By Alex Mercer · Updated
cubic vs Cursor Bugbot
cubic catches more bugs than Bugbot and works with any editor or coding agent. Bugbot is the natural pick if your whole team lives in Cursor.
Benchmark results
Martian’s Code Review Bench is an independent benchmark that tests AI code reviewers on thousands of real open-source pull requests. Results from Aug 26 to Sep 25, 2026. See the leaderboard
cubic catches 26% more bugs than Cursor Bugbot, with 5.3% fewer false positives.
On critical and high-severity bugs, it catches 13% more.
- more bugs caughtRecall 59.6% vs 47.4%
- 26%
- fewer false positivesPrecision 73.2% vs 71.7%
- 5.3%
- more accurate overallF1 65.7% vs 57.0%
- 15%
All bugs14,406 pull requests
Rank: cubic #1, Cursor Bugbot #9
Bugs caught
cubic59.6%
Cursor Bugbot47.4%
Comments that are real bugs
cubic73.2%
Cursor Bugbot71.7%
Overall accuracy
cubic65.7%
Cursor Bugbot57.0%
Critical and high-severity bugs9,937 pull requests
Rank: cubic #1, Cursor Bugbot #8
Bugs caught
cubic60.9%
Cursor Bugbot54.0%
Comments that are real bugs
cubic72.0%
Cursor Bugbot64.7%
Overall accuracy
cubic66.0%
Cursor Bugbot58.9%
cubic vs Cursor Bugbot at a glance
| cubic | Cursor Bugbot | |
|---|---|---|
| Your team’s standards | cubicLearns from your senior engineers’ past PR comments and from what your team accepts or dismisses. Add your own rules in plain English. | Cursor BugbotFollows rules in .cursor/BUGBOT.md files, and learns rules from reactions, replies, and reviewer comments on its findings. |
| Fixes | cubicOne-click fixes for simple issues. “Fix with cubic” hands harder ones to background agents. | Cursor BugbotAutofix proposes or pushes fixes on the pull request. “Fix in Cursor” opens the issue in the editor, and “Fix in Web” hands it to a cloud agent. |
| Where it runs | cubicGitHub, plus the cubic CLI for your terminal and coding agents. | Cursor BugbotGitHub and GitLab, with Azure DevOps and Bitbucket in public beta, built around the Cursor editor. |
| Pricing | cubicFree for public repositories, with 20 PR reviews a month on the free plan. Paid plans start at $30 per developer a month billed annually, or $40 monthly. | Cursor BugbotCursor Bugbot pricing |
Used by teams that can’t afford bugs
“I’ve been a dev for 13+ years and I’m still routinely humbled by what cubic catches. We’ve tried other tools but cubic is way better—there’s no comparison.”
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Also used by n8n, Cal.com, Resend, Granola, Legora, Daytona, Tinfoil, and Better Auth. All customer stories
Which is better for your team?
Choose cubic if
- Your team uses different editors and coding agents.
- You want the reviewer that catches the most bugs.
- You want scheduled scans of your whole codebase, not just PR review.
Choose Cursor Bugbot if
- Your whole team codes in Cursor.
- You’re on GitLab.
Questions and answers
- Is cubic better than Cursor Bugbot?
- Yes. On Martian’s Code Review Bench, an independent benchmark on real open-source pull requests, cubic ranks #1 and Cursor Bugbot #9. cubic catches 26% more bugs with 5.3% fewer false positives, and also leads on critical and high-severity bugs. You can run both on the same pull requests to see it on your own code.
- What is the difference between cubic and Cursor Bugbot?
- cubic catches more bugs than Bugbot and works with any editor or coding agent. Bugbot is the natural pick if your whole team lives in Cursor.
- Do I need Cursor to use cubic?
- No. cubic reviews pull requests on GitHub, whatever editor or coding agent wrote the code.
- Can cubic fix issues for you, like Bugbot Autofix?
- Yes. Simple fixes take one click, and “Fix with cubic” hands harder ones to background coding agents.
- Can I run cubic and Bugbot on the same repository?
- Yes. Both can review the same pull request, so you can compare them on your own code.
- How do I switch from Bugbot to cubic?
- Install cubic on the same GitHub repositories and let both review your next few pull requests. Once you’ve seen the difference, turn off Bugbot.
- How much does cubic cost compared with Bugbot?
- Free for public repositories, with 20 PR reviews a month on the free plan. Paid plans start at $30 per developer a month billed annually, or $40 monthly. Bugbot publishes its current prices on its own pricing page, linked in the table above.
- Does cubic store or train on my code?
- No. cubic never stores your code or trains AI on it, and it is SOC 2 compliant.
- How do I try cubic?
- Install the cubic GitHub app and pick your repositories. cubic reviews your next pull request. It’s free for public repositories, and the free plan includes 20 PR reviews a month.
Sources
Checked against each source on Sep 26, 2026.