The $20 AI trap Cursor didn’t warn you about

Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI coding environment, issued an apology Friday regarding a poorly communicated pricing adjustment to its $20-per-month Pro plan, which led to unexpected costs for some users.

Michael Truell, CEO of Anysphere, stated in a blog post, “We recognize that we didn’t handle this pricing rollout well and we’re sorry. Our communication was not clear enough and came as a surprise to many of you.” This statement refers to a June 16 update for Cursor’s Pro plan. Previously, the plan offered 500 fast responses using advanced AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, followed by unlimited responses at a slower speed. Under the revised plan, subscribers now receive $20 worth of usage per month, billed at API rates. This new structure permits users to execute coding tasks within Cursor using their preferred AI model until the $20 limit is reached, after which additional credits must be purchased for continued use.

Following the announcement, Pro users voiced complaints on social media platforms. Many reported exhausting their allocated requests rapidly under the new plan, sometimes after initiating only a few prompts, particularly when utilizing Anthropic’s Claude models, which are frequently employed for coding tasks. Other users claimed they incurred unanticipated additional charges due to not fully comprehending that exceeding the $20 usage limit would result in extra fees if a spending cap had not been established. The updated plan only offers unlimited usage for Pro users through Cursor’s “auto mode,” which automatically routes requests to AI models based on available capacity.

Why is no one talking about how @cursor_ai essentially rug pulled???

Making the pricing "unlimited" and then changing it to limited without any warning at all, i check dashboard and they bill me $71 for just 1 day of sonnet-4 usage???

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