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commit a1b2c3d - author: Oliver Wakefield-Smith - verified 21 Jun 2026
Cursor BugBot is a $40/user/mo add-onsrc. The catch: it requires Cursor Business ($40/user/mo) as a prereq. For a buyer not already on Business that is $80/seat all-in and the product is IDE-attached, not PR-attached. Different shape, different use case.
@@ what BugBot is @@not a PR reviewer
1+IDE-attached bug-finder. Watches the file you are editing and surfaces likely defects before commit.
2+Powered by Cursor's own model routing on top of Claude / GPT.
3-NOT a PR-comment bot. It does not leave reviewer comments on the merge request the way CodeRabbit or Greptile do.
@@ the prereq trap @@effective cost
1-Headline: $40/user/mo.
2-Requires Cursor Business ($40/user/mo). If you are not already on Business, your effective entry is $80/seatsrc.
3+For shops already standardised on Cursor Business, the marginal $40 is a fair price for a strong IDE bug-finder.
4+For shops on VS Code or JetBrains who would only buy BugBot, the $80 effective entry vs $24 CodeRabbit / $30 Greptile / $0 marginal Copilot is the comparison that matters.
@@ who BugBot is actually aimed at @@opinion
1Teams already on Cursor Business who want to shift defect detection left into the IDE. The buyer is the same person who picked Cursor.
2Not a substitute for a PR-attached reviewer. Run both in this combo: BugBot in IDE + CodeRabbit / Greptile / Copilot on the PR.
@@ cross-links @@related
1/tool/cursor-bugbot - full file
3/calculator - includes the $40 prereq in BugBot math