runs inside itInstall ML.ai into Cursor and keep the editor. ML.ai picks the model for each step on every plan, while Cursor’s own router is a Teams and Enterprise feature that starts switched off.
Cursor, an AI code editor
How Cursor works
in a Cursor side panel
Build
Fix the failing checkout test
Read cart.ts and cart.test.ts
Traced the failure to line 41
Edit checkout/cart.ts?
1 line changed, diff open on the left
Cursor’s agent runs on the model you picked for the task. ML.ai picks the model per step and waits for your approval before it edits.
Same request, both products
“Fix the failing test”
1Pick the agent model
2Agent edits and runs
3Roll back if needed
ML.ai1Routes each step
Read and traceFast model
Write the fixFlagship model
Run the testsPassed
2Asks before the edit
each doCursor agent
An AI code editor with an agent in the sidepane, a CLI, cloud agents and Bugbot for pull request review. On individual plans you pick the agent’s model. On Teams and Enterprise, Cursor Router can pick it once an admin turns it on.
composer
An extension that runs inside Cursor or VS Code, plus a desktop app. Every action waits for your approval by default, and every plan includes auto model routing across ML.ai’s tiers.
Use this if
You want Cursor’s own agent features: cloud agents, Bugbot on pull requests, Projects with a coordinator agent, and the choice of model for each task.
Use this if
You want to stay in Cursor but have the model picked per step on any plan, with each action waiting for your approval by default.
The same categories, row by row. Every line on both sides comes from a doc, pricing page or published benchmark.
ML.aiCursor
An AI code editor with a built-in agent, a CLI, cloud agents and Bugbot for pull request review.
ML.ai
A coding agent that runs as an extension inside Cursor or VS Code, or in its own desktop app.
Cursor
Cursor stays your editor, with its own agent and Bugbot alongside the ML.ai panel.
ML.ai
Install the ML.ai extension with cursor --install-extension, sign in once, and it runs in a side panel.
Cursor
You pick the agent model per task.
Cursor Router (Auto) picks per request on Teams and Enterprise only, and an admin has to turn it on.
ML.ai
You pick a tier, from ML.ai Flash to ML.ai High, and ML.ai manages the model behind it.
Every plan includes auto model routing.
Cursor
Auto-review is the recommended default.
Allowlisted calls run, other shell commands run in a sandbox when possible, and the rest go to a classifier. Run Everything runs every tool call.
ML.ai
Ask is the default: each action waits for Allow, Always or Deny, with a diff before supported edits.
Auto answers for you, and sudo or deletes that can’t be proven safe are refused in every mode.
Cursor
Bugbot reviews pull requests.
ML.ai
/review reviews uncommitted changes, a commit, a branch or a PR, and runs when you call it.
Cursor
Checkpoints roll back the agent’s file changes.
ML.ai
/undo and /redo work on the last turn, using Git snapshots.
The extension can also rewind to an earlier message.
Cursor
Free, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100 and Ultra $200 a month.
Plus covers Grok models only, and third-party models on Premium and up bill at API list price.
ML.ai
Infinite $10, Infinite Pro $20 and Infinite Max $40 a month, priced by jobs in parallel (2, 6 or 20).
India pays in rupees.
Cursor
Teams costs $30, $100 or $200 per seat a month.
Enterprise is custom.
ML.ai
Team is $29 per seat a month, billed annually with a 5-seat minimum.
Enterprise is a custom contract with self-hosted or VPC deployment.
Cursor
SOC 2 Type II, per Cursor’s help center.
ML.ai
SOC 2 and ISO 27001, as listed on ml.ai.
ML.ai’s own limits sit beside theirs, with the same weight.
Individual plans have no automatic routing.
Cursor Router is for Teams and Enterprise, and stays off until an admin turns it on.
Plus includes Grok models only.
Other providers’ models need Premium or above, billed at API list price on top.
Router modes other than Cost bill at the routed model’s list price, plus the Cursor Token Rate on third-party routes.
No. ML.ai installs into Cursor as an extension, the same package as for VS Code with cursor in place of code, and runs in a side panel.
Only on Teams and Enterprise, through Cursor Router, which is off by default. On individual plans you pick the agent’s model for each task.
ML.ai’s individual plans are $10, $20 and $40 a month. Cursor’s run from $8 (Grok models only) to $200, and third-party models on Premium and up bill at API list price.
Not directly. ML.ai’s published runs compare it with Claude Code on 1,344 tasks, and the Benchmarks page has the method.
in the editor you already useInstall the extension or the desktop app, sign in once, and approve every change it makes.
