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.