Last week I finally canceled
@cursor_ai after using them for the past few years since they launched their AI-powered IDE. Costs went from $20 to $60 to $200, and ultimately over $500 last month for "on-demand" usage of models like Claude's Opus 4.5 and Sonnet. I paid the $200 monthly subscription fee for the "Ultra plan," which was supposed to include 20x the usage time of all models. Then, just days later, I got messages that my usage was maxed out for the month. I was moved to on-demand and charged $60 a day for three days in a row for intraday agent usage on one example of their overcharging. They have absolutely RUINED a good thing, I tell everyone in our room now to stay away.
After seeing that $500 bill, I'd had enough. I canceled outright and immediately switched to
@windsurf , getting their "Pro" plan for $15/month plus Claude Code Max for $100/month from
@AnthropicAI . I've been coding nonstop like a madman this last week, and with the help of Claude, I fixed and updated all the dashboard issues for our users, updated Our
@tradingview code, wrote new NDX codes for discord updates, and completed a ton of other side work.
I've been using Claude Code the ENTIRE time to help expedite everything and work alongside me. The dashboard was a huge lift on credits due to ton of debugging, and I've STILL only used 3% of my entire plan for the month in credits. I've barely used ANY credits on the Windsurf AI agents since signing up , they offer 500 credits with pro plan, I have used 10 of those. lol
I'm SO GLAD I canceled
#Cursorai and will NEVER go back. Just thought I'd share in case anyone out there is still overpaying for Cursor each month.
#Windsurfai as the IDE and
#Claudecode as the brain is the way to go. VERY happy I made the switch.