Cursor vs JetBrains AI

Cursor

Still the editor most teams reach for when they want agents working inside a real IDE, with cloud agents, PR review and a CLI under one login. Since the SpaceX purchase the price list has been rebuilt around a usage pool shared with Grok: the old $20 Pro plan is gone, the cheapest tier only runs Grok models, and anyone attached to Claude, GPT or Gemini now pays for those separately at API list price.

Pros

• +Agents work with repository-wide context in the editor, the terminal and the cloud
• +Model menu still spans in-house Composer plus Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI models
• +Usage allowance refreshes weekly rather than monthly, so one heavy day does not drain the month
• +Free tier remains for trying agent workflows
• +SOC 2, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certifications listed for enterprise procurement

Cons

• −The $8 Plus tier is restricted to Grok models, so the realistic entry price for a multi-model workflow is $30
• −Third-party models are no longer included in any plan and bill at API list price on top
• −Pricing has been restructured twice within a year, which makes budgeting a guess
• −Ownership moved to SpaceX in 2026, so roadmap and data policies may shift again

JetBrains AI

If you already pay for a JetBrains IDE, this is the cheapest way to get a competent assistant and an agent that understand the IDE's own refactorings and inspections, and All Products Pack holders get AI Pro for nothing. Budget by credits, not by seat: the $10 tier is ten dollars of model usage a month, which an agent session can burn in an afternoon, so heavy Junie users end up on Ultimate or bringing their own key.

Pros

• +Same feature set on every tier, with the paid plans adding cloud quota rather than gating features
• +Credits are denominated in dollars, so the cost of a model call is legible
• +Junie runs in the IDE and as a CLI with GitHub and GitLab, and accepts your own model keys
• +AI Pro bundled free with All Products Pack, dotUltimate and DataSpell

Cons

• −AI Free's 3 credits per 30 days is a demo allowance, not a working plan
• −Ten dollars of credit a month on AI Pro runs out fast with agent workflows
• −AI Free is not available in Android Studio or the free Community editions
• −Product naming is in flux: the old JetBrains AI address now points to the Air alpha

Is Cursor cheaper than JetBrains AI?

On published entry prices, Cursor starts lower — $8/mo against $8.33/mo for JetBrains AI. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Cursor or JetBrains AI have a free tier?

Both: Cursor has a free tier, and JetBrains AI has a free tier.