Question 1

Cursor Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan for coding: which gives more building hours per dollar?

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Cursor Pro+ returns 0.40 building h/week per $/month (24 h/week for $60/mo) and Qwen Coding Plan returns 0.56 building h/week per $/month (28 h/week for $50/mo), so Qwen Coding Plan gives more building hours per dollar; both are graded strong for building.

Question 2

What do Cursor Pro+ and Qwen Coding Plan cost?

Accepted Answer

$60/mo and $50/mo. Comparisons only pair plans within 1.5× of each other on price.

Question 3

Can Cursor Pro+ and Qwen Coding Plan run as terminal CLI agents?

Accepted Answer

Cursor Pro+ runs as a CLI agent. Qwen Coding Plan runs as a CLI agent. The stack builder can require at least one CLI seat.

	Cursor Pro+	Qwen Coding Plan
Price	$60/mo	$50/mo
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), peak	24 (12–40)	28 (16–50)
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), off-peak	—	—
Building h/week per $/mo at p50 peak	0.40	0.56
Quality grades	strong planning · strong building · strong admin	cheap planning · strong building · strong admin
Source	official-clock	official-clock
Terminal CLI agent	Yes	Yes
Clock	monthly, then PAYG overage	monthly; wrong endpoint = silent PAYG

Cursor Pro+ vs Qwen Coding Plan, side by side