Compare Claude Code vs Codex vs Cursor vs VS Code

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Attribute	Claude Code	Codex	Cursor	VS Code
Community Score	7/100	5/100	11/100	6/100
Pricing	✓ Free	✓ Free	✓ Hobby	✓ Copilot Free
	—	—	✓ Free Trial (14 days)	✓ Free Trial (30 days)
	Pro$17/mo	Go$8/mo	Pro$20/mo	Copilot Pro$10/mo
	Team - Standard Seat$25/mo	Plus$20/moPopular	Teams$40/mo	Copilot Business$19/mo
	Max 5x$100/mo	Business$25/mo	Bugbot Pro$40/mo	Copilot Pro+$39/mo
	Team - Premium Seat$150/mo	Business Monthly$30/mo	Bugbot Teams$40/mo	Copilot Enterprise$39/mo
	Max 20x$200/moPopular	Pro$200/mo	Pro+$60/moPopular	—
	—	—	Ultra$200/mo	—
	EnterpriseContact Sales	EnterpriseContact Sales	EnterpriseContact Sales	—
	—	EduContact Sales	Bugbot EnterpriseContact Sales	—
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Platform	LINUX, MACOS, WINDOWS, SDK, API, Web, CLI	Web, MACOS, WINDOWS, CLI	WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, Web, API, VSC_EXTENSION, JETBRAINS_PLUGIN, CLI	WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, CLI
API / SDK	API + SDK	N/A	API	N/A
Docs / Source	Docs	Docs Source	Docs	Docs Source
Developer	Anthropic, Inc.	OpenAI, Inc.	Cursor, Inc.	Microsoft
Features	Natural language code editing and generation Multi-file codebase understanding Agentic search and indexing Git workflow automation Test execution and debugging Architecture and code explanation	Cloud-based software engineering agent Answers codebase questions Executes code in isolated sandbox Drafts pull requests Multiple parallel task execution GitHub repository integration	AI coding agents Tab autocomplete Cloud agents Bugbot PR review Codebase indexing MCP support	IntelliSense code completion and error detection Integrated debugging with breakpoints and call stacks Built-in Git version control integration Extensive extension marketplace with 40,000+ extensions Multi-language support with syntax highlighting Integrated terminal with multiple shell support
Integrations	VS Code Cursor Windsurf JetBrains IDEs Neovim GitHub	GitHub ChatGPT OpenAI o3 Version Control Systems	GitHub GitLab Slack Linear JetBrains Xcode	GitHub Git Azure DevOps Docker Kubernetes GitHub Copilot
Use Case Fit	Agentic code execution Multi-file coordination Extended thinking Sub-agent parallelization	Code generation Code analysis Bug fixing Pull request creation	Code generation Code completion Agentic coding Code review	AI coding assistant integration Intelligent code completion Code analysis and suggestions Automated refactoring assistance
System Requirements	Windows 10+ macOS 11+ Ubuntu 20.04+	Windows 10+ macOS 11+ Ubuntu 20.04+	Windows macOS Linux	Windows 10/11 macOS 10.15+ Linux (64-bit)
Data refreshed	Mar 15, 2026	Mar 21, 2026	Apr 2, 2026	Mar 15, 2026

Compare Claude Code vs Codex vs Cursor vs VS Code

Evaluate tools side-by-side and decide faster.

Attribute	Claude Code	Codex	Cursor	VS Code
Community Score	7/100	5/100	11/100	6/100
Pricing	✓ Free	✓ Free	✓ Hobby	✓ Copilot Free
	—	—	✓ Free Trial (14 days)	✓ Free Trial (30 days)
	Pro$17/mo	Go$8/mo	Pro$20/mo	Copilot Pro$10/mo
	Team - Standard Seat$25/mo	Plus$20/moPopular	Teams$40/mo	Copilot Business$19/mo
	Max 5x$100/mo	Business$25/mo	Bugbot Pro$40/mo	Copilot Pro+$39/mo
	Team - Premium Seat$150/mo	Business Monthly$30/mo	Bugbot Teams$40/mo	Copilot Enterprise$39/mo
	Max 20x$200/moPopular	Pro$200/mo	Pro+$60/moPopular	—
	—	—	Ultra$200/mo	—
	EnterpriseContact Sales	EnterpriseContact Sales	EnterpriseContact Sales	—
	—	EduContact Sales	Bugbot EnterpriseContact Sales	—
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Platform	LINUX, MACOS, WINDOWS, SDK, API, Web, CLI	Web, MACOS, WINDOWS, CLI	WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, Web, API, VSC_EXTENSION, JETBRAINS_PLUGIN, CLI	WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, CLI
API / SDK	API + SDK	N/A	API	N/A
Docs / Source	Docs	Docs Source	Docs	Docs Source
Developer	Anthropic, Inc.	OpenAI, Inc.	Cursor, Inc.	Microsoft
Features	Natural language code editing and generation Multi-file codebase understanding Agentic search and indexing Git workflow automation Test execution and debugging Architecture and code explanation	Cloud-based software engineering agent Answers codebase questions Executes code in isolated sandbox Drafts pull requests Multiple parallel task execution GitHub repository integration	AI coding agents Tab autocomplete Cloud agents Bugbot PR review Codebase indexing MCP support	IntelliSense code completion and error detection Integrated debugging with breakpoints and call stacks Built-in Git version control integration Extensive extension marketplace with 40,000+ extensions Multi-language support with syntax highlighting Integrated terminal with multiple shell support
Integrations	VS Code Cursor Windsurf JetBrains IDEs Neovim GitHub	GitHub ChatGPT OpenAI o3 Version Control Systems	GitHub GitLab Slack Linear JetBrains Xcode	GitHub Git Azure DevOps Docker Kubernetes GitHub Copilot
Use Case Fit	Agentic code execution Multi-file coordination Extended thinking Sub-agent parallelization	Code generation Code analysis Bug fixing Pull request creation	Code generation Code completion Agentic coding Code review	AI coding assistant integration Intelligent code completion Code analysis and suggestions Automated refactoring assistance
System Requirements	Windows 10+ macOS 11+ Ubuntu 20.04+	Windows 10+ macOS 11+ Ubuntu 20.04+	Windows macOS Linux	Windows 10/11 macOS 10.15+ Linux (64-bit)
Data refreshed	Mar 15, 2026	Mar 21, 2026	Apr 2, 2026	Mar 15, 2026