Agree, pricing is becoming a real issue for many users of cursor.
You need to expand and try other tools and figure out what other tools can help you in your work flow and not rely on cursor as much.
It is unfortunate. Claude cli appears to be noticeably cheaper and the route most are shifting towards.
The main difference is Claude is not an IDE. I need the more interactive features like inline diffs, checkpoints, navigating through changes across files, copy and pasting line ranges per file for context, and tab completion.
Yeah, I got Claude yesterday as an addition to Cursor. For the rest of this month, Iāll need to use it for almost everything because Ultra has run out of credits. In the future, though, Iām mostly going to use it for simpler day-to-day tasks, like asking questions or making small changes, since those actually make up most of my day.
Cursor really shines when it comes to its Debug feature and planning. Debugging, in particular, is something I canāt live without anymore. Itās an absolute lifesaver for difficult problems. The web browser integration, especially the point-and-click element feature, is also very handy in Cursor.
Its too pricy as compared to other similar tools out there. Github Copilot is still request based which is a lot better. Iām switching to Github Copilot / Claude Code or AntiGravity
Let us know how it goes.
Going much better than Cursor unfair and hidden usage based pricing
Can you elaborate how Github Copilot / Claude Code or AntiGravity or whatever you are using is working compared to Cursor? How are the request quality? Did your workflow have to change? Any features they are missing? How is the cost transparency and overall value?
Copilot is request based so I dont have to worry about anything. I know exactly how much 1 request will cost me, unlike cursor where sometimes i end up paying 1$ for a single request. Everything is better on Copilot and VS Code is not as buggy as Cursor
Thanks for the feedback.
This seems like a pretty good deal. Based on the model pricing, it looks like Opus 4.6 consumes 3x requests, but that is still 100 per $10/mo plan. Have you tried making very large requests that run for several mins making changes. I have ran an opus 4.6 request that ran for several mins and it cost $10 in Cursor. Is something like that possible with copilot? Copilot mentions rate limits/caps, which imply maybe these large request wouldnāt be possible. If there were no restrictions, $10 could in theory equal $1000 in Opus 4.6 requests compared to API cost in Cursor. This seems insanely cheap.
Iāve been away from programming for two months, and Iāve returned to the current Usage split between Auto+Composer and API. Iāve been particularly active with Cursor over the past two days, using the Pro plan I purchased two weeks ago. In just one day, Iāve managed to complete as much work on the Pro plan as I used to complete on the Ultra plan in a single day. However, before this weekend, Iād already consumed half of the plan by interacting with GPT-5.4-high, unaware of the wonders of GPT-5.4-mini-xhigh.
If you donāt require continuous work on senior-level tasks, Composer 2 and GPT-5.4-mini can handle the rest. Iām using GPT-5.4-Mini-XHigh as a router that distributes tasks to GPT-5.4-Mini-XHigh, Composer 2, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT-5.4 High through Subagents.
I havenāt brought the current product to the manual testing stage yet, but everything seems to be going pretty well.
After reading this thread, I am still as confused as I was before. I guess the only option I have is to finish up my current subscription, which ends in June, and cancel. There is no way I can risk extra charges since I was laid off from my job. Itās sad that not only Cursor, but all companies, regardless of what they offer, have decided to stick it to the people that keep them in business. Looks like iāll be ending my programming aspirations once June hits!
Curious, to hear about your journey with programming and AI agents. I have been a longtime programmer, but you sound relatively new.
Hey MidnightOak,
My journey started way back in the early 80ās. I started with GWBasic, then moved to QBasic, and then from there HTML, CSS, some Javascript then moved on to Python. As far as AI, it has just been over the past couple years, I loved the idea of how it could help with programming by offering suggestions, auto-complete, etc. I started using cursor last year as I felt it would be a huge help in learning Flutter/Dart, and it was. I was learning a lot, especially with the GUI design/coding. But, the reason I am cancelling is that Cursor will no longer be unlimited. While I am good at catching on with different coding and programming aspects, if I was running into an issue, I could tell Cursor what I was trying to do, and it would fix it or give me better guidance. I canāt afford to be charged for more usage when I donāt understand something or need help fixing something. The second reason I signed up for Cursor is that I lost my job of 20 years last year. While looking for a job, I had some ideas for apps that I could have possibly made some money with. But with my subscription about to end, there is no way to continue at this time, as I am still looking for a job.
Thatās pretty much it right now, lol.
Thanks for sharing. Good luck with your apps and finding a job.