Claude Code vs Cursor CLI

Feature	Claude Code	Cursor CLI
Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Ship code with agents right from your terminal
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://cursor.com/cli
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	August 7, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	June 29, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	Yes	Yes
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	Cursor IDE, Xcode, Android Studio, JetBrains, VSCode, Neovim
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens	Up to 1M tokens
Terminal Bench	#2 · 57.9% ±3.8 (Terminal-Bench 4.0) 1	#9 · 15.7% ±2.9 (Terminal-Bench 3.0) 2
AA Coding Agent Index	70% · Fable 5.1 (max, with fallback)	38% · Composer 2.5 Fast
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Composor 2.5, Claude Fable 5, Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, Codex 5.3, Gemini 3.5, Grok 4.20
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free / $20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	N/A
Development State	active	active

¹ Claude Code tested with Fable 5.1 on Terminal-Bench 4.0.

² Cursor CLI tested with Grok 4.5 on Terminal-Bench 3.0.