Cursor wins for everyday engineering. Cody wins for monorepos, self-hosting, and code-intelligence-heavy work.
The 30-second comparison
| Cody | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Sourcegraph | Anysphere |
| Pricing | $9-$19/seat | $20-$40/seat |
| Surface | VS Code, JetBrains, web | Standalone editor |
| Self-hosted | Yes (Enterprise) | No |
| Best for | Big repos, code intel | Daily coding |
When Cody wins
True monorepo or polyglot codebase. Cody's Sourcegraph backend indexes across millions of files; agent answers questions like "where is this function called across all microservices."
Self-hosted requirement. Cody Enterprise runs on your infrastructure. Cursor doesn't.
Cheaper individual tier. $9/mo Pro vs Cursor's $20.
JetBrains user. Cody supports JetBrains well; Cursor is essentially VS Code.
When Cursor wins
Editor polish. Cursor Tab, Composer, Agent mode โ best daily-coding UX.
Smaller codebases. Up to ~1M LOC, Cursor's context strategies work fine without Cody's index.
Frontier model mix. Cursor's per-task model selection is broader.
The verdict
- Monorepo or 10M+ LOC โ Cody
- Self-hosted requirement โ Cody (only option)
- JetBrains user โ Cody
- Daily VS Code engineer โ Cursor
See Best coding agents in 2026 for the full landscape.