Cursor

Cursor is the leading AI-native IDE, now valued at $29.3B with over 1M daily users.

Strengths

• Visual Editor with drag-and-drop UI editing
• Point-and-Prompt for natural language changes
• Multi-file Composer mode
• Fastest proprietary model (4x faster)
• Deep codebase understanding via Merkle indexing
• Background Agents

Weaknesses

• Credit system unpredictable (Aug 2025 controversy)
• Visual Editor still buggy
• Learning curve for advanced features
• Agent Mode may edit unintended files
• High compute costs