The matchup desk
Cursor or Tempo
Two tools, read side by side from their own public pages.
Cursor
Coding agent
Cursor is a coding agent that helps developers plan, build, and review software across desktop, CLI, Slack, and other surfaces.
- Autonomous agents
- Parallel agents
- Codebase search
- Codebase understanding
- Team rules
- Plan mode
- Code review
- CLI
Tempo
AI IDE
Tempo is an IDE for teams to create specs, designs, and pull requests with agents working from their real codebase.
- Code-based canvases
- Clickable prototypes
- Feedback triage
- Parallel agents
- Worktrees
- Pull request tracking
- CI status view
- Bug-fixing agent