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Claude (Anthropic) has moderate defaults; Cursor carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: CLAUDE (ANTHROPIC) ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE · CURSOR NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | CLAUDE (ANTHROPIC) | CURSOR |
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| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“ The Services are owned, operated, and provided by us and our affiliates, licensors, distributors, and service providers (collectively “ Providers ”). We and our Providers retain all of our respective rights, title, and interest, including intellectual property rights, in and to…”
“ 13. Indemnity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you are responsible for your use of the Service, and you will defend and indemnify Anysphere, its affiliates and each of their respective shareholders, directors, managers, members, officers, employees, consultants, and agen…”
“ We appreciate feedback, including ideas and suggestions for improvement or rating an Output in response to an Input (“ Feedback ”). If you rate an Output in response to an Input—for example, by using the thumbs up/thumbs down icon—we will store the related conversation as part o…”
“ 5.1. Service. Anysphere and its licensors shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to the Service, all improvements, enhancements or modifications thereto, and all intellectual property rights associated with the foregoing. There are no implied licenses in these…”
“Utilization of inputs and outputs to train an AI model (e.g., “model scraping” or “model distillation”) without prior authorization from Anthropic”
This clause prohibits users from using inputs/outputs to train AI models without Anthropic's prior authorization, but does not address whether Anthropic itself may use user inputs/outputs for training — creating an asymmetric obligation.
“ 1.4. Limitations for Suggestions. You acknowledge that Suggestions are generated automatically by machine learning technology and may be similar to or the same as Suggestions provided to other customers, and no rights to any Suggestions generated, provided, or returned by the Se…”
“Human-in-the-loop: When using our products or services to provide advice, recommendations, or in subjective decision-making directly affecting individuals or consumers , a qualified professional in that field must review the content or decision prior to dissemination or finalizat…”
For high-risk use cases (legal, healthcare, finance, employment, etc.), a qualified professional must review AI outputs before they reach end users. This imposes significant operational cost and legal responsibility on the operator, who bears full accountability for accuracy and appropriateness.
“ Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply where Anysphere acts as a data processor and processes personal data on behalf of commercial customers using our commercial services, for example, if your employer has provisioned a Cursor account for you to use at work. Our us…”
“ This includes using our products or services to: Violate privacy rights as defined by applicable privacy laws, such as sharing personal information without consent or accessing private data unlawfully Misuse, collect, solicit, or gain access without permission to private infor…”
“Anysphere retains your personal data only for as long as necessary to operate the Service effectively and to support legitimate business needs such as legal compliance, safety, dispute resolution, and enforcement of our agreements. The appropriate retention period varies dependin…”
No specific retention periods are stated. 'As long as necessary' and 'legitimate business needs' are vague standards. Safety and system monitoring data is retained for an unspecified 'limited duration' even for ephemeral interactions.
“ Evaluation and Additional Services. In some cases, we may permit you to evaluate our Services for a limited time or with limited functionality. Use of our Services for evaluation purposes are for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may need to accept additional terms to…”
“ 4.2. Pricing. Anysphere reserves the right to determine pricing for the Service. Anysphere will make reasonable efforts to keep pricing information published on the Service up to date. We encourage you to check our pricing page periodically for current pricing information. Anysp…”