A Cursor alternative on the same plan ladder. The same prices, open models on the plan from $8, and your own keys free.
What the plan pays for
On Cursor’s Plus plan only Grok models are available, and third-party models are billed separately by usage. On MegaBrain’s Plus the plan pays for GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, DeepSeek, Qwen, Grok and Auto, and Claude, GPT and Gemini come from credits from Pro.
Your own keys and local models, free
Bring a key from any provider, or a model running on your machine, on every plan, Free included. They never count against a limit.
Where Cursor offers more
Cursor is an editor of its own, for macOS, Windows and Linux, with cloud agents and automations, code hosting and AI code reviews from Premium, Ultra at 50× Plus’s usage (ours is 25×), and third-party models at API list price. MegaBrain runs on your machine only: in the terminal of any editor and as a Mac app.
Not affiliated
MegaBrain is not affiliated with Cursor. The facts about Cursor on this page were read from cursor.com/pricing on 25 October 2026 and may have changed since.
Side by side
| Cursor | MegaBrain | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Limited agent and chat requests | The agent, the free models, your own keys and local models |
| $8 a month | Plus: only Grok models | Plus: GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, DeepSeek, Qwen, Grok and Auto |
| $30 a month | Premium: 4× Plus, third-party models at API list price | Pro: 4× Plus, Claude, GPT and Gemini from credits |
| $100 a month | Super: 15× Plus | Super: 15× Plus |
| $200 a month | Ultra: 50× Plus | Ultra: 25× Plus |
| Where it runs | Its own editor; cloud agents | Your terminal, any editor’s terminal, the Mac app |
Cursor’s plans as cursor.com/pricing listed them on 2026-10-25.
Questions
Is Cursor free?+
Cursor has a Free plan with limited agent and chat requests (cursor.com/pricing, October 2026). MegaBrain’s Free plan has the agent with the free models, and your own keys and local models with no limits from us.
Is MegaBrain cheaper than Cursor?+
The prices are the same: $8, $30, $100, $200 a month. What differs is what the plan pays for: from $8 MegaBrain’s plan covers open models such as GLM, Kimi and MiniMax, where Cursor’s $8 plan covers only Grok.
Can I use MegaBrain inside Cursor?+
Yes: the MegaBrain extension runs in Cursor’s sidebar (Cursor installs it from Open VSX), and the CLI in its built-in terminal.
Can I use Claude with MegaBrain?+
Yes, from Pro, paid from your credits, or on any plan with your own Anthropic key at no cost from us.
How do I switch?+
Install the CLI with npm install -g @getmegabrain/cli, run megabrain in your project and sign in once. Or download MegaBrain for Mac (macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon (M1 or newer)).
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