I like Cursor's interface a lot, it's very focused and well thought out. I get noticeably better results with autocomplete and chat compared to alternatieves. I really like that I can copy the full chat responses as markdown with a button (you can't do that in Cody unfortunately). I like that it has all the capabilities of VS Code but is its own separate thing that I can use for special purpose tasks without mucking with my install and settings. I just don't like that it's 40/mo to get the full product. If my employer was footing the bill I would be all over it though.

Open source tooling is always going to be a different focus: giving you a toolbox to assemble functionality yourself.