Codex vs Cursor: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Codex is included as part of ChatGPT's plans, so pricing depends on which plan you choose.

• Free ($0/month): Limited access to Codex along with basic chat features.

• Go ($8/month): More messages, uploads, and memory, though Codex access stays limited.

• Plus ($20/month): Unlocks expanded Codex usage along with stronger models and more features.

• Pro (from $100/month): Gives the most Codex tasks, top-tier models, and unlimited image creation.

• Business: Costs $20 per user a month billed yearly, or $25 monthly, with a minimum of two users, and includes full Codex access with admin tools.

• Enterprise: Custom pricing that adds advanced security, data controls, and priority support.

Cursor has a free Hobby plan with limited agent requests and access to Composer, so you can try it before paying.

For individuals, the Pro plan costs $20 a month (or $16 a month billed yearly) and adds extended agent limits, frontier models, cloud agents, and MCP support. Pro+ costs $60 a month for three times the Pro limits, and Ultra costs $200 a month for twenty times the Pro limits plus priority access to new features.

Teams can choose Standard at $40 per user a month or Premium at $120 per user a month, both billed at a lower rate yearly. These plans add centralized billing, a team marketplace, shared cloud agents, usage analytics, and single sign-on.

Large organizations can contact Cursor for Enterprise pricing, which adds pooled usage, invoice billing, SCIM, and audit logs.