Regional Pricing or Indie Discount for Emerging Market Developers?

Hi Cursor Team & Community :waving_hand:

I’m a solo developer and early-stage founder based in Turkey. First of all, huge thanks for building such an amazing AI coding tool — I’ve tried Copilot, Codeium, and even raw Claude, but Cursor is by far the best experience I’ve had.

That said, I’d really love to use the Ultra plan, but $200/month is unfortunately not realistic in our region. In Turkey, this amount is close to a full week’s salary for many, and it creates a huge barrier for adoption — especially for solo devs, students, and indie hackers.

Other major tools like GitHub Copilot, Figma, Notion, and even OpenAI offer regional or startup pricing, which makes them much more accessible in places like Turkey, Brazil, India, or Southeast Asia.

I believe strongly in paying for what we use — I’m not asking for anything free. Just wondering if Cursor could explore:

  • A regional pricing option (e.g. based on purchasing power parity)
  • A “Solo/Indie Dev” plan with limited features
  • A one-time approval discount for early-stage developers

Even a 30–50% discount would go a very long way for many of us. I’d also be happy to support Cursor by:

  • Providing feedback regularly
  • Translating docs/UI into Turkish
  • Advocating for Cursor in local communities

Thanks for considering — and thanks again for creating a truly next-generation dev tool :folded_hands:
Would love to hear from others who feel the same.

1 Like