I’ve noticed that many current plans—like those from Windsurf, Cursor, and Zed bundle edit predictions (Tab) and prompts into a single plan, usually around $20/month (give or take). These plans often include access to about 500 prompts or requests a month.
A quick overview of individual plans
| Type | Provider | Pricing | Prompts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Cursor | 20$ | 500 | most expensive, great tab feature |
| Editor | Windsurf | 15$ | 500 | prompts are cheaper, than Cursor |
| Editor | Zed | 20$ | 500 | fast & light, not great tab experience |
| Extension | supermaven | 10$ | 5$ credits | No tab experience |
| Extension | GitHub Copilot | 10$ | 300 prompts | No tab experience |
But as someone who’s not big on having AI write full code for me, I find that I rarely use all those prompts. What I really care about is the edit predictions/Tab feature the real-time inline suggestions while coding. That’s the part I use constantly.
I was one of Zed’s early users and had to switch temporarily because Cursor offered the Tab feature, but now I’m back on Zed again. I’m currently subscribed to both Windsurf and Cursor (just testing their Tab experience), but I consistently have 350+ unused prompts left every month which don’t roll over and just go to waste.
Are there any plans in the works for a lighter, Tab-only subscription? Maybe something like $5/month, with optional usage-based pricing for prompts something closer to how GitHub Copilot or Supermaven used to be.
I feel like the current offerings are emphasizing the wrong part of AI-assisted coding. For many of us, smart editing is more valuable than auto-generating full files.
After writing, modifying, and deleting over 700,000 lines of code in the last 18 months, I put the above into perspective.
