Cursor vs Greptile
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Cursor if you want ai-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Greptile if you want ai code review agent that reviews prs with full-codebase context (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Cursor | Greptile | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent | AI code review agent that reviews PRs with full-codebase context |
| Type | agent | agent |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (Hobby); Pro $20/mo | freemium · $30/seat/mo |
| Best for | developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise | developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas | saas, self-hosted |
| Modalities | text, code, browser, api | code, text, api |
| Models | model-agnostic, claude, gpt, gemini, proprietary | model-agnostic, claude, gpt |
| Protocols | mcp, function-calling | mcp, rest-api |
| Integrations | VS Code extensions, GitHub, MCP servers, Bugbot | GitHub, GitLab, Cursor, Claude Code, Devin, Zapier |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 4 documented |
Cursor
- +Best-in-class Tab completion and tight, in-runtime AI integration that an extension-based tool can't fully match
- +Strong codebase-wide context, multi-file agent edits, Plan Mode, and parallel/cloud agents
- +Model flexibility plus fast in-house models (Composer) optimized for agentic coding
- -Pricing has been a sore point: a 2025 shift to credit metering caused surprise overage charges and backlash
- -Can hallucinate non-existent APIs and slow down on very large projects
Greptile
- +Reviews with whole-repository context via a code graph, not just the diff, and cites evidence for findings
- +Self-hostable on AWS with custom LLM providers, useful for security-conscious teams
- +Hands findings to coding agents and can write and run tests in a sandbox
- -Reviewer, not merger: it comments and suggests but a human still approves
- -Best language support is limited to a core set; broader languages are lower quality
Which should you choose?
Cursor is ai-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent, best for developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise. Greptile is ai code review agent that reviews prs with full-codebase context, best for developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Cursor and Greptile profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.