Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
incident.io
Small (~140)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)incident.io
4.0
4.5
Overall
3.5
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.6
Culture & Values
4.2
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.3
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy
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
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
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.
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
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
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and incident.io has 25 open roles.