Question about First-party models pool limits between Pro, Pro Plus, and Ultra plans

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I am considering upgrading my Cursor plan, but I have some questions regarding the First-party models pool usage limits.

According to the pricing page:

  • Pro: $20/month, includes $20 API usage
  • Pro Plus: $60/month, includes $70 API usage
  • Ultra: $200/month, includes $400 API usage

However, the First-party models pool section shows the same description for all plans:

Generous included usage

I would like to clarify:

  1. Are the First-party models pool limits exactly the same across Pro, Pro Plus, and Ultra plans?
  2. Or do higher-tier plans actually provide higher usage limits for first-party models, but the exact numbers are not publicly shown?
  3. If I upgrade to Pro Plus or Ultra, will I get significantly more usage capacity for models like Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.5?
  4. For users who use Cursor Agent heavily for daily software development, does upgrading mainly increase API usage credits, or does it also increase the First-party models pool capacity?

My main use case is professional software development. I use Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.5 extensively every day, so I am mainly interested in the actual model usage limits rather than only API credits.

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Hey I’ll break it down point by point.

  1. No, the First-party pool limits called the Cursor Models pool in the docs which includes Composer 2.5 and Cursor Grok 4.5 are not the same. They scale with the plan. Pro+ includes more than Pro, and Ultra includes more than Pro+.

  2. Yep, that’s right. A higher tier means a higher limit for first-party models, but we don’t officially publish the exact multiplier. That’s why the plans page uses the same wording for all plans, Generous included usage. Ultra is generally positioned as about 20x Pro for total volume, but we don’t give a clean Nx number specifically for the Cursor Models pool.

  3. Yep. Both Composer 2.5 and Cursor Grok 4.5 come out of the Cursor Models pool, so upgrading to Pro+ or Ultra directly increases your capacity for those two models. For heavy daily use, that’s exactly what you want.

  4. Upgrading increases both pools, Cursor Models for Composer and Grok, and Other Models for third-party models billed at API price, 20 dollars on Pro and more on higher tiers. So you get more headroom on both sides.

Practical tip: the most reliable way to estimate your real capacity is to watch the dashboard counter as you use it
https://cursor.com/dashboard/usage
Full breakdown of pools and pricing here

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