Cursor vs Copilot: the revenue view

We index 44 businesses with revenue evidence that credit Cursor, and 5 that mention GitHub Copilot. We read all five by hand: exactly one was actually built on Copilot. So the honest headline is not that Cursor earns more, but that Cursor founders narrate their tool and Copilot users do not. Five cases is thin evidence, not a verdict.

Contents

• ·Which tool's builders publish more revenue evidence?
• ·What do the cases on each side actually earn?
• ·Where do the Cursor cases cluster?
• ·What do the evidence grades say?
• ·Which one should you actually pick?
• ·What these numbers cannot tell you
• ·Frequently asked questions

Which tool's builders publish more revenue evidence?

Cursor, by roughly nine to one, and the real gap is wider than 44 against 5. Our tool tags come from what a founder said on camera, so a mention is not a build. Five cases is small enough to audit in public, so here is every one of them.

• ·BlogToPin is the genuine article. Nick had the idea in December 2023 while still holding a 9-to-5 and built it on GitHub Copilot at nights and weekends, because Cursor and Claude Code did not exist yet. It reports $16K MRR, 400+ active subscribers, a $39/mo starter plan and roughly 10% monthly churn.