Head-to-head comparisons
Cursor vs Claude Code
Pick Cursor if you want an AI-first editor with tab completion and visual multi-file diffs; pick Claude Code if you want an agent in your terminal that works alongside any editor. Many developers use both.
Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex
Both are agentic coding tools with a CLI. Claude Code is strongest as a terminal agent for large refactors; Codex stands out for running tasks in parallel in the cloud and its open-source CLI, and its best value comes with a ChatGPT plan.
Lovable vs Bolt.new
Both turn a prompt into a full-stack web app in the browser. Lovable leans on polished UI and a built-in Supabase backend; Bolt.new is very fast from prompt to running app in an in-browser dev environment. Both get harder to steer on big, complex apps.
Cursor vs Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Both are VS Code-family AI editors with agents. Devin Desktop (renamed from Windsurf in June 2026) centers on a Kanban Agent Command Center for local and cloud Devin agents plus other ACP agents; Cursor stays editor-first with its own agent, CLI and Cloud Agents.
Google Antigravity vs Cursor
Antigravity 2.0 is an agent-first desktop app with no code editor (Google recommends pairing it with an IDE, and also ships the Antigravity IDE and CLI); Cursor is an AI-first code editor. Choose based on whether you want to manage agents or write code with an agent beside you.
LangGraph vs CrewAI
LangGraph gives fine-grained control over stateful agent graphs with persistence and human-in-the-loop; CrewAI is faster to prototype with an intuitive role/task model. Choose control vs speed.