Conan vs Qursor: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of Conan and Qursor — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

Conan

Paid

Conan is a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD, surfacing every prompt, tool call, skill, and token in real time.

Live Timeline: Every command, edit, and tool call streams onto a living timeline as it happens.
Context Window Meter: Watch the context window fill across system, tools, memory, skills, and messages while tokens burn in real time.
Session Pulse: A live throughput pulse that spikes when Claude works and calms when it waits.
Skills & MCP Visibility: See every skill and MCP server in play, surfaced and observable as they fire.
Native macOS App: A native HUD for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 13+, with no subscription required.
Claude Radio: Built-in curated audio stations to score your coding sessions.

Monitoring Claude Code Sessions: Watch every prompt, tool call, and skill execution in real time without scrolling logs.
Token Budget Management: Track context window usage and token burn to avoid context rot and surprise costs.
Debugging Agent Behavior: Observe which skills and MCP servers fire to understand and debug agentic workflows.
Staying In Flow: Keep a glanceable HUD of session activity while focusing on the work itself.

Free

Chrome extension to visually point at UI elements and copy clean, structured, code-aware context for AI coding assistants.

Visual Element Pointing: Hover or click to target an exact UI element on any webpage using an overlay inspector, removing ambiguity about which element is referenced.
Structured Context Copy: Exports clean, code-aware context (selectors, element attributes, and surrounding DOM snippets) formatted for use with AI coding assistants and prompt inclusion.
Selector and Metadata Extraction: Gathers useful element metadata such as CSS selectors, IDs, classes, text content, and basic accessibility attributes to help generate accurate code or tests.
Clipboard & Prompt Integration: Copies the extracted context to the clipboard in developer-friendly formats so it can be pasted directly into AI prompts, editors, or issue trackers.
Lightweight Chrome Extension: Works in the browser as an extension without needing to modify the target site, enabling fast inspection across sites and apps.
Context Preservation: Captures surrounding DOM hierarchy and nearby elements to preserve relevant UI context for tasks like layout fixes or component identification.
Code-Aware Formatting: Produces output tailored to coding workflows (clean snippets and structured descriptions) to improve the quality of AI-generated code and suggestions.
Visual website inspection directly in Chrome