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The usual reasons to leave Cursor come down to how usage is metered. The free Hobby plan has only limited Agent requests, and usage beyond the amount included in a paid plan is billed on demand. Other listed drawbacks: Bugbot on Individual is usage-billed, and prices exclude taxes. Individual starts at $20/mo and Teams at $40/user/mo, so costs can grow as agent use grows.
Check what the free tier actually allows, how overage is billed, and whether team controls such as SSO and privacy mode are included. Also decide whether you want an editor-based coding agent or a tool that builds whole apps. Below are four alternatives in our catalog: GitHub Copilot, Windsurf Editor, Replit and Lovable. Each links to its own verified profile.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our Cursor profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor (this page) | A partir de $20/mo (Individual (Pro)) | Yes | Desktop | O Hobby tem apenas um número limitado de requisições de Agent, e o uso além do que está incluído é cobrado sob demanda. |
| GitHub Copilot | $10/mo (Copilot Pro) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Chat, agentes, revisão de código e CLI consomem uma franquia mensal de créditos de IA do GitHub que varia conforme o modelo e a tarefa, então o uso intenso de agentes pode esgotar o plano no meio do mês e exigir uso extra pago ou upgrade. |
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | $20/mo (Pro) | Yes | Desktop | Free plan has light agent quota and limited model availability; enterprise features require contact. |
| Replit | $20 (Core) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Strongest models consume paid credits; Free Mode usage is capped at 30 hours chat and 60 projects. |
| Lovable | Not published | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | Toda a construção, a hospedagem no Cloud e a IA dentro dos apps consomem créditos, e os créditos têm valores diferentes entre os planos e expiram. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot |
$10/mo (Copilot Pro) | ||
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) |
$20/mo (Pro) | ||
| Replit |
$20 (Core) | ||
| Lovable |
Not published |
Assistente de programação com IA do GitHub, com sugestões de código, chat e recursos de agente em editores, no terminal e no GitHub.
O plano gratuito termina em: 2,000 completions per month, Limited chat and agent usage (allowance of GitHub AI Credits)
Verificado github.com (abre o site de GitHub Copilot em uma nova aba)
Grátis · pago a partir de $10/mo EUA · verificado Sep 30
AI coding IDE, formerly Windsurf, now Devin Desktop: manage local and cloud coding agents inside a full IDE.
O plano gratuito termina em: Light quota for agent usage, resets daily and weekly, Limited model availability
Verificado windsurf.com (abre o site de Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) em uma nova aba)
Grátis · pago a partir de $20/mo EUA · verificado Sep 29
AI app and website builder: describe an idea in chat and Replit's agent builds, hosts and publishes it.
O plano gratuito termina em: Up to 30 hours of chat, Up to 60 projects
Verificado replit.com (abre o site de Replit em uma nova aba)
A partir de $20/mo EUA · verificado Sep 29
Criador de apps com IA que transforma prompts em linguagem natural em apps web funcionais, com um sistema de planos baseado em créditos.
O plano gratuito termina em: 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month), 20 Cloud credits monthly
Verificado lovable.dev (abre o site de Lovable em uma nova aba)
Plano gratuito disponível Preço nos EUA não confirmado
Agente de IA de terminal de código aberto do Google que leva o Gemini à linha de comando; o site informa que usuários sem plano pago e do Google One foram movidos para o Antigravity CLI.
O plano gratuito termina em: Verify current availability
Verificado geminicli.com (abre o site de Gemini CLI em uma nova aba)
Preços Preço nos EUA não confirmado
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
O plano gratuito termina em: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Verificado developers.openai.com (abre o site de OpenAI Codex em uma nova aba)
Grátis · pago a partir de $8/mo EUA · verificado Sep 29
Ferramenta de programação agêntica da Anthropic que lê sua base de código, edita arquivos e executa comandos pelo terminal, por IDEs, pelo app desktop ou pelo navegador.
O plano gratuito termina em: Não há plano gratuito: o Claude Code está incluído nas assinaturas pagas do Claude (Pro, Max, Team, Enterpris…
Verificado code.claude.com (abre o site de Claude Code em uma nova aba)
A partir de $20/mo EUA · verificado Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Atenção: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Verificado zro.moonmath.ai (abre o site de Zro (by MoonMath) em uma nova aba)
A partir de $20/mo EUA · verificado Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Atenção: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Preços Preço nos EUA não confirmado
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
O plano gratuito termina em: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
A partir de $1/order EUA · verificado Sep 29
Cursor itself has a free Hobby plan with no credit card, but Agent requests are limited. Our catalog lists GitHub Copilot, Windsurf Editor, Replit and Lovable as alternatives; check each profile for its current free-plan terms.
The documented pain points are the limited Agent requests on Hobby and extra billing once included usage runs out. Bugbot on Individual is also usage-billed, and listed prices exclude taxes.
Four: GitHub Copilot, Windsurf Editor, Replit and Lovable. The first two are closest to Cursor as coding tools; Replit and Lovable are aimed more at building apps.
Compare the free tier, how overage is billed, team features like SSO and privacy mode, and whether the tool fits an editor workflow. Cursor's paid plans start at $20/mo (Individual) and $40/user/mo (Teams).
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