Cursor vs GitHub copilot: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 97 companies use Cursor and 40 use GitHub copilot. 6 companies use both, including Adobe, Lyft, and Mercado Libre. Cursor leads among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 8, 2026: 127 of 137 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.
Who uses Cursor, GitHub copilot, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
87
use only Cursor
6
companies use both
30
use only GitHub copilot
87 companies use only Cursor, 30 use only GitHub copilot and 6 use both, out of the 127 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
4 more companies are listed for both, with a job post on one side: not counted as using both.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 2, 2026.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for GitHub copilot yet.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
| Company | First public proof, Cursor |
|---|---|
 Adobe | On or before Oct 2025 |
 Lyft | On or before Nov 2025 |
 Mercado Libre | On or before May 2025 |
 Shopify | On or before Oct 2024 |
 Stripe | On or before May 2025 |
 Duolingo | On or before Nov 2025 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Cursor, GitHub copilot or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Cursor onlyBothGitHub copilot only
More common with Cursor
- DevTools & Infrastructure10 of the 11 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use Cursor.
- Fintech & Payments5 of the 6 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Cursor, 1 of them alongside GitHub copilot.
- HR & Recruiting5 of the 5 HR & Recruiting companies on usedby that use either tool use Cursor.
Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
Cursor
GitHub copilotWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Cursor
No reviewed story for Cursor yet.
GitHub copilot
That peer-led rollout helped ASOS reach over 90% Copilot adoption across the engineering team within months.
ASOS
Vendor case study, github.com, published Jul 30, 2026
Cathay rolled out GitHub Copilot to more than 1,000 developers in just one week
Cathay
Vendor case study, github.com, published Oct 27, 2025
Questions about Cursor and GitHub copilot
Which is used more, Cursor or GitHub copilot?
Cursor has more customers on usedby: 97 against 40 for GitHub copilot.
Do companies use both Cursor and GitHub copilot?
Yes. 6 companies use both on usedby, including Adobe, Lyft, and Mercado Libre.
Who uses Cursor?
97 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Cursor.
Who uses GitHub copilot?
40 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses GitHub copilot.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.