AI-native editor · active
Zed
A fast, open-source desktop editor with native agents, edit prediction, provider choice, and parallel agent threads.
Visit Zed ↗Verified ·Aug 23, 2026
- Best for
- Developers who want an opinionated native editor without giving up external agents, local models, or provider choice.
- Avoid if
- You require a mature Windows workflow or fully self-hosted versions of Zed’s collaboration and hosted AI services.
01 / Editorial view
Where it fits
Strengths
- Open-source editor core
- Broad model and agent routing
- Parallel agent workflows
Limitations
- Hosted AI uses metered token billing
- Some team identity controls remain less mature than enterprise incumbents
02 / Workflow
Surfaces and capabilities
- Autocomplete
- Yes
- Chat
- Yes
- Agent
- Yes
- Background agent
- Yes
- Review
- Yes
- Testing
- Unknown
Editors
Zed
Operating systems
macOS, Linux, Windows
Repository hosts
GitHub
Languages
Language-agnostic
Bring your own key
Yes
Bring your own model
Yes
03 / Cost and deployment
What it costs to run
Individual
The editor is free. Pro costs $10/month and includes $5 of hosted-model credit.
Team
Business costs $30 per seat/month; hosted-model usage is billed separately.
Enterprise
Business adds organization-level AI and data controls.
Hosted-model usage beyond included credit is billed at provider list price plus 10%. Bring-your-own-key and local-model paths have separate provider or infrastructure costs.
04 / Privacy
Data handling
- Code processing
- Model traffic follows the selected Zed-hosted, provider-key, subscription, gateway, or local-model path.
- Indexing
- Unknown
- Retention
- Unknown
- Training policy
- Unknown
- Enterprise controls
- Model policies, Data-sharing controls, Unified spend controls
05 / Evidence
Primary sources
- Zed AI overview ↗Checked Aug 23, 2026classification, capabilities, models, privacy.code_processing
- Zed pricing ↗Checked Aug 23, 2026pricing, classification.audience, privacy.enterprise_controls
- Zed repository ↗Checked Aug 23, 2026deployment.open_source, deployment.license, deployment.repository
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