Cursor vs Sourcegraph Cody
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 Sourcegraph Cody if you want enterprise ai coding assistant grounded in sourcegraph's code graph (Copilot, enterprise).
| Cursor | Sourcegraph Cody | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI-first code editor with fast tab completion and a supervised coding agent | Enterprise AI coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph's code graph |
| Type | agent | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Copilot |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (Hobby); Pro $20/mo | enterprise · Enterprise; reported from $59/user/mo (no free/pro tier) |
| Best for | developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise | enterprise |
| Deployment | saas | saas, self-hosted |
| Modalities | text, code, browser, api | text, code |
| Models | model-agnostic, claude, gpt, gemini, proprietary | model-agnostic |
| Protocols | mcp, function-calling | function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | VS Code extensions, GitHub, MCP servers, Bugbot | VS Code, JetBrains, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket |
| Capabilities | 4 documented | 3 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
Sourcegraph Cody
- +Grounded in Sourcegraph's code graph for whole-codebase context
- +Strong fit for orgs already using Sourcegraph code search
- +Enterprise security and self-hosted options
- -Free and Pro tiers were discontinued in 2025; now enterprise-only
- -Individual/agentic developer use was pushed to a separate product (Amp)
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. Sourcegraph Cody is enterprise ai coding assistant grounded in sourcegraph's code graph, best for enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.