# Cursor CLI vs MiniMax Code (slim)

> MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) to Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MiniMax Code scores 67.5 (B) on agent readiness against Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.

- Cursor CLI: F 35.3, rank #1103 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md
- MiniMax Code: B 67.5, rank #277 of 1175 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-code.min.md
- Cursor CLI, good for Teams already on Cursor who want the same agent and rules in a terminal or CI and a hand-off to Cloud Agents.
- MiniMax Code, good for Scripted coding runs on MiniMax's models or any compatible model, driven by JSON output and exit codes. Ahead on Reliability, 63 against 27; Schema & documentation, 81 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 42; Security & auth, 57 against 46; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 77 against 62. Also Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 1.5 out of 5; No incidents deducted, where Cursor CLI loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Cursor CLI | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 27 | 63 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 39 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 42 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cursor CLI | MiniMax Code |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cursor | MiniMax |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published | MIT for first-party code, with the bundled sandbox runtime under Apache-2.0. The desktop app's source isn't published |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | 2026-01-19 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-01-19 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 2k stars, 6.8k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (4) |