Claude Code with the Max plan offers numerous advantages over Cursor, including running with full context, handling long-running tasks well, ability to spawn multiple sub-agents, custom workflows, and no rate limits.
Developers can easily replicate features from Cursor in Claude Code, such as version control with GitHub, using Claude Code in GitHub Actions, generating commits with a custom slash command, indexing docs, and memory management.
Claude Code is considered lightweight, integrates with VSCode and its forks, and provides the flexibility to build custom workflows and agents.
Starting with Claude Code is affordable, as it can be used with the Pro plan priced at $17 per month or with an individual's API key.