Cursor vs Antigravity: what 5 developers chose.
1,067 opinions. 5 developers named a direct preference: Antigravity 3–2. Approval is 55% vs 45%.
If you want UX, choose Cursor. If you want speed, choose Antigravity. The 3–2 direct split is not a landslide; it is a difference in working style.
Choose Cursor if you…
- Want the higher overall approval and the larger body of firsthand reports
- Care most about UX and speed
- Want fewer usage-limit complaints relative to Antigravity
Choose Antigravity if you…
- Need Gemini models or Google subscription access
- Face complex, multi-step tasks that reward a methodical agent
- Can put up with weak UX and tight quotas for stronger deep-task results
UX for Cursor. Speed for Antigravity.
Net sentiment per topic: praise minus complaints, as a share of mentions. Positive means more praise than complaints. Hover a dot for the raw counts.
Net sentiment = praise minus complaints, as a share of each tool's mentions. The dot lanes are only for readability; position is the score.
View data table
| Topic | Cursor | Antigravity | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UX | +26 | -45 | 160 / 40 |
| Speed | +69 | +46 | 52 / 26 |
| Cost & pricing | -2 | -8 | 118 / 37 |
| Reliability | -61 | -56 | 72 / 73 |
| Code quality | +9 | +30 | 108 / 23 |
| Usage limits | -8 | -27 | 37 / 49 |
| Autonomy | +15 | -10 | 52 / 20 |
| Customization | +40 | -50 | 30 / 8 |
The same decision, from both sides.
Paraphrased from comments where a developer named a preference or described a switch. Each links to the original.
Picked Cursor 2 developers
They judged Cursor and Claude better than Antigravity today, while expecting Antigravity's multi-agent cooperation to improve.
They gave Antigravity a fair try, hit UI glitches, and stayed with Cursor.
Picked Antigravity 3 developers
They dropped Cursor in July 2025 over pricing and now use Codex, Claude Code and Antigravity.
They praised Cursor's design and UX yet said it fails on deeper work and exhausts the $20 limit quickly; Antigravity delivered better results.
They called Antigravity the best IDE for complex tasks, more methodical than Cursor, and still use Cursor at work.
The numbers.
| Metric | Cursor | Antigravity |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | 55% | 45% |
| Last 90 days | 53% | 42% |
| Opinions | 766 | 301 |
| Developers | 600 | 259 |
| First-hand opinions | 583 | 238 |
| Direct picks | 2 | 3 |
| Type | AI IDE | AI IDE |
| Made by | Anysphere | |
| Website | Visit ↗ | Visit ↗ |
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How to read this comparison.
Approval is the positive share of opinions that took a side, with the rank based on the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval. Direct picks count comments where a developer explicitly preferred one tool or described switching. Small samples are noisier; check the opinion counts.
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