Head-to-Head Comparison
Cursor vs Pieces
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Feature Comparison
| Feature | Cursor | Pieces |
|---|---|---|
| MegaOne Score | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Category | Code Assistant | Code Assistant |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting Price | $20.00/mo | $18.99/mo |
| Free Tier | Yes | Yes |
| API Available | No | No |
| Open Source | No | No |
| iOS App | No | No |
| Android App | No | No |
| Chrome Extension | No | No |
| Company | Anysphere, Inc. | Mesh Intelligent Technologies |
| Total Funding | $4.3B | $14M |
Visual Comparison
Cursor Pieces
About Cursor
An AI-first code editor built as a fork of VS Code, enabling developers to write, debug, and ship code faster using natural language.
Cursor is an AI coding agent and software development environment that allows users to edit code, search codebases, run commands, and complete programming tasks using natural-language instructions. As an AI-first code editor, forked from VS Code, it offers deep codebase understanding, multi-file editing, and an autonomous agent mode to plan, write, test, and fix code with minimal human input.
About Pieces
Pieces is an AI-enabled productivity tool for developers that acts as an on-device, contextual long-term memory and AI copilot.
Pieces is a desktop AI application for developers that functions as a persistent, contextual second brain. Its LTM-2 (Long-Term Memory) engine silently captures workflow context across IDEs, browsers, and terminals, making it queryable in natural language. It includes an AI copilot, an AI-enriched snippet management system (Pieces Drive), and integrates with various tools and LLMs to enhance developer efficiency and privacy through on-device processing.
The Verdict
Cursor takes the edge
With a MegaOne score of 8/10 versus 5/10, Cursor edges ahead of Pieces in our analysis. However, Pieces may still be the better choice depending on your specific use case and budget.
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