Cursor Pro usage-based pricing and apology
Cursor swaps Pro's 500 fast requests for $20 of API-priced usage; backlash forces a public apology and refunds on 2025-07-04.
Shows agent-era unit economics. Long agentic sessions consume far more tokens, so flat per-request plans broke. Pro became a credit pool at API rates, and CEO Michael Truell apologized for the rollout and refunded surprise charges.
- Date
- Monday, 16 June 2025
- Lab
- Anysphere (Cursor)
- Kind
- feature
- Access
- app only
- Price
- Pro $20/month (credit pool, from 2025-06-16)
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Pro plan | $20/month in usage credits was 500 fast requests + unlimited slow | company |
Pro+ and Ultra tiers followed (reported). Similar shift to rate limits/usage caps hit Claude Code and others.
Sources
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