Cursor

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How often 10 AI models recommend Cursor, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

100%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#1of 24 on Best AI coding assistants

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Claude Haiku 5.5100%
2. GPT-6 Luna100%
3. Gemini 4 Argon100%
4. Qwen 3.8 Flash100%
5. DeepSeek V4 Pro100%
6. GLM-5.3100%
7. Kimi K3100%
8. MiniMax M3100%
9. Mistral Large 4100%
10. Nemotron 3 Ultra100%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best AI coding assistants 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5AI-first IDE with strong multi-file editing and agent workflows developers rave about.
• GPT-6 LunaA polished AI-first editor with strong codebase-aware editing and agent workflows.
• Gemini 4 ArgonDeep codebase indexing and multi-file editing make it the most productive AI-native IDE.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashBest AI-first IDE experience for developers.
• DeepSeek V4 ProAI-first editor with agentic editing and full-codebase awareness.
• GLM-5.3AI-native editor with superb multi-file editing and context.
• Kimi K3Exceptional context awareness and multi-file editing capabilities.
• MiniMax M3AI-first IDE fork with powerful codebase-wide edits and agents.
• Mistral Large 4Revolutionary AI-native IDE with powerful codebase understanding and agent mode.
• Nemotron 3 UltraAI-native IDE with powerful agentic workflows

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Cursor highlighted.

Best AI coding assistants

24 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

CursorGitHub CopilotWindsurfAmazon Q Developer

Contested

1. 5Tabnine88%
2. 6Claude Code66%
3. 7JetBrains AI Assistant64%
4. 8Cody61%
5. 9Replit48%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best AI coding assistants	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best AI coding assistants	100	100	100	100

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Cursor vs GitHub CopilotCursor vs WindsurfCursor vs Amazon Q DeveloperCursor vs TabnineCursor vs Claude CodeCursor vs JetBrains AI Assistant

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