Cursor vs GitHub Copilot
Facts from each vendor's published pages, checked 2026-10-17. No scores and no winner: pick based on what you need.
 Cursor |  GitHub Copilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | An AI-first editor for game code | Gameplay code in any engine, free starter plan |
| What it does | AI-first code editor with agents, chat and codebase-aware edits; usable for gameplay code in any language or engine. | AI coding assistant with code completions, chat and agent mode; usable for gameplay code in any engine's scripting language. |
| Verdict | For devs who want an AI-first editor with a free tier; its terms assign suggestion rights to you, and third-party model usage is billed separately. | For coding in any engine with a free starting tier; GitHub says it doesn't own suggestions, and IP indemnity only comes with organization plans. |
| Tasks | Coding assistants | Coding assistants |
| Engines | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) |
| Free plan | Free plan: Free $0 plan | Free plan: Free plan |
| Pricing | Free $0/month; Plus $8/month; Premium $30/month; Super $100/month; Ultra $200/month; Teams $30+/user/month. Third-party model usage billed separately. source | Free plan. Paid individual plans listed at $10, $39 and $100 per month; Business and Enterprise plans for organizations. source |
| Export formats | n/a (code in your repo) | n/a (code in your repo) |
| Commercial use | Commercial use allowed Terms of Service 5.3: you retain rights in Inputs and Anysphere assigns to you all of its right, title and interest (if any) in Suggestions. source | Commercial use allowed Copilot Product Specific Terms: "GitHub does not own Suggestions. You retain ownership of Your Code." IP indemnity applies to organization plans, not individual plans. source |
| Revenue share / caps | unverified | unverified |
| API | Not applicable. Editor product | Not applicable. IDE/CLI product |
| MCP server | Connects to MCP servers. Connects to MCP servers via mcp.json source | Connects to MCP servers. Connects to MCP servers (IDEs, CLI, GitHub.com) source |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
"Unverified" means we couldn't confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.