Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
Updated Oct 25, 2026. Checked daily.
A win means the app offers the stronger stored pick for that job. It is not a sponsored ranking.
| Job | Who wins today |
|---|---|
| Coding & Software | Tie |
| Legal & Long Documents | Tie |
| Writing & Marketing | Tie |
| Reasoning, Math & Science | Tie |
| Speed & High Volume | Tie |
| General & Everyday | Tie |
| Images | Neither app offers today's picks. |
| Video | Neither app offers today's picks. |
| Research & Web Search | Neither app offers today's picks. |
Cursor
Pick Cursor if you want an editor built around the model.
- Free: Free. Includes limited AI usage, with limited agent and Chat requests
- Plus: $8/month. none
- Premium: $30/month. none
- Super: $100/month. none
- Ultra: $200/month. none
- Privacy default: We do not use Inputs or Suggestions to train our models, or permit third parties to use them for training, unless: (1) they are flagged for security review (in which case we may analyze them to improve our ability to detect and enforce our Terms of Service), (2) you explicitly report them to us (for example, as Feedback), or (3) you've explicitly agreed to their use for such training purposes.
GitHub Copilot
Pick GitHub Copilot if you want suggestions inside the editor you already use.
- Copilot Free: Free. Includes 2,000 code completions per month, 50 chat messages per month, auto model selection, and Copilot CLI access
- Copilot Pro: $10/month. none
- Copilot Pro+: $39/month. none
- Copilot Max: $100/month. none
- Copilot Business: $19/month. none
- Copilot Enterprise: $39/month. none
- Privacy default: For individual subscribers—Copilot Free, Copilot Pro, Copilot Pro+, and Copilot Max users—GitHub may use Copilot interaction data, including prompts (inputs), suggestions (outputs), and code snippets generated during Copilot sessions to train and improve AI models, in accordance with our GitHub General Privacy Statement and applicable user settings.