Xirp vs Cursor
Compare Xirp and Cursor - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.
What is Xirp?
Spotify's vendor-neutral agentic development environment — run and manage agent sessions across Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex from one place.
Price: Free
- One desktop app for agent sessions across Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex
- Institutional memory: agents get context from your services, docs, and architectural decisions
- Runs sessions locally or remotely
- Workspace plugin for Portal that centralises work items, sessions, and docs for the team
- Living documentation generated and maintained from coding sessions
- Vendor-neutral by design — swap models without rebuilding your setup
Learn more about XirpWhat 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