# Zed Review

> Zed review: Fast OSS editor with agentic features; free with your own keys or external agents, Pro $10/mo adds $5 of hosted-model tokens at list +10%. Also.

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Fast OSS editor with agentic features; free with your own keys or external agents, Pro $10/mo adds $5 of hosted-model tokens at list +10%. Also oss_self_hosted-adjacent (GPL editor, local models).

See pricing · Open source · facts verified Oct 2, 2026

## What we know about Zed

Zed is a ai coding agents platform: fast OSS editor with agentic features; free with your own keys or external agents, Pro $10/mo adds $5 of hosted-model tokens at list +10%. Also oss_self_hosted-adjacent (GPL editor, local models). This profile tracks every Zed fact we have verified, each linked to a primary source and dated.

Zed does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Zed quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Zed covers enterprise plan (contact sales), pick the model per task, runs local models, zero data retention option, autonomous multi-file edits, and runs terminal commands, and does not offer soc 2. Each of those is verified against Zed's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Zed: SOC 2 Type II is not reported. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Zed before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

In total we track 31 verified facts for Zed today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Zed fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How usage is metered | Per-token + own API key | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/plans-and-usage) |
| What the free plan allows | Personal ($0): 2,000 accepted edit predictions | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Cheapest paid plan (monthly) | $10 | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Top individual plan | $10 | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Usage included at entry tier | $5 of tokens included (monthly) | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Rate-limit window | monthly billing cycle | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/plans-and-usage) |
| Price beyond the plan | API list price +10% | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Bring your own API key | true - bypasses plan limits | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/plans-and-usage) |
| Team plan price | 30 USD/user/mo | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |
| Enterprise plan (contact sales) | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/business) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Models available | Claude Fable 5.1/5, Opus 5.5/5/4.8/4.7/4.6/4.5 +12 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/models) |
| Pick the model per task | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel) |
| Runs local models | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/use-a-local-model) |
| Max context (published) | 1,000,000 tokens | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/models) |

### Compliance & trust

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trains on your code? | No training on Zed-hosted model traffic | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/privacy-and-security) |
| Zero data retention option | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/privacy-and-security) |
| SOC 2 | ✗  No | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/business) |
| SSO | false | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/business) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | Desktop editor (Zed Agent, Agent Panel, Inline... | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/overview) |
| Autonomous multi-file edits | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel) |
| Runs terminal commands | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/tool-permissions) |
| Parallel agents | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/parallel-agents) |
| MCP support | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/mcp) |
| Project rules files | ~/.config/zed/AGENTS.md (personal) +9 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/instructions) |
| Checkpoints / rollback | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel) |
| Code review | Diff review only (accept/reject hunks in a multibuffer) | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel) |

### Commercial

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (with Apache-2.0 components) | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed) |
| GitHub stars | 91,200 | Oct 2 | [source](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed) |
| Last release | v1.22.0 - 2026-09-30 | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/releases/stable) |
| Supported model providers | Zed-hosted (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google), API keys +3 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/llm-providers) |
| Hosted / paid option | Zed Pro $10/mo with $5 hosted tokens; Business $30/seat/mo | Oct 2 | [source](https://zed.dev/pricing) |

## Zed head-to-head

| Comparison | Record | Per use case |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Zed vs Cursor](https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/cursor-vs-zed/) | won 4 · lost 3 · tied 0 | Beginners: won; Enterprise: lost; Free Plans: won; Local Models: won; Open Source: won; Terminal Workflows: lost; VS Code: lost |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/tools/zed/