agent · ai-coding-agents
Cursor vs OpenHands
55 fields both were evaluated on, 21 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 34 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Audit logs offered alongside budget controls “Audit logs and budget controls”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Runtime governance· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Access controls and cost guardrails for enterprise agent use “Give teams the visibility, access controls, audit trails, and cost guardrails needed to run agents across enterprise workflows.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Permission scopes· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Fine-grained access control “Control every layer of your environment with fine-grained access control, model-agnostic architecture, and flexible self-hosted or private cloud deployment options that keep your code and data secure.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Agency
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | full autonomy agentic version “In Cursor, you can do Cmd+K for targeted edits, or let it rip with the full autonomy agentic version.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | “Agents use their own computers to build, test, and demo features end to end for you to review.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Action space· | Reads and writes code, executes changes across codebases “OpenHands runs agents that complete entire engineering tasks, taking actions across entire codebases, running tasks in parallel, and executing changes in real environments.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Operating environment· | “Cursor runs in your terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews PRs in GitHub.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Codebase / software development environment “It runs autonomous agents that plan, write, and apply changes across your codebase, helping teams complete complex tasks end-to-end.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Initiative· | “Set up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to build, maintain, and fix your software.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Can self-initiate via scheduled or triggered workflows, not only on direct prompt “Schedule recurring tasks or trigger workflows from GitHub, Slack, or PagerDuty, even when your machine is off.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Safety
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Data handling· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Self-hosted option keeps data from leaving the customer environment “Self-hosted — data never leaves your environment”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Practicality
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment options· | Desktop application; macOS download offered on the homepage “Download for macOS”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | On-prem or private cloud, running in the customer environment “OpenHands runs in your environment, whether on-prem or private cloud, so your code never leaves your control.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Integrations· | “Cursor runs in your terminal, collaborates in Slack, and reviews PRs in GitHub.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools “Native integrations with GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD, Slack, and ticketing tools.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Foundation models
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI and Cursor's own; named as written on the page “Choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Model provider· | “Choose between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | Model-agnostic architecture “Open source, model-agnostic, and deployable in your environment, so you control how agents run, what they access, and where data stays.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Ecosystem
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 | |
| Tool use· | “type @ for tools & MCPs, / for skills and commands”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | no public information www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
| API access· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms “embed the OpenHands SDK into your product or internal platform.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Open source· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked “Free and open source — no infra cost”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Impact
| Field | Cursor | OpenHands |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment scale· | “Trusted by over half of the Fortune 500 to accelerate development, securely and at scale.”cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | 81K+ GitHub stars, active open-source ecosystem “With 81K+ GitHub stars and a thriving open-source ecosystem, OpenHands evolves through collective innovation - every contribution makes the platform faster, safer, and smarter.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Target sectors· | no public information cursor.com · checked Aug 3, 2026 | Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases “OpenHands is used by platform teams automating engineering workflows at scale, teams building internal developer platforms or AI-powered tooling, and enterprises managing large or legacy codebases and mission-critical software systems.”www.openhands.dev · checked Aug 5, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Cursor and OpenHands publish nothing on these 34 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 34 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- User base
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Pricing model
- Price point
- Availability
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Open weights
- Fine-tuning
- Context window
- Multi-agent
- Marketplace presence
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Explainability
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on autonomy level?
- Cursor: full autonomy agentic version. OpenHands: no public information disclosed.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on target sectors?
- Cursor: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Platform teams, internal developer platform builders, enterprises with large/legacy or mission-critical codebases.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on deployment options?
- Cursor: Desktop application; macOS download offered on the homepage. OpenHands: On-prem or private cloud, running in the customer environment.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on base models?
- Cursor: Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI and Cursor's own; named as written on the page. OpenHands: no public information disclosed.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on api access?
- Cursor: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: SDK available for embedding into other products/platforms.
- How do Cursor and OpenHands compare on open source?
- Cursor: no public information disclosed. OpenHands: Free and open source; no licence named on the page checked.