Cursor vs Anthropic MCP

FeatureCursorAnthropic MCP
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Development
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree (open standard)
GitHub Stars50,00045,000
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsmacOS, Linux, Windows
Features
  • ✓ AI autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase-aware
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tab completion
  • ✓ Composer agent
  • ✓ Universal tool protocol
  • ✓ Server/client architecture
  • ✓ Stdio and SSE transport
  • ✓ TypeScript + Python SDKs
  • ✓ Growing ecosystem
Tags
codingeditoridevscodeai-first
open-sourceprotocoltoolsintegrationstandard