Our pick for most teams
95.3/ 100
- Price
- From $19/user/mo (monthly only)
- Free plan
- 2,000 completions a month and limited chat and agent use; models are picked for you
Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: GitHub Copilot fits most teams of 5
47.6/ 100
- Price
- From $30/user/mo (monthly only)
- Free plan
- Limited agent and chat requests
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-16
- 6 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
GitHub Copilot: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Developers whose code already lives on GitHub
- Teams that want AI help inside the editor they use now
- Small teams that need admin control at a per-seat price
- Not for
- Heavy agent users who want a flat bill: extra use draws on monthly AI credits
- Individuals who do not want prompts used for training (Free, Pro and Pro+ need an opt-out)
- The catch
- Starts free and works in most editors, but heavy agent and premium-model use runs on monthly AI credits, so the bill can grow.
Data last verified: 2026-10-16
Cursor: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Developers who want an editor built around AI agents
- Teams that want to pick between many AI models
- Not for
- Anyone who wants a simple, flat bill: third-party models are charged at API prices
- Teams that do not want their plan bundled with Grok and X
- The catch
- Strong AI agents and every major model, but pricing changed to an X Subscription bundle and heavy use of non-Grok models costs extra.
Data last verified: 2026-10-18
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
GitHub Copilot
Five years for a team of 5, paid monthly: $5,700
On the Business plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $1,140
- Paid yearly, one year
- Not verified
- "Business" has no verified annual price
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-16Cursor
Five years for a team of 5, paid monthly: $9,000
On the Teams (Premium seat) plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $1,800
- Paid yearly, one year
- Not verified
- "Teams (Premium seat)" has no verified annual price
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| GitHub Copilot | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 95.3 | 47.6 |
| Cheapest plan | Business | Teams (Premium seat) |
| Free plan | 2,000 completions a month and limited chat and agent use; models are picked for you | Limited agent and chat requests |
| Works with (apps) | 5 | 2 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
GitHub Copilot
- Score out of 100
- 95.3
- Cheapest plan
- Business
- Free plan
- 2,000 completions a month and limited chat and agent use; models are picked for you
- Works with (apps)
- 5
Cursor
- Score out of 100
- 47.6
- Cheapest plan
- Teams (Premium seat)
- Free plan
- Limited agent and chat requests
- Works with (apps)
- 2
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Suggests code as you typeGitHub Copilot: Not verifiedCursor: Yes
- GitHub Copilot
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Editor chatGitHub Copilot: Not verifiedCursor: Yes
- GitHub Copilot
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Coding agentGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
Code reviewGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
Understands your whole projectGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
- Cursor
- Enterprise can index your organisation’s code for better suggestions Vendor page · checked 2026-10-16
Ide supportGitHub Copilot: Not verifiedCursor: Yes
- GitHub Copilot
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Command lineGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
Choose the AI modelGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
- GitHub Copilot
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, xAI and Cursor models; third-party models at API price from Premium Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Team admin controlsGitHub Copilot: YesCursor: Yes
- GitHub Copilot
- SAML/OIDC SSO, central billing and usage analytics on Teams Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
- Cursor
- Business and Enterprise: access managed by a GitHub admin, usage metrics, SAML SSO Vendor page · checked 2026-10-16
Connects to your other apps (API)GitHub Copilot: Not verifiedCursor: Not verified
- GitHub Copilot
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Cursor
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
What you risk by starting
GitHub Copilot
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of GitHub Copilot.
- Refund policy
- Cancelling keeps access until the end of the billing cycle, then drops to Copilot Free; no refund for unused time
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-16
Cursor
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Cursor.
Where these facts come from
GitHub Copilot
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/billing/individual-plans · checked 2026-10-16https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/manage-your-account/view-and-change-your-copilot-plan · checked 2026-10-16https://github.com/features/copilot/plans · checked 2026-10-16Cursor
https://cursor.com/docs/account/teams/pricing · checked 2026-10-18https://cursor.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-18https://cursor.com/features · checked 2026-10-18What to do next
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Data last verified: 2026-10-16