Cline vs Cursor pricing (October 2026)

Generated from vendor pricing pages, fetched 2026-10-16. Always confirm on the vendor page.

Which is cheaper for you?

Both list a free plan. Cline free: Inference at cost or BYOK. Cursor free: Limited agent and chat requests.

Cursor's cheapest paid plan is Plus at $8/month; Cline has no published individual paid price.

Price is not the whole story: Cline bills as "Free open source; pay for inference at cost or BYOK", Cursor as "Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price". Heavy users should compare the limits below.

Try your own numbers in the workload calculator.

Side by side

	Cline	Cursor
Billing model	Free open source; pay for inference at cost or BYOK	Subscription with shared usage pool; third-party models billed at API list price
Free plan	Inference at cost or BYOK	Limited agent and chat requests
Cheapest paid plan	None published	Plus $8/mo - Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only
Top individual plan	Open Source Free/mo - Inference at cost or BYOK	Ultra $200/mo - 50x Plus usage

Cline plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Open Source	Free	Inference at cost or BYOK
Enterprise	Custom / check	Custom

Source: https://cline.bot/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Cursor plans

Plan	USD/month	Limits
Free	Free	Limited agent and chat requests
Plus	$8	Shared AI usage pool, Grok models only
Premium	$30	4x Plus usage; third-party models at API list price
Super	$100	15x Plus usage
Ultra	$200	50x Plus usage
Teams	$30/seat	From $30/user/month

Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, fetched 2026-10-16.

Recent pricing changes

2026-10-13 Cursor: Cursor plans moved into the X Subscription. Paid tiers are now Plus $8 (Grok models only), Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200. Third-party models cost extra at API list price. source
2026-07-28 Cursor: Cursor added Start, an India-only plan at INR 649 a month including tax, payable by UPI or card. source
2026-06-01 Cursor: Cursor Teams added a Premium seat with 5x the usage of Standard, at $120 a month or $96 billed annually. Standard stays $40, or $32 annually, with more included usage. source
2025-08-12 Cursor: Cursor Teams moved to variable request costs. Auto mode began drawing on included usage at token rates instead of being unlimited. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor Pro changed from 500 requests a month to $20 of model usage at API prices. source
2025-06-16 Cursor: Cursor launched Ultra at $200 a month with 20x Pro usage. source