Reviewers largely see Cursor as a strong daily coding tool because its AI is built into the editor, understands the wider codebase, handles multi-file edits, and helps with debugging, refactoring, and fast prototyping without breaking flow. Several users say it beats Copilot and other AI IDEs on context awareness and usability, and some non-coders say it lowers the barrier to shipping code. The main complaints are unstable or unclear pricing, occasional freezes or crashes, some latency, and AI output that can be overly verbose, inconsistent, or still needs careful review.