Cursor Teams and Claude Code side by side
| Cursor Teams | Claude Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Seat price | Premium $30, Super $100 or Ultra $200 per seat a month; Enterprise by quote | Team Standard $20 a month billed annually ($25 monthly), Premium $100 ($125); Enterprise $20 per seat billed annually plus usage at API rates, 20-seat minimum |
| Included usage | A weekly pool per seat for Cursor models, not shared between members; Super has 3.75 times and Ultra 12.5 times Premium | A 5-hour session limit and a weekly limit per member on Team, not pooled; Premium seats get 5 times Standard usage |
| Beyond the limit | Third-party models at list API prices plus $0.25 per million tokens, paid from a prepaid team balance | Prepaid usage credits on Team; usage billed at API rates on Enterprise |
| Admin controls | Centralized billing and team-wide Privacy Mode; on Enterprise, models on or off per team and group, and personal API keys can be blocked | Role-based permissions on Team; Enterprise admins can disable models, including for Claude Code |
| Budgets | A monthly additional-usage limit for the team, with a default and overrides per member; group spend limits on Enterprise | Spend limits for the organization and for each member |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC SSO on Teams; SCIM on Enterprise | SSO on Team; SCIM on Enterprise |
| Retention and training | With Privacy Mode, zero data retention agreements with all model providers and no training; without it, Cursor may store and train on code data | 30 days standard for Claude Code; zero data retention for qualified Enterprise accounts; no training under commercial terms |
| EU data options | Not stated | Not stated for Team or Enterprise |
| Audit logs | Enterprise only: sign-ins, membership, roles, keys and settings, without prompts; CSV export, API and streaming | Audit logs and the Compliance API on Enterprise; not on Team |
| Model choice | Cursor's own models and third-party models | Anthropic's Claude models |
Where they differ most
Privacy by setting
Cursor's Privacy Mode brings zero data retention agreements with all model providers and no training; an admin can turn it on for the team and new members inherit it. Anthropic does not train on Claude Code data under commercial terms, with no setting needed.
Paying for more
On Cursor Teams, usage past the weekly pool is paid from a prepaid team balance and stops at the team's monthly limit. Claude Team sells prepaid usage credits, and Enterprise bills usage at API rates.
Records
Both put audit logs on the enterprise plan. Cursor's audit log API returns up to 30 days per request and does not state a retention period; Anthropic adds the Compliance API and custom retention on Enterprise.
Choose Cursor Teams or Claude Code
Choose Cursor Teams if
- Your developers work in an AI editor and want to switch between model vendors.
- You want Privacy Mode enforced for everyone from one admin setting.
- SAML or OIDC SSO on the Teams plan is enough before you move to Enterprise.
Choose Claude Code if
- Your developers prefer Claude models and Anthropic's own agent.
- You want Claude chat and Claude Code under the same seat.
- You want custom retention controls and the Compliance API on Enterprise.
A third option for companies
If weekly usage per seat is what holds your team back, Standard Compute is a third option. Point Claude Code at Standard Compute and your team stops hitting 5-hour and weekly caps: agents run until the monthly budget is used.
Cost per step
Each step goes to the cheapest model that can do it and the cheapest provider fast enough to serve it.
Models
Claude, GPT and Gemini alongside open models such as GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax and Kimi, through one API.
Processing in Europe
A Europe rule per company, team or key: every request, including retries and fallbacks, is served only by approved European inference endpoints, or refused before your prompt is sent.
Zero data retention
Required per company, team or key, and Standard Compute never trains on your prompts or outputs.
Single sign-on
Microsoft Entra ID or any SAML provider, and Claude Desktop and Claude Code sign-in with a Microsoft work account.
Budgets
A fixed monthly budget per person and app that never overruns, and spending caps per key and for the whole company.
Allow-lists
Approved providers per company, team or key, and approved models per key. Fallbacks never route around them.
Audit log
Admin changes with before and after values, and a 12-month export of every request's model, provider and region rule.
Sign our Data Processing Agreement in the dashboard, and see every sub-processor with its purpose and location.
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Questions
What is Cursor Business called now?
Cursor's plan for companies is called Teams, with Premium, Super and Ultra seats at $30, $100 and $200 a month. Enterprise adds pooled usage, SCIM, audit logs and invoicing.
Does Cursor train on our code?
Cursor says that with Privacy Mode on, it has zero data retention agreements with all model providers and does not train on your data. Team admins can turn Privacy Mode on, and new members inherit it.
Do Cursor Teams seats share usage?
No. Cursor says seats don't share weekly pools and usage doesn't transfer between members. Pooled usage is on the Enterprise plan.
Which plans include audit logs?
Cursor Enterprise and Claude Enterprise. Neither Cursor Teams nor Claude Team lists audit logs.
Can a team run Claude Code without weekly limits?
Through Standard Compute, Claude Code runs with no 5-hour or weekly windows on a fixed monthly budget per person, with Claude, GPT, Gemini and open models through one API.
Sources (checked 9 November 2026)
- Cursor pricingcursor.com
- Cursor Teams pricingcursor.com
- Cursor data usecursor.com
- Cursor securitycursor.com
- Cursor compliance and monitoringcursor.com
- Cursor model and integration managementcursor.com
- Claude pricingclaude.com
- What is the Team plan?support.claude.com
- Claude Code data usagecode.claude.com
- Manage model access for your organizationsupport.claude.com