Cursor
$96/yr
60% less than Windsurf
Cursor vs Windsurf
Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side
The comparison in short
- Cursorhas a free plan
- Windsurfhas a free plan
Cursor
With trade-offs
weekend
On price, Cursor wins. If you would rather build it, Cursor is the simplest to rebuild.
Side-by-side comparison
| APPLICATION | CursorDevelopment |  WindsurfDevelopment |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $8/mo$8Plus | $20/mo$20Pro |
| Per year | $96/yr | $240/yr |
| Billing model | Flat subscription | Per person |
| Free tier | Hobby is free, but Cursor publishes no numeric request allowance; it only says Agent, Chat and Tab usage is limited. | light daily and weekly quotas with no published numeric amount; unlimited inline edits and Tab completion |
| Additional costs | Usage is split into included pools that reset monthly without rollover; on-demand third-party model usage is billed in arrears at model/API rates. Cursor Router Cost mode is $1.25/M input tokens, $6/M output and $0.25/M cache read; Bugbot is separately usage-billed. | Daily and weekly quotas both apply and reset separately; extra usage is model-priced. Existing $15 Pro and $30 Teams customers were explicitly grandfathered, so two customers can pay different prices for the same named plan. |
| Can you rebuild it? | With trade-offsweekend | Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting |
| Free alternatives | +2 | +3 |
| Checked on | 10/20/2026 | 10/20/2026 |
| Buy on the official site | Buy View app page | Buy View app page |
The free plan compares up to 2 apps. Pro compares up to 4. See plans →
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Prices from each app’s latest check; confirm on the official site before buying.