Cursor Joins The X Subscription: What Pro Users Gain, What They Lose, and Why Claude Now Costs Extra
Cursor's new plans run from a free tier to $200 a month, bundled with Grok and X Premium+. Grok models are included; Claude and GPT are billed at API list price on top. Existing subscribers can keep their old plan.
TL;DR
Since 12 October 2026, new Cursor subscriptions are sold through The X Subscription, a bundle from xAI that combines Cursor, SuperGrok and X Premium+. The tiers are Free, Plus at $8 a month (Grok models only), Premium at $30 (four times Plus usage, cloud agents, and third-party models such as Claude and GPT at API list price through top-ups), Super at $100 (15 times Plus) and Ultra at $200 (50 times Plus), with Teams from $30 per user. xAI says Premium was previously $90 a month across the three products. Existing Cursor subscribers can keep their current plan or switch with a prorated refund, and usage now refreshes weekly.
SpaceX bought Cursor in August. Two months later, Cursor's pricing has been folded into xAI's consumer bundle. If you are an existing Cursor user, nothing changes unless you choose to switch. If you are signing up now, the plans work differently from the old $20 Pro tier, especially if you rely on Claude or GPT models.
The new plans
| Plan | Price per month | Usage | Models included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Limited | Grok |
| Plus | $8 | 1x | Grok only |
| Premium | $30 | 4x Plus | Grok included; Claude, GPT and other third-party models at API list price via top-ups; cloud agents |
| Super | $100 | 15x Plus | As Premium |
| Ultra | $200 | 50x Plus | As Premium |
| Teams | From $30 per user | Pooled | As Premium, with admin controls |
Every paid tier also includes SuperGrok and X Premium+. Usage refreshes weekly rather than monthly, and the subscription is billed by X Subscription Corp rather than by Anysphere, the company that built Cursor.
What a former $20 Pro user gains and loses
- Gains: Grok usage in Cursor, SuperGrok and X Premium+ in one bill, cloud agents on Premium, and weekly refreshes that make it harder to burn a month of usage in a few days.
- Loses: Claude and GPT are no longer part of the included pool. On Premium they are charged at the providers' API list prices through top-ups, so a developer who mostly used Claude in Cursor will pay $30 plus whatever those tokens cost.
- Unclear: OneHuman describes Premium as the closest tier to legacy Pro, not an identical one. Without a published Plus pool size, there is no way to compare included usage directly.
About the $90 figure
xAI says the Premium bundle was previously $90 a month combined. That adds up the separate list prices of SuperGrok, Cursor Pro and X Premium+. Because X Premium+ and SuperGrok overlap on Grok access, the figure may count some of the same value twice, and the real saving for someone who only wanted Cursor is smaller than the headline. For a developer who never used X or Grok, the useful comparison is $30 against the old $20 Pro, plus the cost of any Claude or GPT usage.
What this means if you code with Cursor
- Already subscribed: you can stay on your current plan. Switch only after checking how much of your usage goes to Claude or GPT models.
- Mostly use Grok or Cursor's own models: Plus at $8 or Premium at $30 is likely cheaper than before.
- Mostly use Claude: estimate your monthly tokens at Anthropic's API list price and add it to $30. For heavy users that can be well above the old $20.
- Teams: per-user pricing starts at $30, so budget for the Claude and GPT top-ups as a separate line.
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