Antigravity vs Cursor (2026): Pricing, Limits, Models, and Which to Pick

Choose Antigravity if you want a capable multi-agent setup for $0 and are happy on Gemini models; choose Cursor if you want the newest Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok models in one editor and are willing to pay $20/month or more. Antigravity's free plan includes unlimited Tab completions and agent access under a weekly limit, and Google AI Pro ($19.99/month) raises that limit. Cursor's Pro plan ($20/month) includes two monthly usage pools, and its own docs say daily agent users typically spend $60 to $100 a month in total usage.

Last updated: September 28, 2026. Prices, models, and limits were checked against antigravity.google, cursor.com, and Google One on that date.

Official Sources#

Head-to-head table#

The headline difference is the billing model. Antigravity sells you capacity through Google subscriptions and does not tell you exactly how much; Cursor sells you dollars of model usage and tells you precisely what each token costs.

Pricing compared#

Antigravity pricing#

From the pricing page and Google One:

Cursor pricing#

From cursor.com/pricing and the models and pricing docs:

Cursor's two pools are the part to understand. The Cursor Models pool covers Cursor's first-party lineup (Grok 4.7, 4.6, 4.5 and Composer 2.5) with "significantly more included usage." The Other Models pool is charged at each third-party model's API price: for example Claude Opus 5.5 at $4/$20 per million input/output tokens, Gemini 3.1 Pro at $2/$12, and GPT-5.6 Terra at $2/$12. On Teams and Enterprise, third-party requests also carry a Cursor Token Rate of $0.25 per million tokens.

What each actually costs a working developer#

• Light use (Tab plus occasional agent tasks): Antigravity's free tier covers it. Cursor Pro "typically" stays within included usage for daily Tab users, per its docs.
• Daily agent use: Cursor's docs estimate $60 to $100 per month in total usage, which maps to Pro plus on-demand or Pro Plus. On Antigravity, Google AI Pro at $19.99 is the natural tier, but whether it is enough depends on unpublished limits.
• Power users running several agents: Cursor estimates $200+ per month. Antigravity's equivalent is Ultra plus AI credits.

Our AI coding tools pricing guide compares both against Claude Code, Codex, and the rest.

Limits compared#

This is where "antigravity limits" searches come from. Antigravity's plans doc is explicit that there is no fixed prompt count: limits "are correlated with the amount of work done by the agent." Free quota refreshes weekly; Pro and Ultra refresh every five hours until a weekly cap. Gemini models and third-party Claude and GPT models have separate meters, so exhausting one family does not block the other.

Cursor limits are not a mystery quota; they are a dollar balance. Each plan includes a monthly amount of usage per pool. When you run out, you either add on-demand usage at the same API rates or upgrade, and Cursor states requests "are never downgraded in quality or speed."

If predictability matters more than the sticker price, Cursor wins. If the sticker price matters most, Antigravity wins.

Models compared#

If your team has standardized on the latest Claude or GPT models, Cursor is the only one of the two that offers them today. If you are all-in on Gemini, Antigravity gives you more Gemini variants and co-optimizes its harness with the Gemini training stack, per Google's Antigravity 2.0 announcement.

Workflow compared#

Antigravity is agent-first. Google's flagship is now Antigravity 2.0, a desktop app with no code editor that runs multiple local agents in parallel across Projects, supports dynamic subagents, JSON hooks, Scheduled Tasks, and Local or Worktree modes. Google explicitly recommends pairing it with your IDE of choice, and since August 2026 that IDE can be VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Visual Studio, or Xcode via official extensions. Our Antigravity 2026 guide covers each surface.

Cursor is editor-first with an agent layer. The Agents Window, generally available with Cursor 3 on April 2, 2026, manages agents across local, cloud, and remote SSH environments, with multi-workspace support, a diffs view for reviewing changes and pull requests, and one-step handoff between local and cloud. Around it sit Cloud Agents, Automations, Bugbot code review, and a CLI. See What Is Cursor? for the full tour.

Both converge on the same idea: a command center for many agents, plus an editor for the moments you need to read code closely. Antigravity splits those into separate apps; Cursor keeps them in one.

Decision guide#

Not choosing either? If you prefer a terminal agent, compare Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code vs Codex, or read Claude Code vs Cursor for the Anthropic-first alternative.

FAQ#

Is Antigravity cheaper than Cursor?#

Yes at the entry level. Antigravity has a free plan with agent access and a weekly limit, and Google AI Pro costs $19.99/month. Cursor Pro is $20/month, and Cursor's docs estimate daily agent users spend $60 to $100 per month in total usage. The catch is that Antigravity does not publish its quota, so the real comparison depends on how much agent work you run.

Does Antigravity have usage limits like Cursor?#

Both have limits, measured differently. Antigravity uses unpublished quotas tied to agent work, refreshed weekly on free and every five hours on Pro and Ultra, with a weekly cap. Cursor includes a monthly dollar amount of usage per pool, then bills on-demand usage at API rates.

Can I use Claude in Antigravity and Cursor?#

Yes in both, with different versions. Antigravity offers Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6 (thinking) on Free, Pro, and Ultra, but not on Enterprise. Cursor offers Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 5.5, and Fable 5.1 through its Other Models pool at API prices.

Is Antigravity a VS Code fork like Cursor?#

The original Antigravity IDE is a VS Code-style editor, and it still ships. But Google's main product is now Antigravity 2.0, an agent-first desktop app with no editor, and Antigravity also installs as an extension inside VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Zed, and Xcode.

Does Antigravity support bring-your-own API keys?#

No. Antigravity's plans doc states there is currently no support for bring-your-own-key or bring-your-own-endpoint. Extra capacity comes only from Google AI credits on Pro and Ultra. Cursor supports BYOK.

Which is better for teams?#

Cursor Teams ($40 or $120 per user per month) is self-serve with SSO, usage analytics, Bugbot, and a shared marketplace for rules and skills. Antigravity's team path is the organization plan through Google Cloud and Gemini Enterprise, which suits companies already on Google Cloud.

Continue Reading#

• Google Antigravity in 2026: IDE, 2.0, CLI, Pricing and Limits - the full Antigravity guide
• Antigravity CLI vs Claude Code vs Codex - terminal agents compared
• Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI Migration Guide - moving off Gemini CLI
• Claude Code vs Cursor (2026) - the Anthropic-first alternative to both

Sources#

• Google Antigravity pricing - plans and free tier inclusions (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Antigravity docs: Plans - quota windows, overages, no BYOK (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Antigravity docs: Models - models by plan, separate usage meters (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Introducing Google Antigravity 2.0 - agent-first app, subagents, Scheduled Tasks (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Introducing IDE Extensions - VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Zed, Xcode support (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Google AI plans - AI Pro and Ultra prices (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Cursor pricing - Hobby, Individual, Teams, Enterprise plans (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Cursor docs: Models and Pricing - usage pools, per-model rates, plan prices, usage estimates, Cursor Token Rate (fetched September 28, 2026)
• Cursor docs: Agents Window - Cursor 3 agent workspace (fetched September 28, 2026)