Cursor vs Perplexity

FeatureCursorPerplexity
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Search
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars50,000—
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ AI autocomplete
  • ✓ Chat
  • ✓ Codebase-aware
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ Tab completion
  • ✓ Composer agent
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
codingeditoridevscodeai-first
searchresearchcitationswebapi