Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Cursor | GitHub Copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Cursor is your coding agent for building ambitious software. cursor.com | GitHub Copilot is an AI coding agent that helps you write, understand, and ship software. github.com |
| Starting at | $8 Plus / month free plan listed | Not observed |
| Platforms | Not observed | Eclipse, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, Vim, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, XCode, Zed, GitHub Copilot desktop app, Slack, Teams, mobile, terminal/CLI, web github.com |
| Integrations | GitHub, Slack, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab, JetBrains, Linear, Google Drive, Gmail, Granola, Notion, Mixpanel, Braintrust, Firecrawl, PostHog, ClickHouse, Asana, Box, Hex cursor.com | Slack, Teams github.com |
| Compliance | ISO 27001, SOC 2 cursor.com | GDPR github.com |
| Free plan | Yes cursor.com | Yes github.com |
| Plans | Free, Plus, Premium, Super, Ultra, Pro cursor.com | Business, Enterprise, Free, Max, Pro, Pro+ github.com |
| Models supported | Composer 2.5, Fable 5.1 Max, GPT-5.6 Sol, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.7, Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Opus 5.5 cursor.com | GPT-5 mini, Haiku 4.5 github.com |
| Pricing basis | Not observed | GitHub AI Credits are how you pay for AI usage in GitHub Copilot. github.com |
| Customers (their claim) | Trusted by over half of the Fortune 500 cursor.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- GitHub Copilot claims GDPR on its own pages; Cursor’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Cursor claims ISO 27001 on its own pages; GitHub Copilot’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Cursor claims SOC 2 on its own pages; GitHub Copilot’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.