Zed

What it is for

Zed is a GPU-accelerated Rust editor + agent sidebar: you keep Threads (Implement subagents from documentation plan) next to a Search… list, watch the agent Read docs/subagents-implementation-plan.md, and Personal is $0 forever. Use it when the job is a native agent desk you start at a public $, not when you need a VS Code fork with Tab.

Soft-note: Personal Free $0 forever + Pro $10/month ($5 tokens included, then usage) + Business $30/seat/month. A 14-day Pro trial prints $5 of GPT-6 Luna, no card. Distinct from Cursor and Windsurf.

What makes it unique: the cover is Zed’s official Threads Sidebar desk (Search…, project zed, cloud, thread Implement subagents from documentation plan +25 -15 16m, title zed / subagents-refactoror / firstpass, prompt Reread the planning doc regarding the subagents refactor, Thinking…, Read docs/subagents-implementation-plan.md L251-600 / L600-1000 / L1600-16800) from thumbnail.webp on Introducing Parallel Agents — not a wordmark. The Implement subagents row itself is ops of the sidebar.

Key features

• Threads Sidebar — the left project list (cover still; Parallel Agents). One desk. Cover Search… sits here.
• Project groups — zed, cloud and zed.dev headers (cover). A group, not a Pro tile.
• Thread row — Implement subagents from documentation plan with +25 -15 16m (cover). A thread, not a $10 meter.
• Agent log — Read docs/subagents-implementation-plan.md L251-600 / L600-1000 / L1600-16800 (cover). A log, not tokens.
• Title bar — zed / subagents-refactoror / firstpass (cover). Chrome, not Get Started.
• Prompt card — Reread the planning doc regarding the subagents refactor plus Thinking… (cover). A prompt, not Business.

Download / Start trial on marketing pages are CTAs (not desks). Personal / Pro / Business tiles stay in Pricing. Hosted-model pickers stay off Key features as AI extras.

Who it's for

Best fit: developers who will stay on Personal at $0 forever (BYO keys / Claude Agent / Codex CLI) while they open a first Threads Sidebar, then Pro at $10/month when they want Zed-hosted models and $5 of included tokens — not Business $30/seat first unless they need org AI policies / unified spend.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from zed.dev/pricing. Soft-note: Personal is $0 forever; Pro is the first public AI dollar.

• Personal — $0 forever. Card: “The next-generation code editor. Free forever.” Unlimited use with your API keys or external agents (Claude Agent, Codex CLI, and more).
• Pro — $10 per month. Card: unlimited edit predictions; $5 of tokens included; usage-based billing beyond $5. FAQ: hosted usage bills at API list +10%; extra usage charges at month-end or every additional $10, whichever comes first.
• Pro trial — 14 days, $5 of GPT-6 Luna, no credit card. FAQ: trial ends when the $5 is used or 14 days pass, whichever comes first. GPT-6 Luna is the only hosted model during the trial. Balance is shared across Zed and Delta.
• Business — $30 per seat, per month. Org-wide AI model policies, data governance, unified spend, unlimited edit predictions, RBAC. No bundled credit allotment (FAQ). No free trial (FAQ). Order forms at 25+ seats.
• BYO keys — FAQ: Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Deepseek, Google AI, LM Studio, Mistral, Ollama, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Vercel, and more. You can disable all AI features.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Do not invent an annual Pro table — the page prints monthly dollars.

Limitations / costs

• Personal has no Zed-hosted token pool. Hosted models start at Pro $10.
• $5 of included tokens is small. Long agent threads flip to list +10%.
• Business does not bundle credits. You still pay usage or BYO keys.
• A native GPUI editor, not Cursor’s VS Code Tab. For that fork see Cursor.

Alternatives

• Cursor — a VS Code fork when you want X Subscription Free / Plus $8 / Premium $30, not Zed’s Search… Threads Sidebar.
• Windsurf — an AI IDE when you want Free $0 / Pro $20, not Implement subagents on zed, cloud.

Official tutorial

Official Zed Industries channel video: Introducing Parallel Agents in Zed (oEmbed author: Zed Industries). First-party Threads Sidebar / parallel-agent how-to; the Implement subagents still is the cover. Sidebar / Read log on the video are ops of the Threads Sidebar, not generate-on-+25. We searched @zeddotdev — that handle is the product channel.

Written path: zed.dev/pricing plus Parallel Agents and the thumbnail.webp still.

Website

https://zed.dev/

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Zed’s official parallel-agents thumbnail.webp (Search… + zed, cloud + Implement subagents +25 -15 + Read docs/subagents-implementation-plan.md). Dollars checked on zed.dev/pricing (Personal $0 forever; Pro $10 + $5 tokens; Business $30/seat; 14-day Pro trial $5 GPT-6 Luna). Tutorial oEmbed author: Zed Industries (@zeddotdev).

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.