Cursor alternatives compared by price
Cursor starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month for individual plans, per user per month for Teams). Below are 10 alternatives with their current plans and price history; 2 list a lower entry price and 8 have a free plan.
10 Cursor alternatives at a glance
Entry price is each product's cheapest paid plan as last read from its pricing page. Check the unit: some charge per user, others per account or per use.
| Product | Starts at | Free plan | Priced by | Latest price change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20 per month | Yes | Flat per account | none recorded | |
| $20 per month, $18 billed annually | Yes | Flat per account | Pro from $95 to $90 (-5%), Sep 2026. | |
| €25 per month incl. VAT, 100 credits | Yes | Credits | Business from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025. | |
| $4USD per user per month, billed monthly | No | Per seat | Team from $9 to $4 (-56%), Jul 2020. | |
| $25 per month, or $240 a year | Yes | Flat per account | none recorded | |
| $20 per month | Yes | Flat per account | none recorded | |
| $25 per month, billed monthly | Yes | Flat per account | none recorded | |
| $10 per user per month, $15 of AI credits | Yes | Per seat | none recorded | |
| $20 per month | Yes | Flat per account | none recorded | |
| $30 per user per month, $30 of credits | Yes | Per seat | none recorded | |
| $39 per user per month, annual subscription | No | Per seat | none recorded |
Exhibit 1
Cursor and its alternatives over time
Each product's cheapest paid plan by default. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan.
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| Observed | Cursor Pro | Replit Core | Lovable Pro | GitHub Team | WebGeny Starter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2016 | $9 | ||||
| Jan 1, 2020 | $9 | ||||
| Jul 1, 2020 | $4 | ||||
| Feb 7, 2022 | $7 | ||||
| Feb 13, 2023 | $7 | ||||
| Aug 3, 2023 | $7 | ||||
| Jun 5, 2024 | $20 | ||||
| Aug 1, 2024 | $10 | ||||
| Nov 22, 2024 | $20 | ||||
| Dec 4, 2024 | $20 | ||||
| Feb 1, 2025 | $15 | ||||
| Mar 23, 2025 | $20 | ||||
| Jun 5, 2025 | $25 | ||||
| Jul 29, 2025 | $20 | ||||
| Aug 2, 2025 | $20 | ||||
| Dec 1, 2025 | $25 | ||||
| Jan 1, 2026 | $4 | ||||
| Jan 2, 2026 | $20 | ||||
| Feb 6, 2026 | $20 | ||||
| Jun 3, 2026 | $25 | ||||
| Aug 2, 2026 | $20 | ||||
| Sep 1, 2026 | $17 | ||||
| Sep 2, 2026 | $20 | ||||
| Sep 20, 2026 | $20 | $18 | $25 | ||
| Sep 21, 2026 | $25 | ||||
| Oct 3, 2026 | $20 | $18 | $25 |
Replit
Replit started as a browser IDE and became an AI app builder. Its individual plans are flat monthly subscriptions that include a monthly amount of AI usage, with annual billing knocking ten percent off.
Replit starts at $20 per month, $18 billed annually for Core (USD per month, billed annually where offered (Teams per user per month)), goes up to $100 per month, $90 billed annually for Pro, has a free plan. Latest change: Pro from $95 to $90 (-5%), Sep 2026.
Lovable
Lovable generates full web apps from a description. It sells flat monthly plans that include a fixed number of credits, and shows European visitors prices in euros with VAT included.
Lovable starts at €25 per month incl. VAT, 100 credits for Pro (USD per month, with a monthly credit allowance (shown as EUR including VAT to European visitors)), goes up to €50 per month incl. VAT, 100 credits for Business, has a free plan. Latest change: Business from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025.
GitHub
GitHub hosts code for most of the software world and sells collaboration, security and admin features on top of free public and private repositories. It charges per user per month for organizations and has kept its Enterprise list price unchanged since 2016.
GitHub starts at $4 for Team (USD per user per month, billed monthly), goes up to $21 for Enterprise. Latest change: Team from $9 to $4 (-56%), Jul 2020.
WebGeny
WebGeny turns a one-line prompt into a working website, web app or online store, complete with checkout, user accounts and an admin dashboard, and lets you edit the result visually or in code. It prices per account in flat monthly tiers that raise the project and regeneration limits rather than charging per seat.
WebGeny starts at $25 per month, or $240 a year for Starter (USD per month, billed monthly; yearly billing is about 20 percent less), goes up to $1899 per month, or $18,240 a year for Enterprise, has a free plan.
Windsurf
Windsurf was an AI code editor sold as flat monthly plans that bought a quota of agent usage, from a free tier to a $200 Max plan. Since October 2026 windsurf.com redirects to Devin, and Windsurf no longer has a pricing page of its own.
Windsurf starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month, billed monthly), goes up to $200 per month for Max, has a free plan.
Windsurf pricing and price historyCursor vs Windsurf pricing
Bolt
Bolt builds and hosts web apps from prompts. Plans are flat monthly subscriptions with a token allowance, and the Teams plan is priced per member; yearly billing is up to 28 percent cheaper.
Bolt starts at $25 per month, billed monthly for Pro (USD per month, billed monthly), goes up to $30 per member per month, billed monthly for Teams, has a free plan.
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is the AI coding assistant sold on top of GitHub. Every paid tier is a flat price per user per month whose main difference is the monthly AI credit allowance, from $15 on Pro to $200 on Max, while Business and Enterprise pool credits for an organisation.
GitHub Copilot starts at $10 per user per month, $15 of AI credits for Pro (USD per user per month), goes up to $100 per user per month, $200 of AI credits for Max, has a free plan.
GitHub Copilot pricing and price historyCursor vs GitHub Copilot pricing
Devin
Devin is Cognition's autonomous software engineer, the agent that started the AI coding agent race in 2024. It launched at $500 a month for teams, then moved to $20 pay as you go in 2025 and now to flat $20 and $200 tiers plus a Teams plan with a base fee.
Devin starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month), goes up to $200 per month for Max, has a free plan.
v0 by Vercel
v0 is Vercel's AI app builder, generating React and Next.js interfaces from a prompt and deploying them on Vercel. It is priced per user with a monthly credit allowance on each plan, the same shape as Lovable and Bolt.
v0 by Vercel starts at $30 per user per month, $30 of credits for Plus (USD per user per month), goes up to $100 per user per month, $30 of credits for Business, has a free plan.
v0 by Vercel pricing and price historyCursor vs v0 by Vercel pricing
Tabnine
Tabnine is an AI coding assistant built around private and air-gapped deployment, an alternative to Copilot and Cursor for regulated enterprises that cannot send code to a third-party cloud. It was acquired by Tricentis in 2026.
Tabnine starts at $39 per user per month, annual subscription for Code Assistant (USD per user per month, annual subscription), goes up to $59 per user per month, annual subscription for Agentic Platform.
Cursor alternatives: questions
- What is the cheapest alternative to Cursor?
- Of the alternatives we track, GitHub has the lowest listed entry price: $4 for Team (USD per user per month, billed monthly). Cursor starts at $20 per month. Check the unit, since some products charge per user and others per account.
- Is there a free alternative to Cursor?
- Yes. Replit, Lovable, WebGeny, Windsurf, Bolt, GitHub Copilot, Devin, v0 by Vercel list a free plan next to paid plans.
- Which Cursor alternatives raised their prices?
- Lovable. Lovable: Business from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025.