CursorAI Coding Agent for Building Ambitious Software

Sourcegraph CodyThe enterprise coding assistant to understand, fix, and automate your code

Comparison · AI Coding Assistants · weekly run Nov 3

Cursor vs Sourcegraph Cody

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 7.7 for Sourcegraph Cody, 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 7.7)
AI answers describe it more positively (53% vs 0% positive)
You need AIUC-1 or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 42001:2023 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (501–1,000 employees)

Choose Sourcegraph Cody if…

You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need ISO 27001 coverage
Free trial available for 30 days

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Cursor	Sourcegraph Cody
Visibility score	67.7%	7.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Coding Assistants	#2	#12
Share of voice	13.6%	3.3%
Mentions this run	65	16
Positive in AI answers	53%	0%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Cursor 0pp · Sourcegraph Cody 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Cursor leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

78.7%

0.9%

AI Mode

73.5%

5.2%

Perplexity

50.9%

17%

CursorSourcegraph Cody

Head to head in AI answers

13 engine answers name both brands

13Cursor ranked higher

0Sourcegraph Cody ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Cursor	Sourcegraph Cody
What are the best AI coding assistant tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#2	#14
Top AI coding assistant options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#3	#11
Top AI coding assistant options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#2	#11
Which AI coding assistant has the best reviews?	Perplexity	#1	#7
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	AI Mode	#1	#7
Compare the leading AI coding assistant platforms	Perplexity	#2	#14
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	AI Mode	#2	#7
Alternatives to the most popular AI coding assistant	Perplexity	#2	#15
Most affordable AI coding assistant that is still reliable	Perplexity	#4	#7
Which AI coding assistant offers a free trial?	Perplexity	#2	#5
Which AI coding assistant has transparent pricing?	AI Mode	#3	#4
Official website of the top AI coding assistant vendors	AI Mode	#2	#10

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Cursor	Sourcegraph Cody
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	$16,000 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	No
Deployment	Desktop, CLI, web, mobile and cloud agents	Single-tenant cloud, self-hosted, or bring-your-own cloud for air-gapped environments
Compliance	AIUC-1, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 42001:2023, SOC 2 Type II	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001
Support	Customer support by email at hi@cursor.com, Priority support on the Enterprise plan	24×5 support, Customer success manager, Optional premium support
Headquarters	—	San Francisco, California, US
Employees	501–1,000	51–200
Funding	Funding round at $9.9B valuation	Later-stage deal · $225M raised
Best for	Individual developers and engineering teams that hand coding tasks to AI agents, and larger organizations that need enterprise security and admin controls.	Enterprise engineering teams working on large, complex codebases