Comparison
Cursor vs Tabnine
Cursor: The most popular code editor with AI built in. Tabnine: Coding assistant for companies that cannot let code leave.
| Cursor | Tabnine | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| Price | Freemium Pro from $20/month. Free plan (Hobby) with limits. | Paid No free or individual plan since 2025. Code Assistant $39/user/month and Agentic Platform $59/user/month, both billed annually. |
| Free plan | ||
| API available | ||
| Open source | ||
| In Spanish | ||
| No watermark | — | — |
| Platforms | Windows · Mac · Linux | Windows · Mac · Linux |
Cursor
- Very polished AI experience built into the editor
- Compatible with VS Code extensions
- Agent mode for complete tasks
- The free plan runs out quickly
- Fairly resource-hungry
Tabnine
- Deployment on your own servers and fully air-gapped environments
- Your code never leaves for a public cloud
- SOC 2 certification and GDPR compliance
- Retired its free and individual plans: enterprise only
- Expensive against GitHub Copilot at similar quality