Zed Pricing

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Plan	Price	Notes
Personalofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-29	Free forever for commercial and personal use; high-performance editor with Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) for LLMs.
Proofficial source ↗	USD 10/month · per userchecked 2026-08-29	$10/month; unlimited Edit Predictions, $5 monthly credit for Zed-hosted AI models, access to frontier models without personal API keys.
Businessofficial source ↗	USD 30/month · per seatchecked 2026-08-29	$30/seat/month; org-wide AI policy controls, centralized billing, zero data retention governance, and team management.
Hosted AI Pay-As-You-Goofficial source ↗	Usage-basedchecked 2026-08-29	Usage-based billing at pass-through model token rates for Zed-hosted AI models once monthly credits are consumed.

structured from cited official pricing sources: “Zed is a high-performance open-source code editor that is free for personal and commercial use with Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) AI support. Zed Pro starts at $10/month providing unlimited Edit Predictions and a $5 monthly Zed-hosted AI credit, while Zed Business is $30/seat/month offering centralized team billing, org-wide model controls, and strict zero-data-retention compliance. Pay-as-you-go token rates apply for additional Zed-hosted usage.”

Self-hosting cost

Zed is open source. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

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FAQ

How much does Zed cost?

Zed is a high-performance open-source code editor that is free for personal and commercial use with Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) AI support. Zed Pro starts at $10/month providing unlimited Edit Predictions and a $5 monthly Zed-hosted AI credit, while Zed Business is $30/seat/month offering centralized team billing, org-wide model controls, and strict zero-data-retention compliance. Pay-as-you-go token rates apply for additional Zed-hosted usage. Paid pricing starts at $10/month.

Does Zed have a free plan?

Yes — Zed is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Zed for free?

Zed is open source. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper Zed alternatives?

Cursor, Devin, VS Code are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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