Cursor vs Antigravity: what developers actually say
Based on 1,067 opinions on Hacker News from developers who discussed these two, most of them first-hand users.
Cursor comes out ahead on overall approval (55% versus 45%) and on evidence volume (583 firsthand opinions versus 238). Its UX reads positive at 101 to 59 while Antigravity's is negative at 11 to 29, and Cursor also leads on speed (44 to 8) and usage limits (net -3 versus -13). Reliability is the weak point for both, at 14 to 58 for Cursor and 16 to 57 for Antigravity. Antigravity is the better pick for hard, methodical work and Gemini access, and 3 of the 5 explicit preference comments chose it.
When developers explicitly said they prefer one or switched: 2 picked Cursor, 3 picked Antigravity.
Choose Cursor if
- Want the higher overall approval and the larger body of firsthand reports
- Care most about UX and speed
- Want fewer usage-limit complaints relative to Antigravity
Choose Antigravity if
- Need Gemini models or Google subscription access
- Face complex, multi-step tasks that reward a methodical agent
- Can put up with weak UX and tight quotas for stronger deep-task results
Where each one wins and loses
Why developers switched
Picked Cursor
Picked Antigravity
Summaries are paraphrased. Each links to the original comment.