Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Cursor Pro returns 0.50 building h/week per $/month (10 h/week for $20/mo) and MiniMax Plus returns 0.50 building h/week per $/month (10 h/week for $20/mo), so neither gives more building hours per dollar; both are graded strong for building.

Question 2

What do Cursor Pro and MiniMax Plus cost?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

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

Cursor Pro vs MiniMax Plus, side by side