Cursor Cloud Agent vs Jules (2026)

Cursor Cloud Agent

by Anysphere

Jules

by Google

Pros

• ✓Runs each task in an isolated cloud VM with a full desktop, so the agent can build, test and click through the app, then attach screenshots, videos and logs to a draft pull request for review.
• ✓Starts from wherever work already happens: the Cursor app, web, iOS, Slack, GitHub, Bitbucket, Linear, the API and scheduled or event-driven Automations.
• ✓Self-Hosted Machines and private connectivity let teams keep tool execution, code and secrets on hardware or networks they control while using the managed agent.

Limitations

• –Not available on the free or $8 Plus plans: cloud agents start with Premium at $30 a month, and third-party models such as Claude and GPT cost extra at API list price.
• –Needs setup before it is useful: an admin must connect source control, and the environment needs dependencies, secrets and network access configured for agents to run and test code.
• –No separate review evidence for cloud agents: the G2 profile covers Cursor as a whole, so independent feedback on cloud agent results specifically is limited.

Pros

• ✓Runs tasks in the background in a fresh cloud VM and returns a pull request, with a plan to review first and the option to steer while it works.
• ✓Free plan with 15 daily tasks, and paid limits come bundled with Google AI Pro or Ultra subscriptions rather than a separate Jules bill.
• ✓Suggested tasks, scheduled tasks, automatic CI fixes and a Render integration let it keep working on a repository without a new prompt each time.

Limitations

• –Paid plans are limited to personal @gmail.com accounts: Google Workspace and enterprise accounts cannot upgrade yet.
• –MCP connections are limited to a vetted list of servers, so teams cannot plug in their own MCP tools.
• –Setup scripts cannot run long-lived processes such as dev servers, and Google says it works best with JavaScript and TypeScript, Python, Go, Java and Rust.