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.
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 testing
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 | Notes from our testing |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | Limited completions |
| Pro | $20/mo | Frontier-model usage limits apply |
Full hands-on review
We built a real project with Cursor — read the full story with screenshots, prompt logs and the failures: Cursor review →