Claude Code vs Cursor

Claude CodeView

CursorView

MLX Score

4.7

3.3

What it is

Anthropic's coding agent: it reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, an IDE or the Claude app.

AI code editor with an agent that plans and edits across files, plus a terminal CLI and an iPhone app.

Maker

Anthropic

Anysphere

Kind

Command line · Coding

Mac app · Coding

Price

$20/mo

Free · from $8/mo

Your data

Runs in the cloud

Runs in the cloud

Licence

Proprietary

Proprietary

Mac

macOS 13.0+

macOS 12+

iPhone

—

iOS 26.0+

Get it

Terminal, Homebrew, Website

Homebrew, Terminal, Website, iPhone & iPad App Store

Checked

2026-11-01

2026-11-01

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