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Cline's client is free and open source; you pay for model usage as you go, with Cline credits at cost or your own provider API key. Cursor's Hobby plan is free with limited Agent requests; Pro is $16 per month billed yearly or $20 monthly, with a monthly usage allowance and on-demand use at API rates after it.
Cline runs with local models through Ollama, LM Studio or Atomic Chat, and offers Claude, GPT, Gemini, open-weight models such as GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek and Qwen, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Cursor's pages do not document local models; its own API keys cover OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure OpenAI and AWS Bedrock.
Cline is Apache-2.0 open source, except its JetBrains plugin, and its Enterprise plan deploys in a VPC, on-prem or air-gapped, with inference through your own cloud account or local models. Cursor's client is proprietary, and Cursor states it does not offer on-premises deployment.
Cline installs as a free extension from the VS Code Marketplace. Cursor is its own editor, which runs VS Code extensions; its pages document no VS Code extension.
Cursor is a desktop editor with Tab autocomplete, unlimited on paid plans, and a local index for code search. Cline's pages do not document as-you-type completion, and Cline reads files and runs ripgrep searches instead of building an index.
Cursor's Teams plan is $32 per user per month billed yearly or $40 monthly, with SSO and an admin dashboard with usage analytics. Cline's SSO and team dashboard are on its Enterprise plan, which is custom-priced.
Cursor's Cloud Agents run in isolated cloud VMs on paid plans, started from the desktop, the web, the iOS app, Slack, GitHub or Linear. Cline's background and scheduled agents run on your own machines, and its pages document no mobile app.
Both list SOC 2. Cursor also documents ISO 27001:2022 and HIPAA BAAs on Enterprise. Cline's pages document neither, and its SOC 2 listing names no report type. Cline states it does not receive or store your code when you use your own API keys.
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes Hobby plan; no credit card required. | Yes The open-source client is free. Model usage is paid separately: Cline credits (pay as you go) or your own API key with a third-party provider. Local models and limited-time free-model promotions cost nothing. |
| Free plan limits | Limited Agent requests; access to Composer; monthly Tab allowance Help center: Hobby covers Agent, Chat and Tab completions with the Auto model and a smaller model set; Tab suggestions pause once the monthly allowance is used; free accounts cannot start Cloud Agents. | Client free; AI inference paid separately (Cline credits or own API key); free models only as rotating limited-time promotions up to a usage quota Free-model usage is not available through the Cline API, and the docs say it "may be used to help improve model performance and quality". |
| Free trial (days) | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Trial requires credit card | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Cheapest paid plan, billed annually (per user / month) | $16.00 Pro (individual plan), billed yearly. An India-only Start plan (₹649/mo, billed monthly in INR) is listed in the help center, not on the pricing page. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages — ClinePass is listed only at $9.99/month; no annual billing is shown. |
| Cheapest paid plan, billed monthly (per user / month) | $20.00 Pro (individual plan), billed monthly. An India-only Start plan (₹649/mo, INR) is listed in the help center, not on the pricing page. | $9.99 ClinePass: an optional subscription for curated open-weight models. The Cline client itself is free; the pricing page lists no other paid plan with a price. |
| Highest listed-price plan, billed annually (per user / month) | $160.00 Ultra (individual plan), billed yearly. Highest per-seat team price is Teams Premium at $96/user/mo billed yearly. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages — no plan lists an annual price; Enterprise is custom-priced. |
| Minimum paid seats | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Custom-priced enterprise plan | Yes Enterprise is contact-sales; priced per seat with an included usage allotment and optional pre-committed usage. | Yes Enterprise plan is priced "Custom" with a Contact Sales button. |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Web app | Yes Browser access at cursor.com/agents for starting, following and reviewing cloud agents. | Yes Cline Kanban (research preview) is a browser board served locally after `npx kanban` / `cline --kanban`; no vendor-hosted web IDE is documented. |
| Runs on Windows | Yes Desktop app for Windows x64 and ARM64 (user or system installer); CLI via WSL or native PowerShell. | Yes Via the CLI and editor extensions; Cline for Desktop also ships a Windows build (Windows support in beta). |
| Runs on macOS | Yes Desktop app for Apple silicon, Intel and Universal builds; CLI via install script. | Yes Via the CLI and editor extensions; Cline for Desktop (beta) ships for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel). |
| Runs on Linux | Yes Desktop app as .deb, RPM and AppImage for x64 and ARM64; CLI via install script. | Yes Via the CLI and editor extensions; Cline for Desktop (beta) is listed for macOS and Windows only. |
| iOS app | Yes Cursor for iOS on iPhone and iPad (iOS/iPadOS 26.0+) directs and reviews cloud agents and Remote Control sessions; no editor or terminal. Starting agents needs a paid plan. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Android app | No No Cursor app for Android; an Android version is planned with no release date. The separate Grok Bot app (a general-purpose agent included with paid Cursor plans) is on Google Play. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Browser extension | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Own standalone code editor | Yes Desktop app with an agent-first Agents Window plus a classic editor that runs VS Code extensions from the Open VSX registry and imports VS Code settings, keybindings and extensions. The vendor pages do not call it a fork. | No Cline runs inside existing editors. Cline for Desktop (beta) is a standalone agent app for macOS and Windows, not a code editor. |
| Extension for VS Code | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Yes Free and open source; installed from the VS Code Marketplace (Open VSX for Windsurf and VSCodium). |
| Plugin for JetBrains IDEs | Yes Through the Agent Client Protocol: install Cursor from the ACP registry in the JetBrains AI Chat panel (AI Assistant plugin, 2025.1+). Paid Cursor plan required. Provides the agent (model choice, file edits, terminal commands); Tab autocomplete is not listed. | Yes Labelled "Early Access". The pricing page lists "JetBrains Extension" under Enterprise features, while the IDE page and docs offer it to everyone. Unlike the rest of Cline, the JetBrains plugin is not open source. |
| Command-line (terminal) agent | Yes Cursor CLI (`agent`): interactive, Plan and Ask modes plus headless mode for scripts, CI and GitHub Actions. Installs on macOS, Linux, Windows (WSL and native PowerShell). | Yes Installed with `npm i -g cline`; interactive, one-shot and headless (CI/CD) modes. |
| Other editors supported | JetBrains IDEs (via ACP); any editor or IDE through the Cursor CLI in a terminal; custom ACP clients The Xcode integration is an MCP bridge that lets Cursor's agent build, test and edit Xcode projects from Cursor; it is not a plugin inside Xcode. | Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Antigravity (extension); Zed, Neovim, Emacs and other ACP clients (via the CLI) The ACP docs also cover Emacs (agent-shell) and JetBrains AI Assistant, which can run Cline through the CLI with `cline --acp`. |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Inline code completion (autocomplete) | Yes Tab. Unlimited on Pro, Pro+ and Ultra; Hobby has a monthly Tab allowance. Tab always uses Cursor's own models, even with your own API keys. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Agent that edits across multiple files | Yes Agent, Plan, Ask and Debug modes in the editor, Agents Window, CLI, web and iOS. | Yes Plan mode drafts a strategy; Act mode makes the edits, with per-step approval or auto-approve. |
| Agent runs terminal commands | Yes Run Mode sets when commands run automatically, ask for approval, or run in a sandbox. | Yes |
| Cloud / background agents | Yes Cloud Agents run in isolated cloud VMs, in parallel, from desktop, web, iOS, Slack, GitHub and Linear; Automations run agents on schedules or triggers. Included on paid plans (Pro and up); free accounts cannot start them. Tool execution can run on Self-Hosted Machines. | Yes Runs on your own machines, not in vendor cloud: CLI Zen mode, cron-scheduled agents and parallel Kanban agents run through a local hub process, and headless runs work in CI. Not available in the VS Code or JetBrains extension. No vendor-hosted cloud agents are documented. |
| Pull request code review | Yes Bugbot reviews PRs automatically or on demand. Usage-based billing: individual plans draw from included usage, then on-demand; Teams bill from on-demand spend. Not included in the India-only Start plan. | Yes A GitHub Actions workflow you set up yourself with the Cline CLI, paying only for inference. Not a separate managed review product. |
| Codebase indexing / semantic code search | Yes Local Instant Grep index for exact and regex code search, plus an Explore subagent for broad searches. Cursor states it does not upload code or store codebase embeddings for search. | No By design, Cline reads files and runs ripgrep-powered search instead of building an index or embeddings. |
| MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers | Yes Pricing page lists MCPs, skills and hooks among Pro features; Enterprise admins can allowlist or block MCP servers. | Yes Includes an MCP Marketplace for one-click installs. Enterprise can allowlist MCP servers. |
| Project rules / custom instruction files | Yes Project rules in .cursor/rules (.mdc files), AGENTS.md, user rules, and enforceable team rules on Teams and Enterprise. | Yes Also supports global custom instructions and Skills. |
| Checkpoints to roll back agent edits | Yes Created automatically before significant Agent changes; stored locally, separate from Git; restoring reverts files only. | Yes Enabled by default; kept in a shadow Git repository separate from your project history. |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| User can choose the AI model | Yes Pick a model or use Auto (Cursor Router). Hobby gets a smaller model set; paid plans unlock all models; Enterprise admins can restrict models. | Yes |
| Model families offered | Cursor models (Grok 4.7, 4.6, 4.5; Composer 2.5), OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and others Grok models are listed as Cursor models in the Cursor Models usage pool. The docs model table also lists Meta, Moonshot and Z.ai models. | Claude, GPT, Gemini, open-weight models (GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, MiniMax, MiMo, Qwen), local models, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint The ClinePass page lists open-weight models from Z.ai (GLM), Moonshot AI (Kimi), DeepSeek, MiniMax, MiMo and Qwen. The pricing FAQ adds provider routes: OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Groq, Cerebras and Vercel AI Gateway. The docs list 30+ further providers. |
| Bring your own API key | Yes OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Azure OpenAI and AWS Bedrock keys; chat models only (Tab stays on Cursor models). Requests still pass through Cursor's backend. Individual plans: not counted against included usage. Teams/Enterprise: $0.25 per million tokens Cursor Token Rate still applies. Enterprise admins can disable BYOK. Cursor's zero data retention does not cover BYOK requests. | Yes Available on the free open-source plan. |
| Local / self-hosted models | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Yes |
| How paid-plan usage is limited | Monthly included model usage in two pools (Cursor Models; Other Models at API prices), then optional on-demand pay-as-you-go at API rates Pro+ has 3x and Ultra 20x Pro Agent limits; Teams Premium has 5x Standard. Usage resets monthly without rollover. Teams and Enterprise add a $0.25 per million tokens Cursor Token Rate on third-party models. Enterprise offers pooled usage. | Pay-as-you-go inference credits at model cost, or your own API keys; ClinePass quota measured over 5-hour, weekly and monthly windows The pricing page lists "Purchase and Model Inference at Cost or BYOK". ClinePass ($9.99/month) measures usage against a 5-hour rolling window, the calendar week and the calendar month. |
| Open-source client | No Proprietary client. The public github.com/cursor/cursor repository holds a README and issue templates, not the app source. Some auxiliary repos are open source (e.g. plugins, SDK bridge, Terraform provider). | Yes Apache-2.0. The GitHub README says the JetBrains plugin is not open-sourced. |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Zero data retention option | Yes Applies with Privacy Mode on, available on every plan including free; on by default for Enterprise, enforceable org-wide by Teams and Enterprise admins. Exceptions: your own API keys, models that require provider retention (admin approval needed), and prompts flagged by providers' abuse classifiers. | Yes Applies when you use your own API keys and route model calls through infrastructure you control, on any plan including the free one. Your model provider's retention terms still apply. No zero-retention commitment is documented for Cline-managed inference. |
| Code excluded from model training | Yes Requires Privacy Mode. With Privacy Mode off, Cursor may use code data to train its models. Terms: Anysphere does not train on your content unless you explicitly agree. | Yes Conditions: Terms §3.5 say third-party AI model providers "may use User Content for training unless you have explicitly opted out". The free-models docs say free-model usage "may be used to help improve model performance and quality". |
| Self-hosted or on-premises deployment | No No on-premises deployment; the service runs on AWS. Cloud Agent tool execution can move to Self-Hosted Machines you manage, while Cursor still runs the agent loop and inference. AWS PrivateLink and Cloudflare Tunnel private connectivity are available. | Yes Enterprise. Inference can run through your own Amazon Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Azure OpenAI or local models. |
| Team admin dashboard and usage analytics | Yes Teams plan and up: centralized billing and administration with usage analytics. Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs, AI Code Tracking API and Conversation Insights. | Yes Enterprise plan. The enterprise docs list per-team cost breakdowns, real-time analytics and OpenTelemetry export. |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Listed integrations | 370 Plugins listed in the Cursor Marketplace (MCP servers, skills and tool bundles from third parties and Cursor), counted as unique plugin listings; excludes 27 automation templates. Separately, the docs cover 11 native integrations: GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Linear, Notion, JetBrains and Xcode. | 199 MCP server cards in the "All" tab of the vendor's public MCP Marketplace (198 distinct names). The page states no total. Servers install through the Cline extension, and any other MCP server can be added by hand. |
| Public API | Yes Cloud Agents API (beta, all plans), TypeScript and Python SDKs (all users); Admin, Analytics, AI Code Tracking and Bugbot APIs for Enterprise teams. | Yes TypeScript SDK (@cline/sdk). Also an OpenAI-compatible Cline API for model access and an Enterprise admin REST API. |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | Yes SAML/OIDC SSO on Teams and Enterprise at no extra cost; SCIM provisioning on Enterprise. | Yes Enterprise plan. SSO runs through WorkOS (Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace, generic SAML/OIDC). The pricing FAQ also lists SCIM provisioning. |
| Two-factor authentication | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| SOC 2 report | Yes SOC 2 Type II; report available on request via trust.cursor.com. | Yes Listed under "Compliance" on the vendor Trust Center (Vanta). The Trust Center names no report type or date and offers no downloadable SOC 2 report (resources: Engagement Letter, Code of Conduct). |
| ISO 27001 certification | Yes ISO/IEC 27001:2022; also ISO/IEC 42001:2023 and AIUC-1. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| HIPAA compliance offered | Yes Enterprise only: signed BAA required, with Privacy Mode enabled and locked org-wide. The standard Terms of Service prohibit sending HIPAA-regulated data otherwise. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Cursor | Cline | |
|---|---|---|
| Support channels | Community forum, email (hi@cursor.com), help center with a signed-in support request form; priority support on Enterprise Individual and Teams plans: community and standard support. Enterprise: first human response within 8 hours (critical) or 24 hours (standard). | Support contact form, email (support@cline.bot), Discord community, GitHub Issues and Discussions; dedicated support and SLA on Enterprise The pricing page lists "Community Support" for the open-source plan and "SLA" and "Dedicated Support" for Enterprise. The Terms give support@cline.bot. |
| 24/7 support | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Vendor (legal entity) | Anysphere, Inc. Cursor's blog announced on Aug 14, 2026 that Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX; the Terms of Service still name Anysphere, Inc. | Cline Bot Inc. Terms name Delaware as the governing jurisdiction. |
| Founded | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA, USA Correspondence address in the Terms of Service: 2261 Market Street STE 86466, San Francisco, CA 94114. The vendor pages do not name a headquarters. | Not documented Not documented on vendor pages |
| Cursor plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby Per month Free individual plan. No credit card required; limited Agent requests; access to Composer. | Free | Free |
| Pro Per month Individual plan. $16/mo billed yearly, $20/mo billed monthly. Extended limits on Agent, access to frontier models, MCPs, skills and hooks, Cloud agents, Grok Bot access; Bugbot on usage-based billing. Includes monthly usage in two pools (Cursor Models; Other Models at API prices), then optional on-demand usage at API rates. | $16.00 | $20.00 |
| Pro+ Per month Individual plan. $48/mo billed yearly, $60/mo billed monthly. Everything in Pro, plus 3x Pro limits on Agent and higher Grok Bot usage limits. | $48.00 | $60.00 |
| Ultra Per month Individual plan. $160/mo billed yearly, $200/mo billed monthly. Everything in Pro, plus 20x Pro limits on Agent, highest Grok Bot usage limits and priority access to new features. | $160.00 | $200.00 |
| Teams (Standard seat) $32/user/mo billed yearly, $40/user/mo billed monthly. Centralized team billing and administration, team marketplace for rules, skills and plugins, cloud agents and automations with shared team context, agentic code reviews with Bugbot, usage analytics, team-wide privacy mode, SAML/OIDC SSO. Per-seat included usage; on-demand usage beyond it. | $32.00 | $40.00 |
| Teams (Premium seat) $96/user/mo billed yearly, $120/user/mo billed monthly. Same Teams features with 5x Standard limits on Agent and higher Grok Bot usage limits. Standard and Premium are seat types within the Teams plan. | $96.00 | $120.00 |
| Enterprise Custom (contact sales) Everything on Teams plus pooled usage, invoice/PO billing, SCIM seat management, repository/model/MCP access controls, auto-run, browser and network controls, audit logs and service accounts, AI code tracking API, priority support and account management. | Custom | Custom |
| Cline plan | Billed annually | Billed monthly |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source Free; AI inference billed separately (pay as you go) For individual developers: VS Code extension, CLI, MCP Marketplace, community support. The client is free; model usage is paid per use with Cline credits at cost or with your own provider API keys. | Free | Free |
| Enterprise Custom (contact sales) Price listed as "Custom". Adds JetBrains extension (per the pricing page), SSO, SLA, dedicated support, centralized billing, simple config management, role-based access control, limiting inference providers, team management dashboard and authentication logs. | Custom | Custom |
| ClinePass Per month Optional subscription on its own page (not on the pricing page) for curated open-weight models from Z.ai, Moonshot AI, DeepSeek, MiniMax, MiMo and Qwen, with 2-5x the usage of standard API rates; quota measured over a 5-hour rolling window, the calendar week and the calendar month. Only monthly billing is listed. Page footnotes: "Standard rate $9.99 per month after promotion period" and "Additional processing fee may apply". | Not offered | $9.99 |
Per user per month unless the plan states otherwise, as listed on each vendor's pricing page.