Cursor vs Replit

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Cursor is the stronger AI pick in AI Coding Assistants: it has a visibility score of 67.7 versus 6.9 for Replit, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Cursor if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (67.7 vs 6.9)
You need AIUC-1 or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 42001:2023 or SOC 2 Type II coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)
Strong codebase indexing and multi-file editing

Choose Replit if…

AI answers describe it more positively (69% vs 53% positive)
You need SOC 2 coverage
Browser-based development with no local setup needed
Replit Agent builds and deploys apps quickly from prompts

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cursor	Replit
Visibility score	67.7%	6.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Coding Assistants	#2	#14
Share of voice	13.6%	3.3%
Mentions this run	65	16
Positive in AI answers	53%	69%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Cursor 0pp · Replit 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Cursor leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

78.7%

4.4%

AI Mode

73.5%

7.4%

Perplexity

50.9%

8.9%

CursorReplit

Head to head in AI answers

16 engine answers name both brands

16Cursor ranked higher

0Replit ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cursor	Replit
What are the best AI coding assistant tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#1	#9
What are the best AI coding assistant tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#2	#7
Best AI coding assistant for startups	ChatGPT	#1	#6
Best AI coding assistant for startups	AI Mode	#1	#4
Best AI coding assistant for startups	Perplexity	#1	#5
Which AI coding assistant has the best reviews?	Perplexity	#1	#4
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	Perplexity	#2	#13
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	Perplexity	#2	#14
Best AI coding assistant with AI features	ChatGPT	#2	#8
Best AI coding assistant with AI features	Perplexity	#1	#6
Is there a free AI coding assistant for small teams?	AI Mode	#2	#5
Official website of the top AI coding assistant vendors	ChatGPT	#4	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cursor	Replit
Pricing model	—	Flat tiers
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $20 / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Desktop, CLI, web, mobile and cloud agents	Hosted cloud service, with Bring Your Own Cloud and single-tenant options for enterprise customers.
Integrations	—	450+
Compliance	AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2
Support	Customer support by email at hi@cursor.com, Priority support on the Enterprise plan	In-app help via the ? icon, Premium support on the Pro plan, Dedicated premium support on the Enterprise plan
Founded	—	2016
Headquarters	—	Foster City, California, US
Employees	501–1,000	201–500
Funding	Funding round at $9.9B valuation	Series D
Best for	Individual developers and engineering teams that hand coding tasks to AI agents, and larger organizations that need enterprise security and admin controls.	Founders, product managers and non-programmers who want to turn ideas into apps, and commercial teams building professional apps on the Pro plan.