Visual Studio Code vs Cursor

Side-by-side comparison of Visual Studio Code and Cursor to help you choose the right tool.

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Feature Visual Studio Code Cursor
Pricing Free Free / $20/mo
Rating ⭐ 4.8/5 ⭐ 4.6/5
Categories ides-editors, ai-dev-tools ides-editors, ai-dev-tools
IntelliSense ✅ ❌
Integrated terminal ✅ ❌
Git integration ✅ ❌
Extensions marketplace ✅ ❌
Remote development ✅ ❌
Copilot integration ✅ ❌
AI code generation ❌ ✅
Codebase-aware chat ❌ ✅
Multi-file edits ❌ ✅
VS Code compatibility ❌ ✅
Tab completion ❌ ✅
Natural language editing ❌ ✅

Visual Studio Code

Free, extensible code editor by Microsoft

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Cursor

AI-first code editor built on VS Code

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