You do not want to drive an editor
Describing the outcome and reviewing the result is a different job from steering completions file by file. If you never wanted to be in the editor, that is the whole point.
Cursor is an editor you drive. CreonAI is work that gets delivered.
These are not really the same category, and pretending otherwise would not help you choose. Cursor makes a developer in a codebase considerably faster. CreonAI takes a brief and comes back with the work done.
No card needed. 500 credits is enough to build a real site and iterate on it.
The short version
Which one should you use
Pick Cursor if you are a developer who lives in a codebase and wants the best possible AI editor around you. Pick CreonAI if you want an outcome without driving the editor, or if the job includes the parts that are not code. They also coexist happily: our VS Code extension means you can keep your editor and still hand work to the agent.
| CreonAI | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Agent platform that delivers an outcome | AI-native code editor you operate |
| Who it is for | Founders, marketers and developers who want the result | Developers working in an existing codebase |
| Who drives | The agent plans and does the work, then checks it; you review | You drive, with very strong AI assistance |
| Beyond code | Images, SEO checks, research and docs from the same agent | Code, which is what an editor should focus on |
| Setup | Browser, nothing installed; VS Code extension optional | A desktop editor to install, with agents you can also start from the web |
| How you pay | Credits. Free plan, then £19.99 or £39.99 a month | See their pricing page |
Compared on architecture rather than price. Cursor changes its plans from time to time, so we link to their own pricing page rather than quote a number that goes stale. Ours is on our pricing page, in full.
Choose CreonAI
Where CreonAI is the better fit
The work is not only code
Images, SEO checks, research, docs. An editor is the wrong shape for those. Here the same agent handles them.
Nothing to install
It runs in the browser with a real workspace and terminal behind it, which matters when you are not on your own machine.
You want both
The VS Code extension runs the same agent loop against your local project, so keeping your editor does not mean giving up the agent.
Choose Cursor
Where Cursor is the better fit
Genuinely. If you are in one of these positions, Cursor will serve you better, and we would rather you knew that now than after paying us.
You are a developer in a large codebase
For navigating and editing code you know, with AI assistance exactly where your cursor is, a dedicated AI editor is the better tool and we would not pretend otherwise.
You want tight, low-level control
If you want to approve each change as you write it rather than review completed work, that is an editor's job, not an agent platform's.
The difference
What actually makes CreonAI different
One agent does the whole job in a shared workspace, loading a specialist method for each part of it: frontend, backend, database, devops, security, testing, research and images. Before it tells you it is done, it takes a screenshot of each page it made and reads it as numbers, so a blank page or a blown-out image is caught first. Because everything lands in the same files, the backend is written against the real schema rather than a guess at it. For a bigger job you can switch on Multi mode, which splits the work across several agents.
It works on real files with a real terminal, so you get a project you keep rather than a transcript to copy out of. And it is metered in credits rather than seats, so a quiet month costs almost nothing.
FAQ
Common questions
Is CreonAI a Cursor competitor?
Only partly, and it is more useful to say so plainly. Cursor makes you faster at writing code. CreonAI aims to return finished work. Many people reasonably use an AI editor for their day job and an agent platform for the things they do not want to hand-build.
Does CreonAI have an editor extension?
Yes, a published VS Code extension. It runs the same agent loop against the project already open on your machine, so you keep your editor and your keybindings.
Can CreonAI work with my existing repository?
Yes. Import from GitHub into the workspace, or point the VS Code extension at a local project.
Which is better value?
They meter different things, so a straight comparison would be misleading. Cursor is a monthly subscription for an editor. CreonAI is credits for work performed, so an idle month costs almost nothing. Our full pricing is on the pricing page.
Try it on the thing you are actually stuck on
500 free credits, no card. Enough to build a real page and change your mind about it twice.