Expired50% confidenceEventExact time
After the user paid the remaining $445 on the invoice to bring their cumulative on-demand payments to the $1,000 cap, they raised the cap from $1,000 to $3,000, and within minutes Cursor generated a new invoice for $1,799.16 and attempted to charge it.
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Confidence
Short-term (~14 days)
Relevance
9/12/2026
First Seen
This claim has expired. It is kept for the record and no longer describes the current state.
Valid until: 9/26/2026(expired)
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UnverifiedThe user was on a Cursor Ultra plan with on-demand billing enabled and had set a hard spending cap of $1,000, but mid-billing-cycle usage was shown as approximately $2,799.73% similarUnverifiedCursor customer support stated that the on-demand billing threshold starting point for new accounts is approximately $40–$60 in accumulated usage, automatically increasing with a successful payment history, up to a maximum cap of $1,000.71% similarUnverifiedThe 25%-off subscription plan uses a prepaid pay-as-you-go model where topping up 100 Chinese yuan is equivalent to approximately 137 USD in consumption credit, with balances valid permanently71% similarUnverifiedCursor's invoice stated it would cover the overage for the user, citing that the hard cap was set at $1,000 but the actual total reached $2,799.15, and acknowledged that enforcement of the hard cap is not real-time.70% similarUnverifiedFor users who occasionally need more usage, a one-time $8 payment to reset is more cost-effective than upgrading from the $20 plan to the $200 plan (paying an extra $180 per month).69% similar
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