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Comparison	Cline Open-source autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code with plan-and-act workflows Open Source	Cursor✓ The AI-native code editor with $1B+ ARR, 25+ models, and background agents on dedicated VMs Freemium
Category	VS Code Extension	AI-Powered IDE
Pricing	Free (Open Source): $0	Hobby: $0/month Pro: $20/month Pro+: $60/month Ultra: $200/month Teams: $40/user/month
AI Models	ClaudeGPTGeminiAWS BedrockAzure OpenAI+3 more	Claude Opus 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5GPT-5.2+4 more
Context Window	Depends on chosen model	Up to 272K tokens (codebase-wide context via RAG indexing)
Capabilities	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File Voice Input
Platforms	macOSLinuxWindows	macOSWindowsLinux
Languages	All languages supported by chosen model	All languages supported by VS Code
Open Source	Yes	No
GitHub Stars	N/A	N/A
Users	N/A	1M+ daily active users
Rating	N/A	N/A
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