Google Antigravity vs Cursor

Two AI-first editor options for AI coding assistants. When each fits, what it costs, who moves from one to the other, and what makers who chose it say.

Ask your AI about this, with this page as the source:ChatGPT ↗Claude ↗Perplexity ↗

Which fits you

Choose Google Antigravity if
  • An editor from Google with a manager view for running several coding agents in parallel, plus a CLI.

Use it whenYou want to try agent-first development on Google's models without paying up front.

Trade-offTied to a Google account, and newer than the other editors, so features and usage limits are still changing.

Choose Cursor if
  • You want to see and steer each change inside your editor

Use it whenYou like working in an editor and want to see and steer each change as it happens.

Trade-offHeavy agent use is billed through credits, so costs can grow beyond the base plan.

At a glance

Google AntigravityCursor
Used by12 makers' products538 makers' products
Cost at default usagedevelopers 1 seat—$20/mo Pro
Downloads
PricingFree to download for individuals; enterprise options available.Free Hobby tier; paid Pro/Pro+/Ultra individual plans and per-seat Teams/Enterprise plans, usage billed via credits. · paid from $20/mo
Free tierYesYes
Open sourceNoNo
Incidents, 90 daysfrom its status pageno public status feed50+ (15 major)

What makers say

Makers on using it for AI coding assistants, from Product Hunt and Starter Story interviews, each linked to the source. Products with a page of their own and fuller notes first.

On Google Antigravity
Accelerated my build speed significantly. It allowed me to run and monitor multiple coding agents in parallel to handle the React components and parsing logic simultaneously.
CalPal, the makerSep 2026 ↗
Used alongside Claude Code throughout development. Antigravity handled its share of the heavy lifting — between the two, the pace of development was something I couldn’t have achieved alone.
Manta AI, the makerSep 2026 ↗
The project was bootstrapped from scratch on Google Antigravity, mostly on free provided pro tiers by Google. If only it wasn't for free Gemini model usages in the start, we would not have reached here.
Hyperdream, the makerSep 2026 ↗
6 more on the Google Antigravity page →
On Cursor
Cursor was our main AI assisted IDE for coding. Writing complex backend logic became so much faster. It literally feels like having a senior developer building the product with you.
Askiva AI, the makerSep 2026 ↗
Fork of VSCode with an agentic coding focus. Especially easy to manage models and spin up multi-model results for a single query and have all the work trees handled automagically.
Astropad Workbench, the makerSep 2026 ↗
Cursor speeds up our coding. It’s like a better version of GitHub Copilot and lets us chat with our codebase, making it easier to navigate and understand. Cant go back without this.
Central, the makerSep 2026 ↗
344 more on the Cursor page →

Loved and watch-outs

Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises.

Google AntigravityOn Product Hunt: 4.6★, 22 reviews
Cursor
Most loved
  • Tab completion is fast and accurate, and stays useful when hand-editing code or when agents fall short on large tasks. PHHNHN 2PH 2
  • Changes arrive as reviewable diffs in the editor, keeping the developer in control in bite-size steps. PHHNHN 2PH 2
  • Chatting with the codebase in context helps developers navigate and understand unfamiliar code. PHPH 2PH 3PH 4
Watch-outs
  • The subscription feels pricey next to Claude or Codex plugins, and premium model requests add per-use costs. HNHN 2
  • The agent can claim a bug is fixed without seeing the running app, so output has to be checked and tested by hand. HNHN 2
On Product Hunt: 5.0★, 956 reviews · mentioned most: seamless integration, intelligent code suggestions, code generation · complaints: context aware, occasional crashes

Who uses each

Used by both — often one replacing the other, or each for a different part of the product

What makers pair each with

With Google Antigravity

Not enough makers' products to say yet.

With Cursor
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)AI-first editorA VS Code-style editor with unlimited Tab completions, an in-editor agent, and one place to manage local and cloud Devin agents.vs Cursor →
Claude CodeTerminal agentHanding off multi-step tasks — features, refactors, bug hunts — to an agent that reads the repo, edits files and runs commands.vs Google Antigravity →vs Cursor →
OpenAI CodexTerminal agentDelegating tasks to an agent in the terminal, IDE or desktop app, or to cloud tasks that run in the background and open pull requests.vs Cursor →
OpenCodeTerminal agentAn open-source coding agent that works with almost any model provider, local models, or an existing Copilot or ChatGPT subscription.vs Cursor →
GitHub CopilotEditor pluginAdding AI completions, chat and agents to the editor you already use, including VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, plus pull request reviews on GitHub.vs Cursor →