engineering #engineer #coder #sales #cs #marketing #agent #work #workflow #smart #thinking #strategy #cool #real #jobtips #hack #hacks #tip #tips #tech #techtok #techtiktok #openaidevday #aiupdates #techtrends #voiceAI #developerlife #o1 #o1pro #chatgpt #2025 #christmas #holiday #12days #cursor #replit #pythagora #bolt
View originalPricing found: $20 / mo, $40 / user, $20 / mo, $40 / user
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What do you like best about Cursor?integration with multiple agent, claude max mode Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?Nothing till today, UI CAN be better. But still an awesome product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?It’s well integrated and picks up my VSCode settings automatically. It works great and applies fixes without me having to try. I also like that it supports AI multiple models and multiple sub-agents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?I like everything. One small annoyance is teh constant pop up suggestions of plugins and installs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?Multi Agent support and option to run each agent with different model based on task. Also its UI is quiet similar to VS Code which makes addaptation quiet easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?Rate limit that comes with the pro subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?I really love Cursor for its powerful AI assisted coding, especially how it can understand my codebase and generate relevant code suggestions or edits instantly. In my daily work, it saves me a lot of time by helping me with debugging, writing the boilerplate code, and even explaining the complex logic step-by-step in a simple way. The UI feels clean and familiar (like the VS Code), which made it easy for me to get started without a steep learning curve while still boosting my productivity significantly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?I don't have any reason to dislike Cursor, but I sometimes find Cursor’s AI responses inconsistent, especially with more complex tasks, which means I still need to verify and refine the output sometimes. In my experience, performance can slow down when working on larger codebases, which affects the overall flow. I also feel the pricing could be more flexible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?Cursor is a very powerful AI-assisted code editor that significantly speeds up development. The AI integration feels natural and is deeply embedded into the workflow, making it easy to generate code, refactor functions, or understand unfamiliar parts of a codebase. It’s especially useful for navigating large projects, where you can quickly ask questions about the code and get relevant context-aware answers. The interface is clean and similar to Visual Studio Code, so onboarding is quick. Features like inline suggestions, chat-based assistance, and the ability to modify multiple files at once make it very efficient for day-to-day development. Overall, it helps reduce repetitive work and improves productivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?While the AI features are very helpful, they are not always perfectly accurate and still require validation. For complex or critical logic, you need to carefully review the generated code. Performance can also vary depending on project size and usage. Additionally, relying heavily on AI suggestions may reduce deeper understanding if not used carefully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?It allows me to quickly fix and generate code and files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?Obscenely high cost for decent models, especially after it switched from the request-based billing to the token-based billing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?It is a new way of programming. It helps when I need it but does not come pushy with proposing changes. The UI is old school, but I like it this way. I've been suing Visual Studio before I found them pretty similar. I was able to download my old setup so I did not need to configure it all over again. Performance is great - I get responses really fast. I like the Composer 2 (AI model) feedback on multiple files (to be able to comprehend the full project). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?To be honest I did not find anything that I would not like. Composer 2 AI model is quite expensive but compared to Auto (which is usually Claude or OpenAI) it really shows the value. I did not need any help with the setup -as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?One of the most intelligent IDE platform which helps user to build their application without much huddle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?The token limitations are the only issues with this platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?The thing I liked about Cursor is it makes Coding simple. I can just type what I want in normal english and it helps me in writing the code. It also saves time by handling small and repetitive tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?Everything seems to be fine except at few times it is a bit inconsistent. Occasionally it slows or lags . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you like best about Cursor?Their AI tools are beyond imagination and perfection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.What do you dislike about Cursor?Frequently updates make me feeling always behind Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
coding-posture: task-aware modes for AI coding agents — one SKILL.md, research-backed, MIT
coding-posture is a small skill that stops coding agents from behaving like optimistic elevators with write access — thrashing on a stuck bug, faking a green test, skipping the repro, migrating prod without a rollback. Before non-trivial work, the agent picks a mode — debug, fix, review, test-first, refactor, optimize, migrate, upgrade, integrate, spike, unstuck — and follows a short checklist for it. A few invariants hold in every mode: verify by running the real check, never weaken a test to go green, no destructive commands without explicit scope. Why it's built this way (grounded in research, not vibes): Procedures, not personas. Naming a role ("act as an expert debugger") doesn't reliably change behavior (Zheng et al., EMNLP 2024); specifying a process does. So each mode is a checklist, not a character. The model self-selects the mode from context — no brittle keyword router. Evidence, honestly: the repo ships a with/without-skill eval (LLM judge + baseline). Early result: +15pp (85% vs 70%) on one model, 5 cases — directional, and you can run it yourself in eval/. Install: Claude Code plugin (/plugin marketplace add alexei-led/coding-posture), a Codex plugin, or drop the SKILL.md into Pi / Hermes / Cursor. MIT. Feedback and new modes welcome. submitted by /u/alexei_led [link] [comments]
View originalI open-sourced ByteDance's "Vibe Creating" prompt skill as a portable Agent Skill (single SKILL.md, bilingual)
ByteDance shipped a creator paradigm + prompt skill called "Vibe Creating" with their Seedance 2.0 video model. I open-sourced a portable version on the open Agent Skills standard (single SKILL.md) — it drops into Claude Code's ~/.claude/skills/, and also works in Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, or as a Cursor rule / system prompt. What it does: turns a rough idea, story, or an over-specified shot script into a clean, model-friendly text-to-video prompt. The core idea — as video models get smarter, the prompt should get simpler: describe the scene and the emotion, and let the model handle the cinematography. Why it's not just a "rewrite this" prompt: it's judgment-first. It scores your input on three axes (Scenario × Expression × Information) and picks the lightest action — pass-through, light cleanup, direct rewrite, ask-first, or keep-as-is. Hand it something that genuinely needs precise control (dialogue sync, a UI demo) and it tells you to keep your detailed prompt instead of flattening it. Output is a fixed four-part format: Judgment / Action / Result / Notes, so it's auditable. Bilingual (EN/中文), MIT, with worked test cases and before/after clips in the repo: https://github.com/Alisa0808/vibe-creating-skill — feedback on the SKILL.md packaging welcome. submitted by /u/Which-Jello9157 [link] [comments]
View originalAnyone here using more than one AI tool in their workflow? How do you handle the context gap?
I've been running Claude for planning and a separate session for building, and the part that keeps breaking down is the handoff. whatever I figured out in one session doesn't automatically carry to the next. Curious how others are handling this. Are you using a single tool end-to-end, or mixing Claude with Cursor/Codex/ChatGPT? And if you're mixing, what's your actual handoff process? submitted by /u/riley_kim [link] [comments]
View originalFor AI coding agents, review feels more expensive than generation now
One time I ran Claude in a loop for four or five hours to build a program, then had Codex and Cursor review the code. Each pass surfaced different issues, but the codebase was so large that I could only trust what they flagged. I've been using coding agents more seriously in my own projects recently, and the part that feels expensive is not the generation anymore. It is the review. A patch can appear in 2 minutes. But then I still need to check the diff, run tests, read logs, and ask myself whether the change is only "passing" or actually going in the right direction. Maybe this is just my setup, but I trust an agent-written change much more when it comes with some evidence: what command it ran, what failed before, what passed after, and what files it intentionally did not touch. One time I ran Claude in a loop for four or five hours to build a program, then had Codex and Cursor review the code. Each pass surfaced different issues, but the codebase was so large that I could only trust what they flagged. I'm not trying to say AI coding is bad. It is useful. But it changed my review work from "read every line slowly" to "ask for proof and inspect the risky parts." Curious how other people handle this: Do you ask your coding agent to include test output in every PR? Do you use another model/tool to review the first model's code? If tests pass but the design feels wrong, do you count that as agent success? What evidence makes you trust an AI-written patch? submitted by /u/BitByLiu [link] [comments]
View originalSoftware development has entered its "infinite monkeys" era
With the rise of agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, the barrier to entry is gone. Now, anyone with an internet connection can "type." We have essentially reached the infinite monkey phase of software development. Millions of new hobbyists, junior devs, and product managers can now generate codebase-level changes with natural language. The "typewriters" are the LLMs translating those keystrokes into code. By sheer volume of output, we are going to see a massive explosion of software. Some of it will be brilliant, but a lot of it will be absolute gibberish that somehow runs because the AI patched it together. What a time to be alive. 🐒⌨️ submitted by /u/usnavy13 [link] [comments]
View originalBuilding is easy now but how do you distribute? Does claude help you in that ?
Building is now commodity, distribution is the key. I am eager to know how and what people have figured out about distribution using claude or cursor !! submitted by /u/RevolutionarySlip292 [link] [comments]
View originalI built an MCP server that lets Claude Code read your on-prem servers and PostgreSQL over SSH - without giving it shell access
I got tired of switching between Claude and a terminal just to answer basic ops questions like "is this service up?" or "why are there 40 waiting locks on that DB?" So I built infra-mcp — a stdio MCP server you register once in Claude Code or Cursor, and then your agent can: - Check systemd service states and grab bounded journal logs - Run read-only SQL queries on PostgreSQL (with schema introspection — list_tables, describe_table) - Get a full infra overview for a VM in one call - Everything goes through an SSH tunnel to your existing servers Security was the whole point, so nothing is cut: - All SSH commands are checked against a per-VM allowlist before any network call - DB queries run as a dedicated read-only role inside a READ ONLY transaction - Every remote operation is written to a local append-only audit log - No shell access, no write path Install: uv tool install infra-mcp Then `infra-mcp generate-config` to bootstrap from your ~/.ssh/config, and register `infra-mcp run` as a stdio server in your client config. GitHub + PyPI: https://github.com/esp4ce/infra-mcp Happy to answer questions — especially curious if anyone has a use case where the read-only constraint is actually blocking them. submitted by /u/espaceee [link] [comments]
View originalI built PromptQueue for when Claude says I'm out of prompts
This came from a very small Claude annoyance: Claude says to try again later, but I already know the exact prompt I want to run next. PromptQueue lets me queue it locally instead of keeping a tab open or setting a reminder. Example: promptqueue add 19:30 claude continue the draft and tighten the conclusion promptqueue run At the scheduled time it opens or focuses Claude, pastes the prompt, and can submit it. It also supports Claude Code, Codex, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, and CLI targets. I am the author. It is free and open source. No server, no account, no private APIs, just a local queue file and one Python script. GitHub: https://github.com/AtharvaMaik/PromptQueue PyPI: pip install promptqueue submitted by /u/Clashking666 [link] [comments]
View originalbrowser-search — three tools, zero cost, and your AI agent learns to search and browse the web
I've been using AI agents like OpenCode, Claude Code, and Cursor for months. They're great with code, but when they need to search or browse the web, things get complicated: Cloudflare blocks them, JavaScript-heavy sites don't load, APIs cost money. So I built browser-search. It's three open source tools orchestrated by a skill, fully self-hosted: SearXNG — metasearch engine that queries dozens of search engines at once Camofox — full browser via REST API, always warm, for browsing and interacting CloakBrowser — stealth browser for when the site has Cloudflare, Akamai, or DataDome The agent decides which tool to use. Zero human intervention. Zero API keys. Zero subscriptions. What makes it different: It's a skill, not a plugin — works with any agent that can read instructions Automatic navigation escalation: if Camofox gets blocked, it switches to CloakBrowser Deep Research mode: the agent is instructed to go beyond surface-level answers, cross-verify sources, cover every aspect Integrated Readability.js for clean article extraction (~70% token savings) The SKILL.md is plain text — fork it, tweak it, make it yours MIT licensed on GitHub: https://github.com/Johell1NS/browser-search If you try it, let me know. If you make it better, even more so. If you don't need it, share it with someone who might. Every star, comment, or pull request is welcome — that's what makes open source great. submitted by /u/Ill-Tradition1362 [link] [comments]
View originalWhy I cancelled my Cursor subscription
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View originalI built a shared memory for AI agents - so they stop forgetting, build on each other's work, and you can actually *see* what they know
Most AI coding agents forget everything the moment a session ends. Open the project tomorrow and the agent has no idea what it figured out yesterday, why it made a call, or what it already tried. I got tired of re-explaining the same context every time, so I built kaeru. It started as memory for a single agent across sessions, but it turned into something more useful: one place several different agents can think on at once. An agent saves what it learns, links related notes together, and looks them up later — and so can the next agent, or your teammate's agent. What it does: - A shared cognitive engine for many agents. kaeru can act as one common memory for a whole group of different agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Opencode, whatever you run — plus the people working alongside them. They all read and write to the same place, so one agent builds on what another already worked out instead of starting from zero. It runs on your own infrastructure, and what gets shared is always explicit and passes a secret-scanner so nothing sensitive leaks by accident. - See the whole memory. New in this release: a 3D visualizer that renders everything your agents know as a galaxy — a cluster per project, brighter/bigger points for the more important memories, thicker links for stronger connections. You can replay a chain of reasoning step by step, or scrub a timeline and watch the memory grow. It's the first time you can actually *look* at what your agents have built up. - Time-travel. Every fact keeps its history. You can ask what a note looked like 5 minutes ago, 2 hours ago, or on a specific date — nothing gets silently overwritten. - Reasoning trails, not isolated notes. When you link two ideas, you can mark how strong the connection is. Later, kaeru pulls up the whole chain of reasoning between two points instead of handing you one note out of context. - Importance levels. You tag how important something is — from "always load this" down to "archived". When an agent comes back to a project, it loads the important stuff first instead of dumping the entire history into the context window. - Agents actually use it. The hard part of any agent-memory tool is getting the agent to bother using it. On Claude Code, kaeru can take over the built-in memory and point it at itself, so the agent writes to and reads from kaeru every session instead of splitting knowledge across two systems. It runs as a small background service your agents connect to — Claude Code, Cursor, Opencode, and anything that speaks MCP. This release also adds a native adapter for the rig framework, so Rust agents can embed kaeru directly. One-line installer, and prebuilt binaries for Linux, macOS, and now Windows. It's open source. Still early and very much in testing, so feedback is welcome — what would you want your agents to remember and share? https://i.redd.it/6g5e8lt3vz8h1.gif Repo + release: https://github.com/LamantinAI/kaeru/releases/tag/v0.3.0 submitted by /u/KeySeaworthiness6180 [link] [comments]
View originalI built a free Windows app to dictate prompts into Claude Code (it cleans up my stutters before the text hits the terminal)
I think at roughly 150 words a minute and type maybe 40. Most of my Claude Code prompts are long rambly things, so I'd half-talk them out loud and then type a shorter, worse version of what I'd just said. Anthropic's /voice helped, but it only types inside the Claude CLI, and I live in a bunch of other windows all day. I looked at Wispr Flow but it's $144/yr and still doesn't do the per-app stuff I wanted. So over a weekend I built my own thing. It's called Pipevoice. Push-to-talk. Hold a key, ramble, let go, and the cleaned-up text shows up as real keystrokes in whatever app is focused. There's a 3-min demo in this post where I dictate a long stuttery instruction at Claude. You can watch it drop the filler words and the "umm"s before any of it reaches the terminal. Then it just runs. The bit I actually cared about: it types into everything, not only the Claude CLI. Cursor, a browser, a chat box, wherever the cursor happens to be. There are per-app profiles too. In my terminal it skips the AI cleanup and auto-presses Enter, so it's raw words, hands-free. In a chat box it polishes and sends. You pick the engine at each stage. Transcribe with Deepgram (fastest), OpenAI Whisper (most accurate), or local Whisper if you want it offline. Cleanup is optional and runs through Gemini's free tier, OpenRouter free models, or local Ollama. Go local Whisper plus Ollama and no audio ever leaves your machine, which is the reason I built it that way. I work on client code and didn't want to ship that audio anywhere. Free, no account, source is on GitHub. I built it solo and it's still rough in places, so I'd honestly like to hear what breaks or what annoys you, especially from people who are in Claude Code all day. Not affiliated with Anthropic. Just me scratching my own itch. submitted by /u/powleads [link] [comments]
View originalSpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI
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View originalso i built an mcp to superpower claude and claude code
so i was getting tired of running multiple playwright hits and trials just to get claude desktop and claude code to access reddit, linkedin, pinterest, etc. i mean f*k me for wasting so much time on that. and then i built this thing called McpBrowser, give your ai access to the social web without api keys. it's got a free tier with 50 requests/day which is pretty cool, and if you need more you can just pay a one-time $9 for unlimited requests. plus it works with a bunch of ai clients like claude and cursor, and you can access gated content without api keys. the best part is it doesn't scrape or violate website terms, so you don't have to worry about that. it's also got a mac app which is super easy to use. webmatrices.com/mcpbrowser submitted by /u/bishwasbhn [link] [comments]
View originalMy AI tools kept forgetting everything, so I gave them a shared brain (local + open source)
Hi there! this is my first small rant that turned into a project: every AI tool I use has its own memory. I tell Claude Desktop something, Cursor has no clue. New chat? Back to zero. It drove me nuts — so I built Centralaizer. This is an open source solution, so it's free with MIT license. It's a little memory hub that runs on your own machine. Any MCP tool (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code Copilot…) plugs into it and they all share the same memory. Save a fact or a decision in one, the others can pull it right up. No cloud — everything stays on your laptop. A few things I cared about: 🧠 opt-in, not spying — the agent decides what to save/recall 🚧 sketchy notes get held in a review queue instead of polluting everyone's memory 🔒 it scrubs PII (emails, keys, phones) before storing 🔎 search isn't just keywords — vector + full-text + a little knowledge graph 🖥️ a web dashboard to browse it all (light and dark mode 🌙) One command (./setup_and_run.sh) or Docker. There's also a Claude Code hook for auto-recall, one-click export, and a browser extension to bring it into ChatGPT/Gemini/Qwen. Would love thoughts — or roasts — on the retrieval and the "trust score" idea. Any feedback is more than welcome as it's an initial project. 🎥 (attach centralaizer-demo.mp4) · 👉 https://github.com/lestercoyoyjr/Centralaizer-public https://reddit.com/link/1u66kb0/video/90314duxkd7h1/player submitted by /u/Accomplished-Pen-491 [link] [comments]
View originalPricing found: $20 / mo, $40 / user, $20 / mo, $40 / user
Cursor has an average rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 20 reviews from G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius.
Key features include: Product, Resources, Company, Legal, Connect.
Cursor is commonly used for: Automated code generation, Real-time code suggestions, Debugging assistance, Collaborative coding environments, Code refactoring, Integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Cursor integrates with: GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack, Trello, AWS, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Postman.
Based on user reviews and social mentions, the most common pain points are: token cost, token usage, API bill, ai agent.
Sasha Rush
Professor at Cornell / Hugging Face
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Software is changing
Feb 26, 2026
Based on 217 social mentions analyzed, 8% of sentiment is positive, 90% neutral, and 1% negative.