CodeRabbit Plugin for Cursor Agents: AI Code Reviews directly in Cursor
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Updated Oct 4, 2026
AI Coding Tools
CodeRabbit
AI code review that comments on every pull request
From $24/mofree trial
CodeRabbit at a glance
from our research
AI pull request reviewer for GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket, for teams with slow reviews
Summaries, severity-sorted comments, linter findings and one-click fixes arrive before a human looks
It sees the change and gathered context, not the product reasoning, so people still decide what merges
Essentials suits a typical team: $30 per developer a month, or $24 a month billed yearly
Overview
What is CodeRabbit?
CodeRabbit is an AI code review tool made by CodeRabbit Inc., a US company founded in 2023. It installs on GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Bitbucket, and when someone opens a pull request it analyzes the changes with AI models and static analysis tools. It then writes a plain-language summary into the pull request description, posts a walkthrough of the changes and leaves line-by-line comments sorted by category and severity. Many comments carry a suggested change that can be committed in one click, and each new commit gets an incremental review.
Developers talk to it by mentioning @coderabbitai in a comment, to ask questions, control the review or have it write code. Preferences stated this way become learnings that CodeRabbit stores for the organization and applies to later reviews. It also runs linters and security scanners, such as ESLint, Ruff, Semgrep and TruffleHog, choosing them from the languages it detects, and integrates with Jira and Linear. Reviews can also run before a pull request exists, through an extension for VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf, and a command-line tool whose findings coding agents such as Claude Code can act on.
Paid plans are billed per developer, and only developers who open pull requests are charged. Each plan sets an hourly limit on reviews per developer, and usage-based reviews, billed per reviewed file, can cover work beyond it. Reviews on public repositories are free. Code is sent to OpenAI and/or Anthropic for each review, and CodeRabbit says customer code is never used for training.
Our verdict on CodeRabbit
Updated Oct 4, 2026Pricing checked Oct 3, 2026
CodeRabbit is for teams where pull requests wait on reviewers, particularly teams producing more code with AI agents than people can read closely. It does the first pass before a human looks: a summary of what changed, comments sorted by severity, linter and security findings in the same thread, and fixes that can be committed with one click. Preferences given in plain language become learnings that shape later reviews, so the comments can be steered toward a team's conventions without writing rules, and the CLI lets a coding agent fix problems before a pull request is opened.
The limits come from what a reviewer of diffs can know. CodeRabbit sees the change and the context it gathers, not the product reasoning behind it, so a human still has to decide whether a change belongs in the product. Its hourly limits also matter for busy teams: 5 pull request reviews per developer an hour on Essentials, 8 on Team and 10 on Advanced, beyond which further reviews need usage-based billing at $0.25 per reviewed file, capped at a monthly amount you set. Every review sends code to OpenAI and/or Anthropic, so teams with strict data rules should note that self-hosting is an Enterprise option.
Essentials, at $30 per developer a month or $24 billed yearly, is the plan most teams will need: it covers agentic reviews on pull requests and in the CLI, one-click fixes, linter and SAST support and the Jira and Linear integrations. Team, at $60 per developer a month or $48 billed yearly, adds custom pre-merge checks, unit test generation and merge-conflict fixes. Advanced, at $90 or $72 billed yearly, adds architecture impact analysis and a security review of every pull request. Every plan has a 14-day trial, and the free plan only summarizes pull requests.
Choose CodeRabbit when review, not writing code, is where work stalls. Open-source maintainers can use it free on public repositories. A team that mostly wants help writing code should start with a coding assistant instead, such as Tabnine, which completes code as you type in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio and Eclipse.
Written by Lokesh Kapoor
Pros & cons
CodeRabbit pros and cons
What it does well
- Developers who never open a pull request do not need a paid seat
- Free reviews on public repositories through the open-source plan
- Runs linters and security scanners such as Semgrep alongside the AI review
- CLI and IDE extension review changes before a pull request is opened
Where it falls short
- Hourly review caps per developer: 5 on Essentials, 8 on Team, 10 on Advanced
- Code goes to OpenAI and/or Anthropic for review; self-hosting requires Enterprise
- The free plan writes pull request summaries, not full reviews
Editor's assessment from vendor documentation and published pricing
Pricing
CodeRabbit pricing
CodeRabbit's paid plans start at $24/month, above the $19 median across the 14 tools in our AI Coding Tools ranking. A free plan is available, and you can test it on a 14-day free trial.
Free
$0
Free plan
- Unlimited public and private repositories
- PR summaries only
- No credit card required
Usage: 1 PR summary per developer per hour.
Open source
$0
Free plan
- Unlimited public repositories
- Team-plan features for open-source projects
Usage: Public repositories only.
Essentials
$24/mo
per developer, per month
or $30/mo billed monthly
- Agentic AI reviews on PRs and in the CLI
- 1-click fixes
- Linter and SAST tool support
- Jira and Linear integrations
Usage: 5 PR reviews per developer per hour. Beyond that, optional pay-as-you-go reviews at $0.25 per reviewed file, with a monthly cap you set. Only developers who open pull requests are billed.
Team
$48/mo
per developer, per month
or $60/mo billed monthly
- Custom pre-merge checks
- Unit tests and merge-conflict fixes
- Post-merge actions
- Higher limits across the product
Usage: 8 PR reviews per developer per hour; extra reviews $0.25 per reviewed file.
Advanced
$72/mo
per developer, per month
or $90/mo billed monthly
- Blast-radius and architecture impact analysis
- Security review of every PR
- Continuous security monitoring
Usage: 10 PR reviews per developer per hour; extra reviews $0.25 per reviewed file.
Enterprise
Custom
Tailored pricing for larger teams
- 12 PR reviews per developer per hour
- Usage arranged with your account team
Checked against CodeRabbit Inc.'s pricing page on October 3, 2026 · see the full breakdown
Capabilities
CodeRabbit features
Checked against the same feature list as every other tool in its category.
Platform
- Not included:Built-in hosting & deployRuns and deploys the application without configuring separate infrastructure.
Team & Governance
- Included:No training on your codeBusiness tiers exclude your source from model training by default.
- Included:Self-hosted or VPC optionRuns inside your own infrastructure for regulated or air-gapped environments.Enterprise plan
- Included:Team admin & SSOCentral seat management, policy controls and single sign-on.SSO on Enterprise plan
Code Generation
- Not included:In-editor chatAsk questions about the code you are looking at without leaving the editor.
- Not included:Inline autocompleteMulti-line suggestions as you type, accepted with a keystroke.
- Included:Test generationWrites unit and integration tests against existing code.Team plan and up
Codebase Awareness
- Included:Custom project rulesPersistent instructions describing your conventions, applied to every request.
- Included:Tool & MCP integrationConnects to external tools and data sources so the assistant can read docs, tickets or a database.
- Included:Whole-repository indexingIndexes the entire codebase so suggestions follow your existing patterns and reuse your helpers.
Agent Autonomy
- Included:Automated PR reviewReviews pull requests and comments on problems before a human does.
- Included:Background & async agentsWorks on a task on its own while you do something else, then reports back.
- Included:Multi-file editsApplies a single instruction coherently across several files at once.
- Included:Runs commands & testsExecutes builds and test suites, reads the output and fixes what it broke.Team plan and up
Ecosystem
CodeRabbit integrations
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Jira
- Linear
- Slack
Videos
Watch CodeRabbit in action
Product walkthroughs from CodeRabbit's own YouTube channel.
How to Review Large Pull Requests with AI | CodeRabbit ChangeStack
Published by CodeRabbitWatch on YouTube
Introducing CodeRabbit Security - Fix security issues before they ship!
Published by CodeRabbitWatch on YouTube
How does CodeRabbit Security work?
Published by CodeRabbitWatch on YouTube
Alternatives
Top CodeRabbit alternatives
Tools that do the same job, from the same category.
Fit check
Will CodeRabbit fit your team?
Support
- Email support
- Live chat
- Knowledge base
Training
- Documentation
- Video tutorials
Deployment
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
Typical users
- Small businesses
- Mid-size companies
- Enterprises
FAQs
CodeRabbit FAQs
Written by our editorial team.
Is CodeRabbit free?
Partly. The free plan covers unlimited public and private repositories but only writes pull request summaries, one per developer an hour, plus a small number of reviews in the IDE extension and CLI. Full reviews on public repositories are free through the open-source plan, which includes Team-plan features. Paid reviews on private code start with Essentials at $30 per developer a month, or $24 billed yearly. See CodeRabbit pricing for every plan.
Does CodeRabbit have a free trial?
Yes. CodeRabbit offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and new organizations get the trial on the Advanced plan, so they can try security reviews and the other top-tier features. When the trial ends without a paid subscription, the organization drops back to the free plan and its lower limits. Reviews that go over the trial's hourly allowance are covered by free usage-based reviews unless you opt out.
Does CodeRabbit train AI models on your code?
No. CodeRabbit says it never uses customer code for training, whether or not data retention is turned on. Your code is sent to OpenAI and/or Anthropic for the review itself, and CodeRabbit states that neither provider uses it to train models. Some data is stored to speed up reviews, such as encrypted caches and code indexes, and learnings are kept until you opt out. Enterprise customers can self-host CodeRabbit and switch off all data retention.
How is CodeRabbit billed per developer?
Paid plans charge per developer a month, but only for developers who create pull requests, so reviewers and managers who never open one do not need a seat. With automatic assignment, a developer gets a seat on opening a pull request in a repository where CodeRabbit is installed, and a seat unused for 30 days can be reassigned to a new developer. Developers without a paid seat still get free-tier reviews unless an admin turns that off.
Which platforms and editors does CodeRabbit support?
CodeRabbit reviews pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket Cloud. Before a pull request exists, its extension reviews local changes in VS Code and editors built on VS Code extensions, including Cursor and Windsurf, and its command-line tool runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. The CLI can pass its findings to AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex to fix. It works with all programming languages, with varying proficiency. See CodeRabbit alternatives for other options.
Sources & methodology
Product details come from CodeRabbit Inc.'s public website and documentation (United States). Every plan and price was checked against the vendor's pricing page on October 3, 2026. We haven't tested this product hands-on; the verdict is a desk assessment. How we research and rank tools
- Founded 2023
- 1 language supported
- coderabbit.ai
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