Question 1

Codex Plus vs Cursor Pro for coding: which gives more building hours per dollar?

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Codex Plus returns 0.20 building h/week per $/month (4 h/week for $20/mo) and Cursor Pro returns 0.50 building h/week per $/month (10 h/week for $20/mo), so Cursor Pro gives more building hours per dollar; both are graded strong for building.

Question 2

What do Codex Plus and Cursor Pro cost?

Accepted Answer

$20/mo and $20/mo. Comparisons only pair plans within 1.5× of each other on price.

Question 3

Can Codex Plus and Cursor Pro run as terminal CLI agents?

Accepted Answer

Codex Plus runs as a CLI agent. Cursor Pro runs as a CLI agent. The stack builder can require at least one CLI seat.

	Codex Plus	Cursor Pro
Price	$20/mo	$20/mo
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), peak	4 (2–8)	10 (5–20)
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), off-peak	—	—
Building h/week per $/mo at p50 peak	0.20	0.50
Quality grades	strong planning · strong building · strong admin	strong planning · strong building · strong admin
Source	community	community
Terminal CLI agent	Yes	Yes
Clock	no published off-peak discount	Grok 4.7 is a separate Cursor pool

Codex Plus vs Cursor Pro, side by side