Zed
Verified Oct 2, 2026 ActiveRust-built code editor with agentic AI editing, edit predictions and real-time collaboration, free to use with your own keys.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $10/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Personal is free with 2,000 accepted edit predictions and unlimited use with your own API keys or external agents. Pro is $10/month with unlimited edit predictions and $5 of hosted tokens, then usage-based billing; Business is $30 per seat per month. Pro has a 14-day trial with a $5 balance and no card.
Use tool ↗About Zed
Zed is a code editor written from scratch in Rust that renders on the GPU and uses multiple CPU cores. It adds AI agents that edit files and run tools, edit predictions, and a multiplayer mode where teammates share a project, chat and code together. The editor is open source (GPL, with AGPL server components) and runs on macOS, Linux and Windows. It is made by Zed Industries, the team behind Atom, Electron and Tree-sitter, and is aimed at developers who value speed and want to bring their own models or use Zed's hosted ones.
- API
- No
- Last verified
- Oct 2, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing: Personal free, Pro $10/month with $5 of tokens, Business $30 per seat per monthzed.dev ↗
- Editor written in Rust, agentic editing, collaboration, available on macOS, Linux and Windowszed.dev ↗
- Open-sourced January 2024 under GPL and AGPL; made by the team behind Atom, Electron and Tree-sitterzed.dev ↗
Is Zed legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Last checked
- Oct 2, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2023The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Zed Industries, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 2, 2026
Pros & cons of Zed
A fast, minimal editor for developers who want AI help without leaving a lightweight native app. The free tier is genuinely usable because it accepts your own API keys and external agents, so you only pay Zed if you want its hosted models. If you depend on a large VS Code extension ecosystem, expect gaps.
Pros
- Written in Rust with GPU rendering, built for low latency
- Open source under copyleft licences
- Free plan accepts your own API keys and external agents
- Native builds for macOS, Linux and Windows
Cons
- Hosted AI use beyond the included $5 is billed by usage
- Smaller extension catalog than VS Code
- Business plan lacks SSO, SAML and SCIM for now
Best for
- Developers who want a quick native editor with AI agents built in
- Teams that pair-program and want shared projects and chat inside the editor
- People who prefer bringing their own model keys over a bundled subscription
Not for
- Teams that rely on a long tail of VS Code extensions
- Organizations that need SSO, SAML or SCIM, which the pricing page lists as planned
Watch out: Pro includes only $5 of hosted tokens and bills usage beyond that, so heavy agent use on Zed's hosted models can cost well above the $10 headline; bringing your own keys avoids that.
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