# Cursor Bugbot

27 Hacker News commenters recommended Cursor Bugbot and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for catching subtle bugs with little noise; the most common caveat is inconsistent feedback between runs.

## Why people recommend it

- Catches subtle bugs others miss (8 comments): "almost none of its comments are frivolous or wrong, and it finds genuine bugs most reviewers miss" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644893)) "Very little noise and it consistently finds things the very experienced humans on my team didn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46773957)) "Bugbot actually finds some useful issues (things Claude and Codex will miss)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557973))
- Little noise, few false alarms (4 comments): "almost none of its comments are frivolous or wrong, and it finds genuine bugs most reviewers miss" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644893)) "Very little noise and it consistently finds things the very experienced humans on my team didn't." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46773957)) "BugBot in Cursor has been great, I rarely find myself looking at it and disagreeing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353756))
- Rated best AI code reviewer (3 comments): "Bugbot so far has been the best AI reviewer I've tested." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48558687)) "Best code review agent we've seen." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48555164)) "Cursor Bugbot is easily the best" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559411))
- Lower price and no long contracts (2 comments): "The main differentiator to HackerOne is price and lower commitment (i.e. contracts)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598711)) "Cursor Bugbot is about the same cost but gives 10x the monthly quota of Qodo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46892883))

## What people warn about

- Inconsistent, contradicts itself between runs (3 comments): "genuinely helpful, though it can be irritatingly inconsistent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393756)) "a bot that contradicts itself does not add confidence to a change" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668438)) "the amount of flip flopping they go through is unreal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46644331))
- Costly for small teams (2 comments): "bugbot was costing us $1k per month for a small team" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126636)) "they moved to per-run and that killed it for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407100))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Copilot code review](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-code-review.md): 14 recommend
- [Greptile](https://hackerapproved.com/p/greptile.md): 9 recommend
- [Cubic AI code reviewer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cubic.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://cursor.com/bugbot)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cursor Bugbot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cursor-bugbot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).