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Cursor Desktop vs ServerEngine
Cursor Desktop puts an agent inside your editor, on Cursor's own subscription. ServerEngine puts many agents side by side outside any editor, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for, and lets them work across your folders and your servers.
Cursor Desktop
Feature by feature
| Cursor Desktop | ServerEngine | |
|---|---|---|
| Models | Frontier models and Grok, picked per request. | Claude Code, Codex CLI, Grok Build, OpenRouter or Ollama, per agent. |
| Your existing subscription | Its own subscription, with usage billed beyond the plan. | Your Claude, ChatGPT or Grok plan, or an OpenRouter key. |
| Agent Workspace | Agents in the editor, in the cloud and on mobile. | Many agents side by side, each on its own model. |
| Talk or type | Dictate to the agent with built-in speech-to-text. | Speak your prompt, and hear the answer when it is done. |
| Memory | Rules per project, shared with your team. | One memory, shared by every model. |
| From your phone | A mobile app and Slack for cloud agents. | Slack and Discord per agent, WhatsApp for the main chat. |
| Agents on a schedule | Automations, on the paid plans. | Any prompt on a timetable, with its own model and skills. |
| Plans you can follow | Changes as diffs, with Bugbot code review. | Plan mode, a live checklist, and approvals per skill. |
| Code editing | A full editor built around the agent. | The fastest code editor for agents: built in pure C++, with batched calls so edits land in a fraction of the time - on any folder, with no editor to live inside. |
| Built-in skills | MCP servers, skills and hooks, with a marketplace. | Code, browser, computer use, images, GitHub, Stripe and more. |
| Work on your servers | Your repository, plus cloud sandboxes. | Your servers and a VPS too, on the Commander plan. |
| Keep it local | Privacy mode, but the models run in the cloud. | Runs on your PC. With Ollama, nothing leaves your network. |
Models
Cursor Desktop
Frontier models and Grok, picked per request.
ServerEngine
Claude Code, Codex CLI, Grok Build, OpenRouter or Ollama, per agent.
Your existing subscription
Cursor Desktop
Its own subscription, with usage billed beyond the plan.
ServerEngine
Your Claude, ChatGPT or Grok plan, or an OpenRouter key.
Agent Workspace
Cursor Desktop
Agents in the editor, in the cloud and on mobile.
ServerEngine
Many agents side by side, each on its own model.
Talk or type
Cursor Desktop
Dictate to the agent with built-in speech-to-text.
ServerEngine
Speak your prompt, and hear the answer when it is done.
Memory
Cursor Desktop
Rules per project, shared with your team.
ServerEngine
One memory, shared by every model.
From your phone
Cursor Desktop
A mobile app and Slack for cloud agents.
ServerEngine
Slack and Discord per agent, WhatsApp for the main chat.
Agents on a schedule
Cursor Desktop
Automations, on the paid plans.
ServerEngine
Any prompt on a timetable, with its own model and skills.
Plans you can follow
Cursor Desktop
Changes as diffs, with Bugbot code review.
ServerEngine
Plan mode, a live checklist, and approvals per skill.
Code editing
Cursor Desktop
A full editor built around the agent.
ServerEngine
The fastest code editor for agents: built in pure C++, with batched calls so edits land in a fraction of the time - on any folder, with no editor to live inside.
Built-in skills
Cursor Desktop
MCP servers, skills and hooks, with a marketplace.
ServerEngine
Code, browser, computer use, images, GitHub, Stripe and more.
Work on your servers
Cursor Desktop
Your repository, plus cloud sandboxes.
ServerEngine
Your servers and a VPS too, on the Commander plan.
Keep it local
Cursor Desktop
Privacy mode, but the models run in the cloud.
ServerEngine
Runs on your PC. With Ollama, nothing leaves your network.
Any model
All superpowers
Run many agents side by side. Use your favorite models from Claude, Codex, Grok and OpenRouter while sharing the same memory and skills.
- ClaudeIntegrates with Claude Code CLI
- CodexIntegrates with Codex CLI
GrokIntegrates with Grok Build- OpenRouterIntegrates with OpenRouter API
- OllamaIntegrates with Ollama App
Memories grow on their own or whenever you ask. Your preferences, corrections and setup carry into every conversation, mapped to their work folder and shared with whichever model you run.
Send a message from your phone. Your agents keep working while you enjoy some free time.
Everything you need to build, test, secure, and ship your product. Enable what you need, disable what you don't, and select which skills require your approval.
Free
$0
Free access. No credit card.
The AI agent with core features
- S.E.N.T.R.I Agent
- Agentic Workspace (2 workspaces)
- Agents on a schedule (3 schedules)
- Multi-step task planning
- Core skills & approvals
- Coding agent integration
- Local speech-to-text
S.E.N.T.R.I
$15
per month, billed monthly
The AI agent & Workspace
- S.E.N.T.R.I Agent
- Agentic Workspace (unlimited)
- Agents on a schedule (unlimited)
- Multi-step task planning
- Core + DevOps skills & approvals
- Coding agent integration
- Local speech-to-text
- Voice responses
Commander
$30
per month, billed monthly
S.E.N.T.R.I + Servers
- Everything in S.E.N.T.R.I
- Zero-trustThe agent never gets a password. ServerEngine signs in for it from an encrypted store on your PC. agent access
- Agent Guardrails (ScopesA scope is a group of servers an agent may use. The rest stay hidden from it.)
- Remote Manager
- Admin Console
- RESTful API access