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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor Cost Comparison

Compare the true annual cost of GitHub Copilot vs Cursor vs other AI coding tools based on your team size and usage.

GitHub Copilot vs Cursor Cost Comparison
Compare the true annual cost of GitHub Copilot vs Cursor vs other AI coding tools based on your team size and usage.
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Tool comparison for 3 developers:

GitHub Copilot Business: $684/year

Cursor Pro: $720/year

Difference: $36/year

At $75/hr, the pricier option costs about 3.20 hours of one developer's time per year — roughly 0.19% of a developer's coding year at 35 hours a week.

Whether either tool saves more than that is the thing worth testing on your own codebase; we do not publish a productivity multiplier, because the honest answer depends on your stack. Assumes $19 and $20 per user per month — check each vendor's current list price before you budget.