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Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor vs Antigravity (My Honest Review)
⏱ 37 min video · 3 min read27 May 2026
TL;DR
Creator Chris compares four AI 'superapp' tools -- Cursor, Codex, Claude Desktop, and Google Antigravity -- across 11 criteria including coding workflow, browser functionality, automations, and file editing. Cursor comes out on top, followed by Codex, then Claude Desktop, with Antigravity a distant last.
Key points
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Cursor ranks #1 overall: best-in-class browser with dev tools, native file editing, GitHub pull request view inside the app, cloud-based automations, and the widest model selection including its own Composer 2.5 model.
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Codex ranks #2: strong GPT-4.5 access, excellent plugin marketplace (CodeRabbit, Expo), good automations, but let down by inability to edit files directly and weaker mobile/cloud agent experience.
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Claude Desktop ranks #3: strong knowledge work via the co-work tab and good mobile AFK support, but poor browser (no full web access), weak agent harness per TerminalBench, and less intuitive plugin management.
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Google Antigravity ranks last and is not competitive: only outdated Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.6 and Gemini models, no terminal, no browser, no file editing, and no plugin marketplace.
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All four tools share a common weakness: agent orchestration -- none provides clear, at-a-glance visibility into what multiple agents are doing across projects simultaneously.
Verdict
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Use Cursor as your primary AI superapp today -- its cloud automations (run without your laptop open), in-app GitHub PR viewer, developer tools in the browser, and direct file editing give it a meaningful edge for both coding and knowledge work.
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If you are on a ChatGPT subscription, Codex is a strong #2 because GPT-4.5 is currently the best coding model and you get subsidized access -- adding file editing yourself via terminal workarounds partially bridges the gap.
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Avoid Google Antigravity for serious work right now -- it lacks the browser, terminal, file editing, and plugin ecosystem that make the other three tools actually productive.
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You can run any CLI agent (Claude Code, Factory Droid) inside Codex or Cursor via their built-in terminals, giving you access to best-of-breed models regardless of which superapp you choose as your primary environment.
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For teams already in the Claude ecosystem with a Claude Max subscription, the Claude Desktop app is still worth using -- particularly for scheduled automations connected to Claude-managed agents and mobile remote-control of terminal sessions.
Notable quotes
“Cursor is number one for me, it does all of these things the best out of all of the options.”
“If it just had file editing it would make it so much better. If it just had file editing and it had a slightly better mobile app experience and slightly better automations then it would be as good as Cursor if not better.”
“Despite Gemini 3.5 Flash scoring highly on benchmarks it is still not very good at coding.”
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