Dutopilot vs Cursor background agents

Cursor's background agents are now called cloud agents. Here is how agents your developers start compare with a delivery layer that works from your backlog.

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Comparison	Cursor background agents	Dutopilot
What you are buying	A coding agent inside Cursor plans, priced per plan or per user, and drawing on a usage pool.	A managed delivery service and platform: the nine-step pipeline, a dedicated cloud infrastructure and a Forward Deployed Engineer, working above your coding agents.
What it does	Cloud agents that run in isolated virtual machines with full development environments, work on a separate branch and push changes, without your own machine connected.	30+ AI agents plan, build, review, test, fix and merge software changes from the tickets on your project board, 24/7.
Scope, from ticket to merged pull request	Produces merge-ready pull requests with artifacts such as screenshots, videos and logs.	The whole delivery, from backlog ticket to a merged, tested pull request, with two independent reviews and automatic fixes for failing checks.
Delivery steps	Works on a separate branch in a full development environment and pushes changes.	Nine steps in order, from plan and build through two independent reviews, tests and automatic fixes to merge.
Review, tests and self-healing	Attaches artifacts such as screenshots, videos and logs to its pull requests for you to review.	Two independent reviewer agents, quality gates on every change and self-healing: a failing check is fixed before anyone is asked.
Number of agents and steps	You can run as many agents as you want in parallel.	30+ agents across nine steps. Up to 3 (Solo) or 15 (Team) Dutopilot virtual team members at once, and each can run hundreds of parallel sub-agents, on every plan. Enterprise has no limit.
Human approvals	Cloud agents run terminal commands automatically. Their output is a pull request for you to review.	Only where you choose. It pauses for the approvals you select and merges for you otherwise.
Works with your backlog	Start an agent from Slack, from GitHub by commenting on a pull request or issue, from Bitbucket by commenting on a pull request, or from Linear. Other tools connect through MCP. Code can come from GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or Bitbucket Cloud.	Jira, Linear, Notion, GitHub Issues and Azure DevOps for your backlog, and GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps for your code.
Tools and connectors	Slack, Linear, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket Cloud, and other tools through MCP.	Slack for notices and conversations, and a Claude connector (MCP) to follow and steer work from a chat, on top of your backlog and code tools.
AI model and who pays for AI	A curated selection of models, charged from your plan's usage pool at the model's rate. Third-party models are billed at API list price.	Your own Claude, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi subscription or API key, billed by your provider with no per-credit markup from us.
Pricing modelCursor prices are its published prices in US dollars. Dutopilot plans are priced in euros, from EUR 499 a month.	Cloud agents start on the Premium plan at $30 a month (Super is $100, Ultra $200, Teams from $30 per user) and draw on your plan's usage pool.	Plans are priced by Dutopilot virtual team members, not by users: your whole team can use Dutopilot. It is a managed service: your dedicated cloud infrastructure, the full pipeline and a Forward Deployed Engineer are included. You bring your own AI, with no markup.
Where code runs and security	Runs in isolated VMs on Cursor's AWS infrastructure, or on self-hosted machines. In Privacy Mode, Cursor says it never trains on your code.	An isolated sandbox for every ticket on our managed infrastructure. Enterprise customers can request deployment in their own environment. We never keep a copy of your repository, and your code is not used to train models.
Forward Deployed Engineer working with your team	Not listed on its public pricing page.	Included on every plan. A Forward Deployed Engineer from us works with your team on setup, tuning and ongoing improvement.
Onboarding and support	Enterprise lists priority support. Onboarding is not listed on its public pricing page.	Included on every plan: a pilot on one project and one slice of your backlog, with your Forward Deployed Engineer alongside you, and ongoing support from them.

Details about other products come from their public pages, last checked 14 November 2026. Check the vendor for current terms.

The ticks mark rows where Dutopilot clearly leads. Rows without a tick are about even.

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A layer above coding agents

Coding agents write code for a task. Dutopilot sits above them as a managed service and platform: inside its pipeline it runs leading coding agents, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Oh My Pi, on your own AI account, and adds planning, independent review, quality gates, self-repair, merging, a dedicated cloud infrastructure with an isolated sandbox for every ticket, and a Forward Deployed Engineer.

Cursor

Your teamDevelopers start each agent and review the pull request it opens.

Cloud agentsWork on a separate branch in an isolated virtual machine and push changes.

Dutopilot

Your teamWrites tickets on the board and approves only where it chooses.

Dutopilot delivery layerPlans, builds, runs two independent reviews and the tests, fixes failing checks and merges.

Coding agentsClaude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi, on your own AI account.

Where the work sits. With Dutopilot, the steps between a ticket and a merged change run in a managed layer above the coding agents, not on your team's desk.

How the pricing compares

Cursor cloud agents draw on your plan's usage pool, from the Premium plan up, and third-party models are billed at API list price. Dutopilot is a fixed monthly price per plan, with AI cost on your own subscription or key.

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Questions buyers ask

Is Dutopilot a better choice than Cursor for delivering whole tickets?

Yes, for teams that want tickets delivered end to end. Dutopilot runs the whole delivery, from backlog ticket to a reviewed, tested, merged pull request, with 30+ agents across nine steps.

Who pays for AI with Dutopilot?

You do, through your own Claude, Codex, OpenCode or Oh My Pi subscription or API key, at the rate your provider already charges you. Dutopilot adds no per-credit markup.

How is Dutopilot priced?

Solo is EUR 499 a month and Team is EUR 2,999 a month, flat for the number of parallel Dutopilot virtual team members, not per user, and Enterprise is pay as you go. Your AI cost is separate and stays with your provider.

Does Dutopilot include onboarding help?

Yes. Every customer gets a Forward Deployed Engineer who sets Dutopilot up with your team, tunes approvals and gates to your workflow, and keeps improving it.

Can we keep our backlog in Jira, Notion or GitHub Issues?

Yes. Dutopilot works with your backlog in Jira, Linear, Notion, GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps, and with your code in GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps. It also posts notices and takes conversations in Slack, and has a Claude connector (MCP), so your team keeps its current tools.

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