Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.
Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.
Beside records 42,758 monthly visits with +15% month-over-month growth and Paid pricing. Cursor records 23,297,751 monthly visits with +8.4% growth and Freemium pricing.

The AI operating system that runs your local business
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | beside.com | cursor.com |
| Pricing Model | Paid | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 42.76K (42,758) | 23.3M (23,297,751) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +5.57K (+15%) | +1.8M (+8.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (76.4%) | 🇺🇸 United States (24.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 29.13K | 14.68M |
| User Rating | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |

The AI operating system that runs your local business
A real business phone number with a 24/7 AI receptionist that answers missed calls, qualifies the caller and books the job. Available on iOS, Android and web.
Every call is summarized, and contacts, conversations and jobs land in a shared inbox and CRM so nothing slips through the cracks.
Leads get replies within seconds by text and email, and self-serve booking plus automatic confirmations cut no-shows.
A website built and kept current for you, review requests and replies in your voice, and Google Ads run and optimized on your behalf.

The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
An agentic mode that plans changes, edits several files at once, runs tests, and iterates until the task is complete.
Background agents spin up their own environments to build, test, and demo features in parallel, then hand back results for review.
Fast inline suggestions plus codebase-wide semantic search and indexing so answers reflect your actual repository.
Switch between leading frontier models from multiple providers, or let Cursor select a model automatically for each task.
Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.
Provides powerful parallel AI coding agents via a desktop command center, but is less integrated into a traditional editor.

SpecialistEnables instant cloud-based full-stack app building from natural language, but is less suited for local offline repositories.
SpecialistEnables instant cloud-based full-stack app building from natural language, but is less suited for local offline repositories.

Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.
Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.

Free / Open-sourceAI-first customer service with a natively integrated AI agent
Focuses on spec-driven engineering and structured agent planning, but offers less fluid ad-hoc inline code generation than Cursor.
Focuses on spec-driven engineering and structured agent planning, but offers less fluid ad-hoc inline code generation than Cursor.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer for complex tasks, but lacks the snappy interactive inline editing of Cursor.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer for complex tasks, but lacks the snappy interactive inline editing of Cursor.

Free / Open-sourceThe coding agent that learns your coding taste
Free / Open-sourceThe coding agent that learns your coding taste
Free / Open-sourceThe AI-native CRM for agentic revenue teams

Free / Open-sourceAI action agents that call, book, buy and get it done
Delivers a polished AI-native IDE experience with multi-file generation, but has a smaller ecosystem than Cursor.
Delivers a polished AI-native IDE experience with multi-file generation, but has a smaller ecosystem than Cursor.

SpecialistAI-powered terminal and agentic software factory for development teams
SpecialistAI-powered terminal and agentic software factory for development teams