Legacy Cursor Plans: What Still Works

Seven plans make up the legacy set, and all of them were sold before The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition.. The table pairs each one with the tier Cursor names as its comparable plan on The X Subscription.

Comparable means the closest tier, not an identical one. Cursor says each paid plan on The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. includes at least twice as much coding usage with Cursor models as the legacy plan it replaces, and that it adds Grok and X benefits. It also drops the included third-party model allowance, which is now billed separately. Cursor's own advice on the page is to compare both before you switch.

The Start row carries a caveat. Pairing Start with Plus is an analogy only: when a paid Cursor account switches, the unify flow offers Premium and above. Pro, Pro+, Teams Standard and Teams Premium default to the tiers shown in the table.

One older generation sits behind all of this. Request-based plans, where usage was counted in requests rather than tokens, predate the legacy set, and Cursor documents them on a separate request-based pricing page.

The differences Cursor lists are mostly about how usage is metered and paid for. Legacy plans meter in two monthly pools and bill overage in arrears, while The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. uses one weekly pool and prepaid credit.

The third-party models row is a clear difference. On a legacy Pro, Pro+, Ultra or Teams plan they come out of an included pool. On The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. they are billed at API list price from your prepaid credit, and that credit exists on Premium and above.

The billing home moves too. Legacy plans are managed at cursor.com/dashboard/billing, and The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. is managed at grok.com/dashboard/billing.

Legacy plans split included usage into two pools, and both reset with your monthly billing cycle. You can see both in your editor settings and on your usage dashboard at cursor.com/dashboard/usage.

Model choice affects how fast you use the pool. Select a third-party model, or let Auto route to one, and the request draws from Other ModelsOn legacy Cursor plans, the monthly pool for supported third-party models from providers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, separate from Cursor Models. On The X Subscription third-party models are billed from prepaid credit instead. Press Enter for the full definition. at that model's list price. Named third-party models inside subagents draw from Other Models too, even when the parent chat is on Auto, Grok or ComposerCursor's own fast coding model, tuned for the editor and priced well below frontier models; the recommended day-to-day model for executing a plan. Press Enter for the full definition..

On-demand usage is what lets you keep working after a pool runs out. It is billed monthly in arrears at the same per-model rates as included usage, with no change in quality or speed. Who gets it, and in what state, depends on the plan.

The defaults point in opposite directions: on-demand usage is off by default on the individual plans and on by default on Teams.

Cursor points to its Usage-based charges and Spend limits help pages for how limits and credits behave, and to Pricing and plans for how to change plans on a legacy Cursor plan. The page's related list also includes Models and Pricing, Team pricing and Usage and limits.

The table gives the feature picture, and the paragraphs after it cover the details the table cannot hold.

Start is limited in several ways. Grok 4.7Cursor and SpaceXAI's current lead Cursor model, in the weekly pool at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output, with a 256k context window and a 500k variant; above 256k input tokens it bills at 2x the standard rate. Press Enter for the full definition., Grok 4.6A Cursor and SpaceXAI model for complex coding and knowledge work, still in the Cursor model pool and succeeded by Grok 4.7; it is a selectable model and is separate from the Grok Bot product. Press Enter for the full definition. and Grok 4.5 run at a fixed medium effort level in standard speed, and Composer 2.5The current Composer release, better at long-running tasks and at judging when a job needs a light touch versus deep work. Press Enter for the full definition. runs in standard speed, so you cannot change effort levels or turn on Fast mode. It has no Other ModelsOn legacy Cursor plans, the monthly pool for supported third-party models from providers such as Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, separate from Cursor Models. On The X Subscription third-party models are billed from prepaid credit instead. Press Enter for the full definition. pool, no on-demand usage, and no BugbotCursor's automated PR reviewer that posts inline findings and can push fix commits from isolated VMs. Press Enter for the full definition., Auto, Automations or Cursor SDK. It is also a one-way door in one respect: Start can only be purchased while your account is on the free plan, so you cannot switch back to it from another paid plan.

Pro, Pro+ and Ultra differ in how much of each pool they include, with Pro+ and Ultra holding more than Pro. Fast mode and Grok effort levels are available on all three. Upgrades between them take effect immediately, and downgrades apply at the end of the billing period.

Legacy Teams seats come in two types. Standard ($40/user/mo) includes the standard Teams allowance of both pools, and Premium ($120/user/mo) includes five times the Standard allowance. Usage is allocated per seat, does not transfer between members, and resets with the team billing cycle. Existing teams can still add seats or change a seat's type without switching.

Switching is optional and permanent, and your legacy plan, price and features continue unless you change or cancel. If you do move, the list below is what Cursor documents as changing.

1. 1Your eligible Cursor and Grok subscriptions are cancelled at checkout, and you receive a prorated refund for unused time.
2. 2Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. subscriptions bought in the iOS or Android app are cancelled and refunded for unused time. A Cursor subscription billed through the Apple App Store must be cancelled by you in your iPhone or iPad Settings.
3. 3Any on-demand usage not yet invoiced is billed in one final invoice, and the switch waits until it is paid.
4. 4Usage moves from two monthly pools to one weekly pool for Cursor models, shared with Grok.
5. 5Third-party models stop being included. They stay available in Cursor on Premium and above, billed at API list price from your prepaid credit.
6. 6On-demand usage and its spend limit are replaced by top-ups and a monthly additional usage limit.
7. 7Billing moves from cursor.com to grok.com/dashboard/billing.

The final invoice for any on-demand usage not yet invoiced is billed when you switch, and the switch waits until it is paid. If your Grok account has more Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. data than can be transferred yet, the Unify flow asks you to try again later.

Cursor points to its overview of The X SubscriptionThe subscription Cursor is sold through: one plan for Grok, Cursor and X, with Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers, per-seat Teams, a weekly included pool for Cursor models shared with Grok, and third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit. Press Enter for the full definition. for eligibility, then to cursor.com/unify for individual plans or cursor.com/unify/team for teams.