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Alternatives to Cursor

12 AI Coding Agents rivals, ranked by the same evidence-graded leaderboard — Cursor itself ranks #11 with a PA Score of 27/100. Every “beats Cursor on” below comes from a judged head-to-head round with cited evidence — see the methodology.

  1. #1OpenCode logo
    OpenCode

    Anomaly

    PA Score 47/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    40.7/100

    Beats Cursor on: Drive the product through a documented public API · Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)

  2. #2Claude Code logo
    Claude Code

    Anthropic

    PA Score 40/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    48.6/100

    Beats Cursor on: Add a project instructions file to set coding standards and conventions the agent follows · Drive the product through a documented public API

  3. #3Cline logo
    Cline

    Cline Bot Inc.

    PA Score 40/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    40.2/100

    Beats Cursor on: Authenticate with an API key instead of an account login · Inspect diffs and run checks to catch problems before merging

  4. #4GitHub Copilot logo
    GitHub Copilot

    GitHub (Microsoft)

    PA Score 37/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    45.5/100

    Beats Cursor on: Receive inline code completions and next-edit suggestions as I type · Have the agent operate inside a sandbox when interacting with code, tools, and network resources

  5. #5Google Antigravity logo
    Google Antigravity

    Google

    PA Score 37/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    36.8/100

    Beats Cursor on: Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs · Include multiple project directories in a single session for broader context

  6. #6Codex logo
    Codex

    OpenAI

    PA Score 33/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    39.9/100

    Beats Cursor on: Sign in with my existing product subscription plan to use the coding agent · Inspect diffs and run checks to catch problems before merging

  7. #7
    Aider

    Aider AI

    PA Score 31/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    28.6/100

    Beats Cursor on: Have the agent map and explain an entire unfamiliar codebase without manually selecting context files · Understand how a codebase fits together to find where to start making changes

  8. #8Devin logo
    Devin

    Cognition AI, Inc.

    PA Score 30/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    37.7/100

    Beats Cursor on: Add a project instructions file to set coding standards and conventions the agent follows · Drive the product through a documented public API

  9. #9Conductor logo
    Conductor

    Melty Labs

    PA Score 30/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    32.8/100

    Beats Cursor on: Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs · Have the agent stage changes, write commit messages, create branches, and open pull requests

  10. #10cubic logo
    cubic

    MRGE, Inc.

    PA Score 27/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    25.2/100

    Beats Cursor on: Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs · Inspect diffs and run checks to catch problems before merging

  11. #12Gemini CLI logo
    Gemini CLI

    Google

    PA Score 21/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    21.9/100

    Beats Cursor on: Include multiple project directories in a single session for broader context · Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation

  12. #13Slate logo
    Slate

    Random Labs

    PA Score 15/100vs Cursor →
    coverage
    18.0/100

    Beats Cursor on: Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs · Sign in with my existing product subscription plan to use the coding agent

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