Cursor (The X Subscription) vs Claude Pro (Claude Code): limits compared
| Cursor (The X Subscription) | Claude Pro (Claude Code) | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Super | Pro |
| Status | current | current |
| Price $/mo | 100 | 20 |
| Metered in | Weekly pool (Cursor/Grok models) + prepaid credit for third-party models | Five-hour and weekly limits |
| Stated limits | 15x Plus usage; weekly pool for Cursor models (Grok 4.7/4.6/4.5, Composer 2.5) shared with Grok apps; third-party models billed at API list price from prepaid credit; no rollover | Claude Code included; at least 5x Free per five-hour session, with weekly limits shared with chat; extra use at API rates or bundles ($45 buys $50) |
| Resets | Weekly (pool); prepaid credit expires 365 days after purchase | Every 5 hours + weekly |
Cursor (The X Subscription) user reports
- Anecdote “haven't even used it for full day I am already at 21% off weekly limits” (u/Sermilion, switched from legacy Ultra to Super, mostly Grok 4.6/4.7 and Composer 2.5 (added 2026-10-19)) source
Claude Pro (Claude Code) user reports
- Anecdote “Opus - 10M tokens / 5hr; Sonnet - 20M tokens / 5hr; Haiku - 40M tokens / 5hr” (User estimate (ccusage)) source
- Anecdote “I can easily run out of tokens with 2 or 3 feature requests or debugging sessions.” source
- Anecdote “at 20$ you get around 1.3 B tokens using opsy 5.5” (u/Machine2024, Opus 5.5 medium only, measured at 30M/50M/100M checkpoints with ~85% cache; another commenter notes most of that is likely cached reads (added 2026-10-17)) source
- Anecdote “just 2 sessions made me hit 30% of my weekly limit” (u/wholly-unholy, Pro, on their weekly reset day (Oct 17); thread drew 300+ upvotes with many similar reports (added 2026-10-19)) source
Units differ between vendors and aren't directly comparable.