New Pro Plan — Need More Transparency on Rate Limits

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Hi Cursor Team,

First of all, thank you for your great work — Cursor has been an essential part of my workflow.

However, I have some concerns about the new Pro plan structure, especially regarding rate limits. I’d like to explain my perspective and hopefully get some clarity.

:speech_balloon: Why this matters:

I typically work for 6+ hours straight without a single break. When I hit a rate limit, I don’t know how long I’ll need to wait. That uncertainty — even a 5–10 minute delay — can break focus and hurt productivity.

:stop_sign: Suggested Alternatives Aren’t Ideal:

I often hear:

“You can switch to the 500 premium request plan!”
“You can enable usage-based pricing!”

But those don’t really solve the problem. I’m looking for:

  • Truly unlimited usage or
  • Clear and predictable limits with specific cooldown times.

If I hit a 1-hour limit, how long is the wait? 5 minutes? 30 minutes? I don’t know — and it’s frustrating when it happens in the middle of deep work.

Also, switching to lower-tier models mid-project isn’t viable. It can affect the consistency and quality of the results, especially on critical tasks.

:loudspeaker: What I’m Asking:

Please consider being more transparent about:

  • How rate limits are calculated
  • What the cooldown periods are

The current documentation is too vague, and I see a lot of other users on the forum asking similar questions. A detailed breakdown — even if it’s approximate — would really help power users make the right choice between Pro and Ultra.

Thank you again for building such a powerful tool, and I hope this feedback is helpful!

Best regards,
A Cursor user who just wants to work without guesswork

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Yes, I share your sentiment exactly. Without complete transparency, consumers are left with unresolved doubts about the product’s usage. We still don’t know when or under what circumstances the so-called ‘Rate limits’ are triggered. Yet, all we hear from your administrators are mechanical responses like ‘You can revert to the old plan’ or ‘You can switch to Usage-based pricing.’ These formulaic replies offer absolutely no explanation for your current business strategy.

As one of your consumers, I believe I have both the right and the obligation to understand any information regarding the product’s usage from your company, rather than these vague and unclear explanations!

To some extent, this constitutes a violation of consumer privacy laws.

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The new plan just doesn’t get the job done! 3-5 requests and then just a gigantic waiting time for a response. I don’t see the point of using Cursor anymore.

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I totally understand you. I don’t use Cursor actively every day but when I do I can make 20+ requests a day. So am concerned about the same things. I read that they don’t disclose the details to avoid abuse of their plans. But having at least some indication of approaching rate limit would be nice. Also, I hope they have some internal “burst credit” system that can accumulate credits for intensive coding sessions. If they do I don’t see the harm of showing burst credits status to the user - AWS has been doing it for a while for their burstable CPU instances.

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