PricingChecked 2026-10-19
Cursor Plus at $8 buys Grok in the editor — not Claude or GPT
The public Plus card is $8/month with a shared usage pool and Grok models only. Claude or GPT in Cursor is Premium at $30, billed at API list.
Guides
Verdict first. Then the dated price. Then the buy.
Decision notes for seats people actually pay for. Each guide opens with a take, names who it is not for, and links a compare page plus the listings we copied. Older how-tos still live on the blog.
PricingChecked 2026-10-22
Pay Claude Pro yearly unless you already know you need Max
Pro is $17/month billed yearly ($200 up front) or $20 monthly. Max starts at $100/month. Claude Code sits on paid seats; usage is one 5-hour pool.
PricingChecked 2026-10-19
Treat free AI tiers as trials with a published cap
Free ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Runway, and Gamma are real — and capped. One-time credits and hidden meters are not 'unlimited GPT'. Score the cap before you build a workflow on $0.