# Any extra benefits with subscription?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/any-extra-benefits-with-subscription/415>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/any-extra-benefits-with-subscription/415 "2023-09-07T00:06:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gucci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@Gucci](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Gucci)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/any-extra-benefits-with-subscription/415/1 "2023-09-07T00:06:31Z")

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I was just wondering if there are any extra benefits of using Pro subscription over using the OpenAI API key other than the speed of responses.

For instance, does Cursor use some custom-trained and fine-tuned model or is it just the same OpenAI API to GPT-4? Does it learn my coding style? Etc.?

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**Author:** ![ash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@ash](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ash)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/any-extra-benefits-with-subscription/415/2 "2023-09-07T08:53:11Z")

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its much cheaper if you use gpt-4 a lot

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/any-extra-benefits-with-subscription/415/3 "2026-06-18T10:10:18Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:10am UTC