Our verdict
Cursor — 8.5/10. Not an app builder — the tool you graduate to when prompting stops being enough. Best for: developers — and Lovable/Bolt users after export.
Our take on Cursor
Cursor is not an app builder — it is the editor you graduate to, and it is the strongest agentic coding experience on a real codebase we've reviewed. It reads the whole repo for context, edits across files, runs your tests and fixes its own errors. The catch is the obvious one: you have to read code, so it is the wrong first tool for a non-developer. But for anyone who writes software — or any Lovable/Bolt user who just hit export — it is the default, and at $20/mo it is priced to be your daily editor.
Cursor at a glance
| Best for | Developers — and Lovable/Bolt users after export |
| Price from | $20/mo |
| Generates | Anything — it's an editor |
| Code ownership | Yours by definition |
| Deploy | Bring your own (Vercel etc.) |
Pros & cons from our review
What impressed us
- Best agentic coding on real codebases
- Works with any stack
- The natural export path from app builders
What frustrated us
- You must read code — not for non-devs
- No hosting/deploy of its own
- Usage limits on heavy agent work
Cursor pricing
| Plan | Price | Plan notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | Limited completions |
| Pro | $20/mo | Frontier-model usage limits apply |
Full review
We scored Cursor against the same reference case as every tool in its category — read the full breakdown, including where it falls short: Cursor review →