coding assistant
Cursor vs Cody
Cursor and Cody both promise repo-aware coding help but start from opposite ends: Cursor is editor-first; Cody is code-search-first.
Contender A
Cursor
AI-first code editor
Contender B
Cody
Sourcegraph's code AI
Side-by-side comparison
Metric
Cursor
Cody
Retrieval
In-editor indexer
Sourcegraph-grade indexing
Enterprise SSO
Business tier
Native (SG Enterprise)
IDE support
Cursor editor only
VS Code, JetBrains, CLI
Model choice
BYO + hosted
BYO + hosted
When Cursor is the right pick
Individual devs who want the best default AI IDE.
When Cody is the right pick
Enterprises with millions of lines across many repos where code search is a first-class need.
Verdict
Cursor is the better individual tool; Cody is the better enterprise tool when code-graph-scale matters more than editor polish.
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