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Character.AI vs Cursor
Compare Character.AI vs Cursor: pricing, context window, benchmarks (coding, math, reasoning), capabilities. Updated April 2026.
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Free tier
Most features free; unlimited messages
Limited completions, GPT-4o-mini default
Standard plan
c.ai+ — $9.99/mo
Pro — $20/mo
Top plan
c.ai+ — $9.99/mo
Business — $40/mo
API input / 1M tokens
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API output / 1M tokens
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Capability
Context window
8K
200K Best
Max output tokens
2K
8K Best
Knowledge cutoff
2024-06
Live (web)
Benchmarks
Coding (LiveCodeBench)
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Math (AIME 2025)
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Reasoning (GPQA Diamond)
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Human pref. (LMArena Elo)
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Features
Image input
Partial
Partial
Voice mode
✓
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Web search
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✓
File upload
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✓
Image generation
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Code execution
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✓
Agent / tool use
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✓
Persistent memory
✓
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Character.AI
Roleplay and companion focus, not a general assistant. Massive Gen-Z user base. Voice calls with characters. Different intent than chat-AI competitors.
Cursor
IDE-integrated coding tool, not a chat AI. Routes to Claude, GPT, Gemini under the hood. Best autocomplete + agent mode in the IDE-tools class.
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