# Cursor CLI vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) to Cursor CLI's 35.3 (F) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) 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 #1085 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.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. Also Free to start without a card.
- Qoder CLI, good for Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 27; Schema & documentation, 81 against 39; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 42; Security & auth, 55 against 46; Payments & pricing, 35 against 25; Maintenance & community, 72 against 62; Transparency & trust, 64 against 59. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 1.5 out of 5.

| Category | Cursor CLI | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 27 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 39 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 42 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cursor CLI | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cursor | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| Licence | Proprietary, under Cursor's terms of service (Anysphere, Inc., updated 3 September 2026). No source is published | Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | none | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | 3.5/5 (4) |