Brilliant records 2,426,610 monthly visits with -11.9% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Cursor records 23,297,751 monthly visits with +8.4% growth and Freemium pricing.
Interactive math, coding and AI tutoring you learn by doing
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | brilliant.org | cursor.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 2.43M (2,426,610) | 23.3M (23,297,751) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -326.35K (-11.9%) | +1.8M (+8.4%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (41.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (24.1%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 1.2M | 14.68M |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Interactive math, coding and AI tutoring you learn by doing
Learn math, science, CS and AI through short, visual exercises that build intuition step by step rather than passive video watching.
A visual, interactive tutor that works on a shared canvas, asks guiding questions and gives hints without simply revealing the answer.
Quizzes and reviews adapt to your level, tracking what you have mastered and resurfacing topics that still need work.
Write and run real code to learn programming logic, algorithms, data structures and debugging skills relevant to the AI era.
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.
SpecialistFocuses specifically on interactive programming and coding lessons, whereas Brilliant covers broad STEM and math concepts.
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.
SpecialistYour personal AI tutor for every subject, from notes to exam day.
SpecialistProvides deep interactive training for data science and programming, but omits foundational math and general science topics.
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.
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
SpecialistAI-powered A Level and GCSE courses with a top-grades-or-refund guarantee
SpecialistLearn Linux, DevOps, and cybersecurity by doing — inside real online labs.
SpecialistLearn Linux, DevOps, and cybersecurity by doing — inside real online labs.
