Head-to-head · facts checked 19 Oct 2026
bolt.new vs Cursor
Cursor uniquely has 7 features.
The verdict
bolt.new or Cursor?
Section 01
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
bolt.new
Free
Free
300K tokens daily limit, 1M tokens/month, Bolt branding on sites, 10MB file upload, up to 333K web requests
Pro
$25/mo · @216/yr
No daily token limit, 10M tokens/month to start, no Bolt branding, 100MB uploads, 1M web requests, rollover tokens, custom domains, SEO, image editing
Teams
$30/mo per member · $324/yr
Everything in Pro plus centralized billing, team access management, private NPM registries, design system knowledge
Enterprise
Custom
Everything in Pro plus SSO, audit logs, dedicated account manager, 24/7 priority support, custom workflows, data governance
Cursor
Free
Free
Limited agent and Chat requests, Cursor's own models only
Plus
$8/mo · $80/yr
Base weekly usage pool shared with Grok, Grok models only (no Claude, GPT or Gemini), no cloud agents or Bugbot; includes Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine, Build and X Premium perks
Premium
$30/mo · $300/yr
4x Plus usage, latest Grok models, cloud agents and automations, Origin code hosting, Bugbot code reviews, Claude, GPT and Gemini at API list price billed separately
Super
$100/mo · $1,000/yr
15x Plus usage, priority model access at peak times
Ultra
$200/mo · $2,000/yr
50x Plus usage, earliest access to new products and models
Teams
$30/mo/user
Premium, Super or Ultra seats at $30, $100 or $200, mix and match; centralized billing, usage analytics, team privacy settings, SAML/OIDC SSO
Enterprise
Custom
Pooled usage across the team, invoice billing, SCIM, granular spend controls, audit logs, priority support
For everything else about each tool, read the full bolt.new review and Cursor review.
Side by side
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2024 | 2022 |
| HQ | Austin, Texas, USA | San Francisco, USA |
| AI model | Proprietary routing (multiple models including Claude Opus 4.6 and others via Bolt Agent) | Cursor's own Grok 4.7 and Composer 2.5 on every plan; Claude, GPT and Gemini on Premium and up, billed per token at API list price |
| User base | 1M+ (estimated based on market position) | 500K+ (Fortune 500 adoption, 40,000+ NVIDIA engineers cited) |
| Platforms | Web | macOS, Windows, Linux, CLI, Slack, GitHub |
| Languages | JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, React, Vue, Node.js, and other web frameworks | All major programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Java, C/C++, Ruby, and 50+ more |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No time-limited trial; the Free plan is free permanently |
| Starting price | $25/mo (Pro) | $8/mo (Plus) |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
| All plans | Free — Free Pro — $25/mo Teams — $30/mo per member Enterprise — Custom | Free — Free Plus — $8/mo Premium — $30/mo Super — $100/mo Ultra — $200/mo Teams — $30/mo/user Enterprise — Custom |
| Positioning | ||
| Best for | Product managers, entrepreneurs, marketers, agencies, and students who want to build full-stack web apps via AI chat without writing code | Software developers and engineering teams building complex, large-scale software with AI-assisted and agentic coding workflows |
| Differentiator | Bolt auto-routes to the best AI model per task, runs a full WebContainers environment in-browser with built-in hosting, databases, auth, and supports enterprise design systems, all in one interface with no extra accounts needed. | Cursor is a full AI-native IDE (VS Code fork) with agentic, parallel, and cloud-based coding agents that autonomously build, test, and deploy features end-to-end with deep codebase indexing and multi-model frontier access. |
| Competitors | Lovable, Cursor, Replit, v0 by Vercel, GitHub Copilot | GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Tabnine, Amazon CodeWhisperer, Codeium |
| Features | ||
| Cli Support | ✕ | ✓ |
| Code Completion | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code Generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Code Review | ✓ | ✓ |
| Codebase Indexing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Debugging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Git Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| IDE Plugins | ✕ | ✓ |
| Multi Language Support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Refactoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security Scanning | — | ✓ |
| Self Hosted Option | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team Features | ✓ | ✓ |
| Test Generation | — | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| API Access | ✕ | — |
| Github Integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gitlab Integration | — | ✓ |
| Jetbrains Plugin | ✕ | ✓ |
| Key Integrations | GitHub, Figma, Material UI, Chakra UI, Shadcn UI, Porsche Design System, Washington Post Design System, Supabase (database), custom NPM registries | GitHub, Slack, Vercel, Snowflake (via agents), MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, Automations/webhooks |
| Vscode Extension | ✕ | ✓ |
Section 02
bolt.new vs Cursor: common questions
Is bolt.new or Cursor cheaper?
bolt.new's cheapest paid plan is $25/mo (Pro) and Cursor's is $8/mo (Plus). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
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