Head-to-head · profiles checked Sep 29, 2026
Pick Cursor to start free in an editor and Augment Code for a flat team price. Both start at $20/month: Cursor Individual (Pro), and Augment Standard, which is flat for up to 50 seats and includes $20 of usage. Cursor also has a free Hobby plan and Teams at $40/user/month.
Augment Code lists no free plan. Both bill extra once included usage runs out.
We based this comparison on our Augment Code profile and our Cursor profile, both verified 2026-09-29 from official vendor pages; it uses no third-party benchmarks and no vendor paid for placement.
Cursor is the easier one to try: it has a free Hobby plan, a desktop editor, a CLI and Slack and GitHub surfaces, and Individual starts at $20/mo. Augment Code lists no free plan, but its Standard plan is a flat $20/month for up to 50 seats with $20 of usage included, plus a Context Engine, an Auggie CLI and SOC 2 Type II. Both bill extra once included usage runs out. Small teams that want one flat price should look at Augment Code; people who want to start free in an editor should look at Cursor.
Based on our Augment Code profile verified 2026-09-29 and Cursor profile verified 2026-09-29, both built from official vendor pages; no benchmark was run.
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If you only want the answer, this is the table. Everything below is the evidence from the two documented profiles.
| You want to | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Try an AI coding agent for free | Cursor | Cursor Hobby is free with limited Agent requests; Augment Code lists no free plan |
| Write and refactor code in a codebase | Either | Both list a coding agent that edits code across files from a prompt |
| Give an agent context about a large repository | Augment Code | Augment lists a Context Engine that indexes the codebase and is available through MCP |
| Run agents in the cloud while your laptop is off | Cursor | Cursor lists cloud agents on Individual and above; Augment lists cloud agents as a surface without plan detail |
| Review pull requests automatically | Either | Augment has code review automation for GitHub; Cursor has Bugbot, included on Teams and usage-billed on Individual |
| Work from the terminal or in scripts | Either | Augment has the Auggie CLI; Cursor lists a CLI |
| Work inside VS Code or JetBrains | Augment Code | Augment lists IDE extensions for VS Code and JetBrains; Cursor is its own desktop editor, with JetBrains and Xcode listed in docs |
| Delegate work from Slack | Cursor | Cursor lists Slack as a surface; Augment's profile lists none |
| Pay one flat price for a team | Augment Code | Augment Standard and Business are flat for up to 50 seats; Cursor Teams is priced per user |
| Connect Jira, Linear or Notion for context | Augment Code | Augment documents MCP and native tools for these; Cursor lists MCP servers without naming them |
| Plan | Tool | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augment Standard | Augment Code | $20/mo, flat for up to 50 seats | $20 of usage included monthly; 50 concurrent sessions |
| Augment Business | Augment Code | $100/mo, flat for up to 50 seats | $100 of usage included monthly; 50 concurrent sessions |
| Augment Enterprise | Augment Code | Custom (sales) | Custom usage and top-ups; unlimited users |
| Cursor Hobby | Cursor | Free | Limited Agent requests |
| Cursor Individual (Pro) | Cursor | $20/mo | Extended limits on Agent; usage beyond included amount billed on demand |
| Cursor Individual (Pro+ / Ultra) | Cursor | Not stated | Pro+ recommended for daily agent users, Ultra for power users |
| Cursor Teams (Standard / Premium) | Cursor | $40/user/mo | Included usage plus on-demand billing |
| Cursor Enterprise | Cursor | Custom (sales) | Pooled usage |
USD as published on each vendor's pricing page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Augment Code pricing in full · Cursor pricing in full
| Augment Code | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Messages / rate limits | Standard: $20 of usage per month; Business: $100 per month; 50 concurrent sessions outside Enterprise | Hobby: limited Agent requests; Individual: extended limits on Agent, then on-demand billing |
| Context / file size | Not stated | Not stated |
| Seats / team | Up to 50 seats on Standard and Business; Enterprise has unlimited users | Teams is per user at $40/user/month; Enterprise has pooled usage |
| Feature | Augment Code | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Coding agent | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes (Hobby) |
| Cloud agents | Listed as a surface | Yes (Individual and above) |
| Code review | Yes (GitHub pull requests) | Yes (Bugbot) |
| MCP | Yes, plus native tools and a Context Engine MCP | Yes, with skills and hooks |
| CLI | Yes (Auggie CLI) | Yes |
| IDE support | VS Code and JetBrains extensions | Own desktop app; JetBrains and Xcode listed in docs |
| Usage analytics | Yes | Not stated |
| Mobile apps | Not stated | Not stated |
| Augment Code | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Training on your data | Paid plans exclude AI training under the Commercial Terms of Service | Not used for training unless flagged for security review, reported as Feedback or agreed to; with privacy mode on, not used by Cursor or model providers |
| Retention | Not stated | Not stated |
| Business controls | SOC 2 Type II, access controls, audit trails (Enterprise); Enterprise adds CMEK, data residency, SIEM and SSO | Team-wide privacy mode and SAML/OIDC SSO on Teams; audit logs on Enterprise |
Taken from each vendor's published policy pages at the time of our check. Policies change; the source links are at the bottom.
AI coding platform with agents, a context engine, CLI and IDE extensions; Cosmos is its software delivery platform.
Watch out: No free plan is listed, and usage beyond the included dollar amount needs paid top-ups.
Verified augmentcode.com (opens Augment Code website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
AI code editor with agents, cloud agents and code review, offered with a free Hobby tier and paid plans.
Free stops at: Limited Agent requests
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
The entry prices match: Augment Code Standard and Cursor Individual (Pro) both start at $20/month. Augment's price is flat for up to 50 seats, while Cursor Teams is $40/user/month. Both charge extra beyond included usage, and Augment adds a 40% service fee on LLM usage, so total cost depends on how much you use.
No. Augment Code lists no free plan and its trial terms were not captured, so you pay to evaluate it. Cursor's Hobby plan is free with no credit card required, but it has limited Agent requests.
Augment says paid plans exclude AI training on your data under its Commercial Terms. Cursor says code data is not used for training by Cursor or its model providers with privacy mode on. Retention periods are not stated for either tool, so check the policies before sharing sensitive code.
Both have team options. Augment Code Standard and Business are flat plans for up to 50 seats with pooled usage, while Cursor Teams is $40/user/month with team-wide privacy mode and SAML/OIDC SSO. Augment's Standard and Business plans lack SSO and CMEK per its comparison table; its Enterprise plan adds them.
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