Comparison

Hypex vs Cursor

Both are great agentic IDEs. Here's exactly where Hypex differs — feature by feature.

Hypex

Your IDE. Your model. Your rules.

Open source base · BYOK free · No markup

Cursor

Closed source · Subscription · Markup on overage

Feature

Hypex

Cursor

Bring your own API key (free forever)

Open source IDE base (Code OSS)

Multi-model (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, local)

limited

No markup on managed credits

Hard spend cap (no surprise bills)

Plan mode (read-only planning)

Native C/C++ & Windows driver workflows

Artifact panel (Claude-style)

Lifetime license option

Founding member pricing

Cloud sync of settings

Pro tier price

$20/mo

Pro+ tier price

$40/mo

$60/mo

BYOK is free forever. No credit card required. Bring the model you already pay for.