Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.

Cursor records 23,297,751 monthly visits with +8.4% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Qwen 4 (Alibaba Qwen4) records 35,101,353 monthly visits with -6.2% growth and Freemium pricing.

The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | cursor.com | qwen.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 23.3M (23,297,751) | 35.1M (35,101,353) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| +1.8M (+8.4%) |
| -2.34M (-6.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (24.1%) | 🇷🇺 Russia (37.2%) |
|---|
| Direct Visits / mo | 14.68M | 25.02M |
|---|
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.7 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | Website, API, Open Source |
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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.

Alibaba Cloud's 4th-generation multimodal AI assistant and foundation model lineup (Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Plus, Qwen4-Flash & open-weight Qwen4-27B) with 1M context.
Covers every compute envelope from the multi-trillion-scale Qwen4-Max flagship and Qwen4-Plus/Flash APIs to the local PC-friendly Qwen4-27B open-weight checkpoint, plus qwen4-coder-plus and qwen4-omni-120b-think.
Pioneered in the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture preview, combining ultra-lean active parameter routing (6B active out of 125B) with a 51B n-gram embedding layer that trades compute for instant memorized lookup.
Sizes the Qwen 4 generation at a full 1M-token context window across text, code, images, audio, and video for repository-wide coding and cross-document reasoning.
Trained via multi-cycle automated Recursive Self-Improvement across coding, math, and hardware EDA workflows—demonstrating 10,000+ autonomous tool calls in chip design and software engineering.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.


Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
#2SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
#3Provides 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.

Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.


Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.

Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.


SpecialistDelivers ultra-fast inference speeds using custom LPU hardware, but supports a more limited selection of open models.
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.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.
Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
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.
Free / Open-sourceOffers unmatched extension support and official Copilot integration, but lacks Cursor's out-of-the-box deep codebase indexing and agentic editing.
Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Features advanced multi-file planning and codebase reading, but lacks Cursor's smooth chat-to-edit inline workflows.
Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.
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.