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Cursor vs Codex

Compare Cursor and Codex - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is Cursor?

AI code editor built on VS Code — agents that edit across your codebase, run in the cloud, review pull requests, and now host your repos.

Price: Freemium

  • Agents that plan and edit across many files, powered by Composer
  • Tab autocomplete that predicts your next edit
  • Cloud agents that keep working when you close the laptop
  • Bugbot for automated code review on pull requests
  • MCP servers, skills, and hooks for custom tooling
  • Built on VS Code — your extensions, themes, and keybindings carry over
  • Apps for desktop, iOS, and iPad, plus a CLI
Learn more about Cursor

What is Codex?

Cloud-based AI coding agent by OpenAI — assign tasks and Codex writes, tests, and ships code in a sandboxed environment.

Price: Freemium

  • Assign coding tasks in plain English
  • Runs in a sandboxed cloud environment
  • Reads your codebase, writes code, runs tests
  • Multiple tasks in parallel
Learn more about Codex