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Cursor vs Hey, GitHub! vs Lightning AI

All three are code assistant tools. Here is what separates them.

	Cursor	Hey, GitHub!	Lightning AI
What it is	AI-first code editor built for speed with intelligent auto-completion and codebase understanding.	A team of researchers and engineers at GitHub prototyping the tools, workflows, and ideas that will shape the future of software development.	The all-in-one platform for AI development. Code together. Prototype. Train. Scale. Serve. From your browser - with zero setup. From the creators of PyTorch…
Category	Code Assistant	Code Assistant	Code Assistant
Pricing	Freemium · $20/mo	Paid	Paid
How it bills	Flat monthly	Not published	Not published
Free tier	Yes	No	No
Rating	4.8 from 4,500 reviews	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	AI-native editor Codebase understanding Multi-file editing (Composer) Inline generation (Cmd+K) Multiple AI models Tab completion Bug detection Natural language editing	—	—
What works	Best AI code editor Understands full codebase VS Code compatibility Multiple model support Incredibly fast	Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare
What does not	Subscription required for full features Can be resource-intensive Newer with some bugs Limited free completions	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 97 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 45 tools in the same category have a free tier	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 97 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 45 tools in the same category have a free tier

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