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Cursor

Included usage pools billed at API price, plus cheap first-party models.

Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60) and Ultra ($200) each include a pool of third-party model usage charged at the model's API rate, and a separate bigger pool for Cursor's own models (Grok, Composer). Heavier users go on-demand at the same API rates.

Official pricing page ↗
[ Plans ]

Plan ladder

Values follow your controls on the Overview page (full-plan case).

Cursor Pro

$20/mo

Est. · medium
API value
$30
Value ×
1.5x
Output tok/mo
556K

Two pools: Cursor Models (Grok, Composer; 'significantly more' usage) and Other Models (billed at API price). On-demand at API rates after.

Cursor's page confirms price and pool structure but not the per-tier dollar amount. $20/$70/$400 follows Cursor's earlier published tiers; the 'high' case credits extra Cursor-Models-pool usage.

Best model: Claude Opus 5.5 (AA 58) · source

Cursor Pro+

$60/mo

Est. · medium
API value
$105
Value ×
1.8x
Output tok/mo
1.9M

Recommended by Cursor for daily agent users (typical total usage $60-$100/mo).

See Cursor Pro note.

Best model: Claude Opus 5.5 (AA 58) · source

Cursor Ultra

$200/mo

Est. · medium
API value
$600
Value ×
3.0x
Output tok/mo
11.1M

Recommended for agent power users (often $200+/mo total usage).

See Cursor Pro note.

Best model: Claude Opus 5.5 (AA 58) · source

Strengths

  • Any frontier model from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and others in one editor
  • Transparent: third-party usage is charged at exact API list price
  • Cursor Models pool (Grok 4.x, Composer 2.5) adds usage on top of the dollar pool

Watch out for

  • Per-tier dollar amounts are not on the fetched pricing page; values follow Cursor's earlier published tiers
  • At list-price billing, subsidy on third-party models is smaller than on flat-rate plans
  • Teams add a $0.25/M-token Cursor Token Rate on third-party models
[ History ]

Value over time

Dated reference points, a snapshot ledger you extend with npm run snapshot, and the plan changes that moved the numbers.

Cursor Ultra: value multiple
0.0x1.1x2.3xJun 2025Oct 2026API value ÷ price2.0x2.0x
Cursor Pro: snapshot ledger (full-plan case)
0.0x0.9x1.7xOct 2026Nov 2026API value ÷ price1.5x

One snapshot so far. Each npm run snapshot adds a point.

Cursor Pro+: snapshot ledger (full-plan case)
0.0x1.0x2.0xOct 2026Nov 2026API value ÷ price1.8x

One snapshot so far. Each npm run snapshot adds a point.

Cursor Ultra: snapshot ledger (full-plan case)
0.0x1.7x3.4xOct 2026Nov 2026API value ÷ price3.0x

One snapshot so far. Each npm run snapshot adds a point.

Timeline

  1. Jun 16, 2025 · recalled
    Cursor moves to usage-based Pro and launches Ultra
    500 'fast requests' become $20 of API-priced usage; Ultra ($200) adds roughly 20x Pro.
  2. 2026 · fetched
    Cursor splits usage into Cursor Models and Other Models pools
    Pro $20, Pro+ $60, Ultra $200; Start plan launches in India at 649 INR.

Sources