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Cursor vs GitHub Copilot

Side by side comparison of capabilities, pricing and version history

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Cursor

by Cursor AI

Coding
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GitHub Copilot

by Microsoft / GitHub

Coding
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Overall Score

🏆 Cursor leads 2 - 0

Based on 5 capability dimensions

Quick Facts

Latest VersionNew Plugins on the Cursor MarketplaceCopilot Workspace
Context WindowN/AN/A
PricingN/A$10/month individual
Versions Documented53

Capabilities

CursorGitHub Copilot
CodingTied
9/10
9/10
MemoryTied
7/10
7/10
Tool UseLeft wins
9/10
8/10
ReasoningTied
8/10
8/10
MultimodalLeft wins
6/10
1/10

Cursor History

5 versions

New Plugins on the Cursor MarketplaceMar 2026

Cursor added 30+ new plugins from partners like Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, and Hugging Face, enabling cloud agents to read, write, and take actions across more of the user's stack. Previous updates also introduced Automations for always-on agents triggered by schedules or events, JetBrains IDE support via Agent Client Protocol, MCP Apps with interactive UIs, and Bugbot Autofix for automatic PR fixes.

New Plugins on the Cursor Marketplace (03-11-26)Mar 2026

Cursor added 30+ new plugins from partners like Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, and Hugging Face, enabling cloud agents to read, write, and take actions across more of the development stack. Previous updates also introduced Automations for always-on agents triggered by schedules or events, JetBrains IDE support via Agent Client Protocol, MCP Apps with interactive UIs, and Bugbot Autofix for automatic PR fixes.

Cursor 0.43Jan 2025

Agent mode introduced. Cursor can autonomously run terminal commands, edit files and fix errors.

Cursor with ClaudeMar 2024

Claude integration added. Multi-file editing with Composer. Codebase-wide context understanding.

Cursor 0.1Jan 2023

Initial launch as AI-first VS Code fork. Basic code completion and chat features.

GitHub Copilot History

3 versions

Copilot WorkspaceApr 2024

Autonomous agent mode. Plan, build and test features from a GitHub issue with minimal input.

Copilot ChatJul 2023

Conversational coding assistant added. Ask questions about your code directly in the editor.

Copilot v1Jun 2021

First AI pair programmer. Trained on public GitHub repos using OpenAI Codex. Technical preview launched.