# Is Cursor Ultra still worth it compared to Claude Code?

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**Created:** [September 5, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/is-cursor-ultra-still-worth-it-compared-to-claude-code/170673 "2026-09-05T06:25:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Warren\_James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Warren\_James](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Warren_James)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/is-cursor-ultra-still-worth-it-compared-to-claude-code/170673/17 "2026-09-19T12:19:22Z")

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I’ll put in my two cents here:

If you’re using Fable to build web apps, then you are probably doing something wrong. I am guilty of this because the idea that I can just toggle on Fable or Sol and let it go to work is attractive. However, these models are better suited to orchestration: write structured build plans that Grok 4.6 can easily follow and do the “grunt work” of writing the code.

The frontier models are intentionally not cost-effective. But you wouldn’t buy a Ferrari to commute to work when a Toyota would do just fine. (And Grok is more comparable to a Tesla ;))

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