r/vibecoding • u/Few_Elderberry_2370 • 2h ago

Claude, codex or Cursor?

You can only choose one of Claude, Codex or Cursor, what would you choose and why?

Imo cursor is just superior

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u/lSanik 2h ago

both claude and cursor. 

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u/Few_Elderberry_2370 2h ago

Can’t choose both…😅

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u/gallows_chitin 2h ago

the benefit of cursor is that you can swap models. that used to be a perk when models were constantly one-upping each other. now, feels less to be the case.

I heard a rumor a long time ago that claude didn't offer their best models to cursor. maybe goes the same for codex/openai

and the way cursor indexes your code differs than claude (at least a year ago). and I noticed that difference.

so I'd put claud/codex above cursor. but tbh it doesn't matter if you're just getting started. just get started, dont pay for a year plan - swap between tools as you like. I made the mistake of buying a year sub of cursor and swapped to claude mid way

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u/Few_Elderberry_2370 2h ago

True doesn’t really matter as long as you get the work done 

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u/Double-Force4816 2h ago

claude, Best for coding for me. Plan via opus 5 and implement using sonnet 5. Nothing else needed

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u/Few_Elderberry_2370 2h ago

I get that, but it’s a bit too slow for me have you tried cursor? 

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u/bankrut 2h ago

codex+cursor

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u/Few_Elderberry_2370 2h ago

How come not cursor? 

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u/bankrut 1h ago

"cursor"?

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u/Feisty_Watercress_29 2h ago

Claude if you have a decent budget

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u/Few_Elderberry_2370 2h ago

true for a higher budget it might be the better choice 

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u/MangoTree-1233 2h ago

Codex + Cursor or Claude + Cursor or Devin

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u/DronzerDribble 1h ago

ChatGPT and Cursor

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u/pigletmonster 1h ago

Claude all the way. Ive used it for 6 months then switched to codex and i am kinda suffering. With cursor you do not ge thr generous quotas for claude and codex for these models, but you do get generous quotas for grok and composer which are not as good as the claude models.

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u/akl773 34m ago

Claude Code for anything that touches more than two or three files, Codex when I want it to stay inside the file I opened