Cursor is an AI coding tool for software teams. Companies buy Cursor Enterprise to give developers an AI editor, a CLI and cloud agents that work on their repositories and open pull requests.
CopilotKit Soar gives your company self-hosted AI coworkers that run on your own servers and connect to the tools you already use. It's fully customizable, works with any agent harness and any model, and keeps learning from how your teams work. Our engineers set it up under your brand.
For a business, the difference comes down to who the AI coworkers are built for, where the agent runs, whether you can bring your own agents and models, and how every action is checked.
Cursor, now a SpaceX company, gives engineering teams SAML SSO, SCIM, pooled usage, admin-only controls and audit logs that stream to Splunk, Sumo Logic, S3 or a webhook. Privacy Mode is on by default for Enterprise teams, so Cursor doesn't train on their code, and admins can enforce it for everyone.
Cursor runs the agent loop, the model calls and the planning in its own cloud. Companies can run the agent's tools on their own machines or deploy the CLI in their own cloud, and the repository checkout and build cache stay there. Developers can also start cloud agents from Slack and Microsoft Teams with @Cursor, and the agent replies with a pull request.
Over the past few months, we open-sourced our own versions of the big AI coworker products: OpenBot (Grok Bot), OpenMuse (Meta Muse), OpenDots (OpenAI dots) and OpenTag (Claude Tag). CopilotKit Soar turns that core into one business-ready product for companies that want AI coworkers on their own terms.
Your teams share AI coworkers that use your apps, finish real work and get better the more they're used. Each coworker can get its own computer and follows the rules your IT team writes. Coworkers show up in the Soar app on web, desktop and mobile, and in Slack and Microsoft Teams.
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Both give your team AI agents that take requests in Slack and Microsoft Teams and finish work in the background. The differences show up in who they're built for, where the agent runs and how every action is checked.
Soar's AI coworkers keep getting better from the work your teams already do. Everything they learn is visible and reviewable, and your company decides what sticks. All of it runs on CopilotKit Intelligence, which you can self-host or use in our cloud.
With User Memories, each coworker keeps your people's preferences and project context across conversations, for one user or shared across a project. Your team can list, update or remove any memory.
With CLiF, your team can show a coworker a task once in the browser, and Soar learns and repeats it. Admins manage learning centrally, and each coworker learns in its own container.
With Automatic Learning, Soar also reads your coworkers' finished threads, finds the patterns and proposes each insight as a skill. Every skill is a SKILL.md your team reviews, and it reaches your coworkers only after a person approves it.
Cursor fits engineering teams that want an AI editor and cloud agents for their codebase, run by Cursor.
CopilotKit Soar fits companies that:
Many companies can use both: Cursor for code, and Soar for the rest of the business.
1. What's the difference between CopilotKit Soar and Cursor?
Cursor is an AI coding tool for engineers, with the agent loop running in Cursor's cloud. CopilotKit Soar gives every team AI coworkers on your own servers, works with any agent and model, and is set up by our engineers under your brand.
2. Is CopilotKit Soar a Cursor replacement?
No. Cursor is built for writing code. Soar gives AI coworkers to every team, for work like operations, finance, support and research. Many companies can use both.
3. Can CopilotKit Soar be self-hosted?
Yes. Soar runs on a single machine with Docker, or on Kubernetes with Helm on EKS, AKS, GKE or your own cluster. Cursor runs the agent loop in its cloud, and its tools and CLI can run on your machines.
4. Does CopilotKit Soar have SSO and audit logs?
Yes. Soar includes Google, Microsoft, Okta, SAML and OIDC sign-in, SCIM 2.0 and an audit trail that streams to your SIEM. Cursor Enterprise has SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logs too. Soar also checks every agent action against your rules and records it before it runs.
5. Can I use my own agents and models with CopilotKit Soar?
Yes. Any agent that speaks AG-UI joins Soar as a coworker, and you pick OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or any OpenAI-compatible model. With Cursor, requests go through Cursor's backend, even with your own API key.
6. How do I get CopilotKit Soar?
Soar is in early access. Book a meeting at copilotkit.ai/soar and our engineers will build your first AI coworker with you.
CopilotKit Soar brings self-hosted AI coworkers to every team, on your servers and under your rules. To see everything it can do, refer to the CopilotKit Soar product page.
To learn more:
Read more of our comparison blogs on CopilotKit Soar and other AI coworker products:
If you want to see Soar in action, we suggest booking a demo. Our engineering team will build your first AI coworker with you and provide dedicated support as your team grows.
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