I’ve been a long-time user of Cursor and have always considered it one of the best tools on the market. The experience was great, with reasonable access to AI models—even with occasional rate limits, it was still predictable and manageable in terms of cost.
However, with the latest update, switching to a usage-based pricing model (charging directly based on Gemini API rates, Claude, etc.) has made it unsustainable. There’s no longer a fixed monthly plan that allows for consistent usage. Now, every request adds up, and for someone like me who relies heavily on AI for work, it’s become impossible to control the expenses.
I’ve already canceled my subscription for the next month and started trying alternatives like Windsurf. Unfortunately, this decision is pushing even the most loyal users away. I genuinely love Cursor—it’s truly the best in its category—but under this new pricing model, I just can’t continue.
I strongly recommend reconsidering this pricing approach. Many users are making the same decision I did.
Eh if I get a refund of any kind I’ll stick it out just cause I have already spent days upon days and months getting it all to finally work with rules and what not… Just OPT OUT and the new rate system/API Pricing and enjoy the legacy prices. Unless you’re forced into the new rate or can’t fallback, than yes I can see it being completely reasonable.
That’s fine, assuming OP didn’t use it much so most months didn’t hit 500 requests. If OP was hitting 500 requests used and then relying on slow mode, there’s no replacement for that - no “opt out” which restores the usage offered when they signed up.
Same experience here. Love the tool but I need to be able to control my expenses. The way the new pricing model was communicated (or the lack of communication), intransparent usage and cost & high usage based charging also drove me away. Feels like a big breach of trust.
Same, I’ve been here since day one. Their new pricing usage-based model is a complete joke, clearly designed to rip people off. I don’t know Cursor’s backend costs with Anthropic or how much profit they’re pocketing, but charging this much feels deliberate.
But Cursor is still the best application out there, compared to Cline and the others, imo.
Hey folks, I’m correcting my previous comment. I canceled my subscription too quickly, but after better understanding how it works, I’ve already reactivated it.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
The Pro+ plan includes $60/month of model usage, based on API costs (e.g., Gemini, Claude, etc.).
The usage summary shows how much each model would cost if you were on pay-as-you-go. But you don’t pay that unless you manually enable usage-based billing.
For example, I used the equivalent of $663 this month, but paid $0, because I’m on Pro+ and didn’t enable additional usage pricing (as confirmed by Cursor’s support email below).
After hitting the $60 limit, you’re not cut off—some models like Claude 4 may pause, but you still have access to others like Gemini 2.5, o3, and Grok.
Access seems to refresh every few hours (e.g., 5h or 24h), depending on the model.
Bottom line:
Pro+ is still worth it while this model rotation and soft limit system remains active.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
Bottom line:
