Kilo offers Cursor customers free Enterprise access for up to a year
Kilo Code is offering companies that pay for Cursor free access to Kilo Enterprise for the remainder of their Cursor contract, for up to one year. The company says the move responds to recent changes in which models Cursor customers can use.
- Kilo Code offers free Kilo Enterprise for the rest of a Cursor contract, up to one year, with claims due before the end of November.
- Kilo says Cursor's $8 Plus plan now includes Grok models only since October 12.
- According to Kilo, OpenAI ends Cursor's access to its models on November 12.
- Kilo Gateway lists 500+ models at the provider's price, and Sign in with ChatGPT lets teams use their ChatGPT plan in Kilo.
- Claiming requires proof of a Cursor contract via the offer page.
What Kilo says changed at Cursor
According to Kilo's blog post, two changes matter for teams planning their next year. On October 12, Cursor launched the X Subscription. Its $8 Plus plan now includes Grok models only. Kilo states that the Premium, Super and Ultra plans include no allowance for third-party models, so a request to GPT-6, for example, bills at API list price from the first token.
The second change is set for November 12. Kilo says OpenAI will end Cursor's access to its models and will not provide future models to Cursor. After that date, a personal OpenAI API key works only for local Chat and Agent, according to the post.
Kilo argues that teams who chose Cursor for access to the best models now have reason to ask whether that access will last.
Kilo's pitch: model freedom
Kilo describes model freedom as one of its primary architectural principles. The company says a model dropdown does not guarantee it, because a dropdown shows only the models a vendor has a deal with in a given quarter. Kilo is open source, so the agent is not tied to any one model company, according to the post.
The Kilo Gateway lists 500+ closed and open-weight models at the provider's price. Kilo says its own usage data shows that when developers balance cost and performance on their own, they use 3+ model providers up to 70% of the time. The company adds that its enterprise controls let teams make those choices within their organization's compliance rules.
For teams worried about losing GPT access, Kilo points to Sign in with ChatGPT, launched on September 29. Teams can connect their ChatGPT plan to Kilo and use it in VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI, Cloud Agents, Code Reviews and the mobile app. Requests draw on the ChatGPT Work and Codex usage included in the plan, up to 100% or a lower limit set in ChatGPT, instead of per-token API billing.
Enterprise features and how to claim the offer
Kilo lists several enterprise features:
- 500+ models at the provider's price. Each session shows its cost as it runs.
- Admin controls per sub-org. Admins set model and provider rules for each sub-org from one screen.
- Auto-Efficient routing. Kilo says it sends each prompt to the cheapest model proven capable of the task.
The company says Anaconda's engineers moved from Cursor to Kilo and has published what they found, along with a feature comparison of the two products.
To switch, teams submit a claim form with proof of their Cursor contract on the offer page, which also has a short FAQ on eligibility and verification. They then follow the Cursor to Kilo migration guide, set model and provider rules per sub-org, and turn on Auto-Efficient routing. Kilo says the offer must be claimed before the end of November.
What it means for Cursor teams
The offer targets companies weighing their options ahead of the November 12 OpenAI cutoff. Kilo says switching early gives a team about a month to settle in before that date. The claims about Cursor's plans and OpenAI's decision come from Kilo's own post, so teams should check the details with their vendors before making changes. Kilo's free access applies only for the rest of the existing Cursor contract, up to one year.
Kilo Code: Leaving Cursor? Kilo Enterprise is free for up to a year.
