Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)GitLab
4.0
3.9
Overall
3.5
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
4.2
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.7
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
GitLab
- Best-in-class all-remote culture — truly async-first with genuine flexibility
- Radically transparent company with a public handbook and open processes
- Revenue organization has seen quota chaos and low morale
- Some leadership instability at the C-suite level
Bottom Line
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
GitLab
Choose GitLab if you want the gold standard of all-remote work with public handbook and async processes — but expect bureaucracy at scale and comp below top-tier.
Open Roles
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
🎨 Design
2
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.