Overlapping toolchains — Cursor can even use OpenAI models — so the question is which surface: ChatGPT Pro for the assistant product plus Codex's cloud tasks, Cursor for the in-editor experience. At $200 Pro vs $20 Cursor Pro, Cursor is the value pick for editor-centric work; ChatGPT Pro justifies itself when Codex's delegated cloud runs replace real hours.
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