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“Platform Reduces Manual Work But Lacks Visibility In Structured Agent Creation”
“Revolutionary Features Improve Experience but Unfriendly Pricing Changes Impact Usage”
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Anysphere focuses on automating coding to create an advanced human-AI hybrid programmer. This approach aims to increase programming efficiency, allowing developers to manage codebases effortlessly and iterate quickly even in complex systems. By combining AI and human creativity, Anysphere seeks to exceed the capabilities of pure AI systems. The company comprises researchers and engineers who develop software and models to push the boundaries of what is both useful and possible.
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Cursor Likes & Dislikes
Cursor AI makes it easier to understand a complete codebase by helping you quickly grasp module architecture, interdependencies and logic. It simplifies tracing references across modules, libraries and APIs, making it clear how functions interact and data moves. However, it is limited to module level.
This is a great product with a wonderful UI. I owe it a lot as it has changed my approach towards coding and has removed a lot of the obstacles. It makes difficult things easy.
I like the Agentic offering from Cursor. We have tried it for Google workspace development like extensions, add-ons and web applications. Cursor excels at all of those.
Cursor AI's pricing sits midway in the market. For the productivity gains it offers, the cost feels justified, though scaling across larger teams would quickly add up. On the security side, while the platform is strong in its development assessment, it provides limited visibility into how code, prompts, and integrations are handled under the hood. Greater transparency and enterprise-grade controls would strengthen confidence in sensitive use cases.
I really don't like their pricing changes. I think they are very unfriendly towards a loyal community. This has significantly reduced my usage and the ability to use my time effectively.
I am yet to find dislikes here but sometimes some models are much inferior resulting in too much time being spent with back and forth prompting and guiding the model to understand the full context of our project requirement.
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- VP, IT50M-1B USDIT ServicesReview Source
Platform Reduces Manual Work But Lacks Visibility In Structured Agent Creation
The platform accelerates prototyping by reducing the manual overhead of code scaffolding, documentation lookup, and testing workflows. However, when moving beyond experimentation into structured agent creation, several limitations become apparent - particularly around end-to-end visibility and control. Limited visual feedback also adds challenges in building a complete agent. - Application Developer10B+ USDTransportationReview Source
End-to-End Project Execution Improved, Occasional Model Limitations
Cursor has significantly improved the productivity at work. We love the AI agent and their capabilities. Large projects are much better managed and cursor does a great job at code stages like testing deployment and production debugging too. We love the fact that Cursor has great understanding of our architecture once fed with the right information, it is able to manage large projects end to end with little to no guidance from senior devs. - SR DATA ARCHITECT50M-1B USDIT ServicesReview Source
AI IDE that accelerates coding
Cursor is a refreshing upgrade compared to traditional IDEs. AI tightly coupled into the workflow. For application development, especially when juggling multiple frameworks or shifting between front-end and backend. Cursor speeds up prototyping and reduces the grind of boilerplate coding. It does take a bit longer, and projects still need human oversight to maintain structure and best practices. But overall it has been a serious productivity booster for my teams. - Engineer1B-10B USDIT ServicesReview Source
Thorough Code Generation Enhances Understanding But Adds Complexity for Simple Edits
Using Cursor was generally a good experience, but it could feel tedious at times. The tool is very thorough, which is helpful for complex tasks, but can slow things down when working on small or straightforward changes. While the depth is impressive, it sometimes felt like more interaction than necessary, especially for quick edits. - Software Development Engineer 11B-10B USDSoftwareReview Source
Context Awareness and Code Quality Stand Out, but Pricing Is Restrictive
My overall experience with Cursor has been great. Cursor has the context of the whole codebase in the project which makes the process of developing applications a lot faster and easier. It is really very helpful in understanding and debugging complex code snippets. The UI is simple and easy to use.