Zed Industries·IDE·Verified 2026-04-23
Zed AI pricing
High-performance Rust-based editor with built-in AI features. Free + paid tiers, popular among performance-focused devs.
Plans
Free
Freefree
- Editor itself is free + open source for the editor part
- BYOK for AI
Pro
$20/mo
- Hosted models with credits
- Edit Predictions
Strengths
- Fastest editor in this list (real-time collab built in)
- Editor part is open source (GPL)
- Strong BYOK story
Watch-outs
- Smaller ecosystem than VS Code-based IDEs
- Best on macOS; Linux/Windows still maturing
Buyer notes
Use the free tier with your own OpenAI/Anthropic key first. Only upgrade to Pro if you find yourself wanting hosted predictions.
Sources
- Zed pricingzed.dev