Replit starts at $20/mo, Cursor at $8/mo. Both have a free plan. Every plan from both vendors, the limits each one actually publishes, and what changed recently, with a source on every line.
Pick Cursor if you want the lowest monthly bill. Beyond price and free access, the deciding factor is which models and features you need; we track the money, not the model quality.
| Fact | Replit | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free tier | Free tier |
| Cheapest plan | Core · $20/mo | Plus · $8/mo |
| Top plan | Pro · $100/mo | Ultra · $200/mo |
| Plans tracked | 2 | 5 |
| Yearly discount | up to 10% | up to 17% |
| Allowance periods | Monthly | Weekly |
| Latest change | None logged | plan restructure |
| Last checked |
| Tool | Plan | Price | Limits as stated & source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replit | Core | $20/mo | Up to 30 hours of chat on Free Mode; up to 60 projects on Free Mode; $20 towards more powerful models; unlimited workspaces. Source: replit.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Replit | Pro | $100/mo | $100 credits toward most powerful models; 10 parallel agents; more Free Mode usage; up to 15 collaborators. Higher Pro tiers listed at $215, $425, $825 and $2,000/mo (annual pricing). Source: replit.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Plus | $8/mo | Base weekly usage pool for Cursor models, shared across Grok and Cursor; refreshes weekly. Only Grok models; third-party models not available. Absolute pool size not published. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Premium | $30/mo | 4x Plus weekly usage. Third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit. Adds Cloud Agents, Bugbot, Origin hosting. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Super | $100/mo | 15x Plus weekly usage; priority model access at peak times. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Ultra | $200/mo | 50x Plus weekly usage; earliest access to new products/models. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Teams | $30/mo | Each seat matches the weekly usage of the matching individual tier; third-party models at API list price + $0.25/M token Cursor Token Rate. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Tool | Free? | What you get for $0 & source |
|---|---|---|
| Replit | Free tier | Starter plan (free, per Replit's docs; not shown on the pricing page): daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap, monthly credits for production databases, object storage and publishing; Lite build only; one free published app that goes down after 30 days and carries a 'Made with Replit' badge. Full build, Plan Mode, connectors and more apps require Core. Source: docs.replit.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cursor | Free tier | Free plan $0/month: 'Limited agent requests', 'Limited Chat requests'. No third-party models (Claude/GPT/Gemini) on Free. Exact request counts not published. Source: cursor.com · checked 2026-10-16 |
New customers now buy Cursor as part of The X Subscription (Grok + Cursor + X). Usage moves from two monthly pools to one weekly pool shared with Grok; third-party models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) are no longer included and bill at API list price on Premium and above. Legacy Pro ($20), Pro+ ($60), Ultra ($200) continue for existing subscribers.
Cursor later apologized (July 4, 2025) for the unclear rollout and offered refunds for unexpected charges between June 16 and July 4.
Cursor is cheaper to start: Cursor Plus costs $8/mo, against $20/mo for Replit Core. At the top end, Replit Pro is $100/mo and Cursor Ultra is $200/mo.
Replit: Yes. Starter plan (free, per Replit's docs; not shown on the pricing page): daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap, monthly credits for production databases, object storage and publishing; Lite build only; one free published app that goes down after 30 days and carries a 'Made with Replit' badge. Full build, Plan Mode, connectors and more apps require Core. Cursor: Yes. Free plan $0/month: 'Limited agent requests', 'Limited Chat requests'. No third-party models (Claude/GPT/Gemini) on Free. Exact request counts not published.
Replit Pro ($100/mo): $100 credits toward most powerful models; 10 parallel agents; more Free Mode usage; up to 15 collaborators. Higher Pro tiers listed at $215, $425, $825 and $2,000/mo (annual pricing). Cursor Super ($100/mo): 15x Plus weekly usage; priority model access at peak times.
Replit: up to 10% off when billed yearly (Core: $18/mo instead of $20). Cursor: up to 17% off when billed yearly (Plus: $6.67/mo instead of $8).
12 Oct 2026, Cursor: Cursor moves into The X Subscription: new Plus $8 / Premium $30 / Super $100 / Ultra $200 plans with a weekly pool. 16 Jun 2025, Cursor: Cursor Pro switches from 500 requests/month to $20 of frontier-model usage at API rates.