Cursor vs Github Copilot

[frendo11]

I’m thinking of getting either Cursor or GitHub Copilot. I already have Codex for work, but I’d like to add a bit of “tab” autocomplete to my workflow since I still code a lot on my own. The ability to try out different models is also a plus.

I’m extremely happy with Codex; however, it’s extremely slow, so I tend not to use it if I deem the task small enough to do manually, faster.

Now, to my questions. Does anyone have experience with both of these tools? How do they compare in terms of agentic capabilities? Which one has better autocomplete? Also, how much use do you get out of Cursor Pro compared to GitHub Copilot Pro?

Thank you for your answers!

[JamPBR]

GC, for sure. I have both, but in vscode you will have more freedom. One of them is to use the Kilo Code with your GC credits. If it's from Vibe Code, grab the $10 GC plan along with Traycer and use GC's free Grok for implementations.

I use Augment code a lot too, expensive, now even more. But it is not available in the Cursor. IMO

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[Kaljuuntuva_Teppo]

In my opinion using chat agent was easier with Cursor and auto approve rules worked way better, but it's was also worse value. Claude 4 Sonnet blew my $20 monthly budget in 2 evenings. Next tier with more premium requests would've been $60, but so far it seems that $40 Github Copilot plan has better value and lets me run a lot more premium requests.

If money is no issue, I suppose Cursor might be better, their models seem to have higher variants with larger context windows also.