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Zed
A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Our rating
★ 4.3 / 5 preliminary
Pricing
Freemium · from $10/mo
Category
AI code editor
For
Builder
Last updated
Oct 15, 2026
💲 Personal plan free forever; Pro $10/mo with $5 of tokens included; Business $30/seat/mo. Source: zed.dev (checked Oct 15, 2026).
Pros & cons
👍 Pros
- Extremely fast native editor
- Bring external agents (Claude Agent, Codex CLI)
- Real-time collaboration
👎 Cons
- Smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code
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