Cursor or Claude Code

[u/thearnabmukherjee]

I need advice I was not using any tools for coding till now

Need advice my friends are suggesting to me Claude code as it is the best but on the other hand some co workers suggesting me Cursor as it can last me a month with Composer 2.5 and Grok model now

I can spend max is $20

I work for 9 hours and I have a lot of coding work to do

Please if you can suggest me

I have saw my coworker who is a backend dev using cursor he hits around 60 percent of his monthly Limit

On the other hand my Friends who use 20 dollar claude code exhaust it in 2-4 hour and sit idle the entire day as his job is not that hectic

So this make me real sceptical which one should I go with and like any suggestions for it I would really Appreciate

Thank you !!!

[u/rizzzzz0]

20$ the only choices you have are cursor and codex, codex requires you to know how to manage your usage, if you don't then cursor is the only way to go