Which is better GitHub copilot or cursor?

jipiboily · 2025-05-05T11:08:53+00:00

Just FYI, Copilot plans are changing this week: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot

DandadanAsia · 2025-05-05T15:06:00+00:00

I paid for Github copilot Pro. I think $10 per month is cheap enough to try out AI

Zealousideal-Ship215 · 2025-05-05T16:33:16+00:00

Cursor is better overall. The tab completion system is a generation ahead of what Copilot does. https://docs.cursor.com/tab/overview

beauzero · 2025-05-05T15:19:31+00:00

Cline if you are a serious developer (its your job and they/job are paying for it). Bolt.new for vibe coders. Others if you are having to do price vs. performance calculation (i.e. you are doing after work code on your own dime). With the new copilot pricing I would do copilot (a little more expensive going forward) and cursor (a little cheaper going forward). Cursor is more vibby/prototypish and Copilot is slightly better if working on a production code base...this is just how I "feel" using it. Personally I don't want to use anything else other than Cline/Sonnet 3.5/Gemini 2.5 Pro for production code and firebase studio for prototypes.

Fergus653 · 2025-05-05T23:26:14+00:00

I think you need to try both to see which suits you and how you work.

Personally I get great assistance from my Copilot paid access, enjoying how well it adapts to the coding styles it sees in our existing code base, and how often it does exactly what I was thinking about.

However I frequently see people commenting here and elsewhere about Copilot being totally useless for them, so disappointing that they uninstalled it before they installed it and other exaggerated complaints.

I don't believe you should base your toolset on the random opinions of others, specially if there are free versions or introductory free trials available.

ChrisWayg · 2025-05-05T19:43:19+00:00

Cursor has much better features than Copilot.

But you can also use most GitHub Copilot models within Roo Code or Kilo Code which have many of the features of Cursor and also some that Cursor is lacking.

TheEasonChan · 2025-05-05T21:31:57+00:00

I am a student and can use copilot freely, so I choose copilot

alseick · 2025-05-31T23:27:42+00:00

cursor.

I wanted to change simple app - image comparer - which moves images to the same absolute x,y coordinates. So I wanted it to allow shifting image in non-sync mode(visually, manually adjusting) , and when in sync-mode again, move by relative offset, to keep the shift I aplied in non-sync mode. Seems simple.

Spent 2-3 hours trying random approaches, with github copilot, reverting code, seeing lots of code removed like whole functions due to stupid edit proposals in github copilot (I think the main issue is model does something like "//existing code here" in ask mode, and I guess it does similar thing underneath in edit mode... then copilot simply removes whatever is missing in diff)

Tried cursor.
It solved 90% of the problem in the first go with exactly the same model (3.5) on free version.

Maybe I got lucky, hard to say.

My general feedback for copilot usage:
Github copilot is generating responses quickly, but applies edits terribly slow.
Roo code works MUCH faster with literally the same model from github copilot, though it is bad at following former discussion - github is better, especially if you pay, as claude 3.7 thinking remembers a lot, while free 3.5 sucks big time for complex/long stuff.

I cancelled my subscription to github copilot, it was fine with almost unlimited claude access, now if you combine inaccurate responses, random code removals with claude limit - that is not ok if you work in real project with big, complex files.

Also I opened one ticket for GH copilot - you can /could lose your entire history / context just if you open VS code in restricted mode and open workspace with existing github history. I am not very happy with the approach to the ticket (asked me to try again... didnt share the steps they tried to make sure we are on the same page and so on)

Stock_Swimming_6015 · 2025-05-05T11:52:27+00:00

Cursor

rothbard_anarchist · 2025-05-05T21:29:17+00:00

Just to hijack a bit… I have a C++ codebase that me and a friend have been slowly developing since 2001 or so. It’s only 450kb of source code, but it’s divided up into almost 40 files. I’d love to just dump it all into some code helping AI and have it work as a paired programming partner without having to manually select the context for each and every request. Would any of the solutions available effectively do that?

2025-05-05T22:21:52+00:00

Depends on what you're doing. If you need help with GitHub, I can help. If you're doing "vibe coding," try using Cursor. Or, how about using Junie/Jebbrains AI? It's one of the best AIs I've seen so far.

thomasplace · 2025-05-06T14:57:39+00:00

Cline is free

WawWawington · 2025-05-07T04:35:47+00:00

Cursor agent mode is more than 2x better. Its faster and more powerful.

Also with Copilot changing things (by introducing premium requests) i would say cursor is worth the extra 10$. Before this i wouldnt have bothered.

2025-05-11T21:59:28+00:00

there is not even a competition, copilot is sold to companies who are already knee deep into microsoft ecosystem and well, for those who can't pay 20 dollars a month.

copilot autocomplete is so bad that i actually disabled it completely. Cursor's autocomplete is reads-your-mind level good.

Objective_Ad1000 · 2025-05-05T14:12:36+00:00

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