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AT A GLANCE
What should you know about Zed?
Zed is an editor built in Rust for macOS, Linux and Windows, with collaborative code editing, project sharing and AI agents.
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- Self-hosting
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Our editorial assessment
4.3 / 5Editorial ratingDocument review
AI code editors · toolkompass.io editorial team · 11/11/2026
Zed combines local code editing with collaboration and optional agents. Your own API keys and external agents provide choice. The pricing documentation clearly explains the limits of centralized controls; in particular, announced identity features must not be treated as already available.
Editorial assessment of the documented software offering. No business relationship disclosed. No hands-on product test or assessment of the company's creditworthiness. The assessment covers publicly documented properties. Usability, reliability and result quality have not been tested in practice.
Fit for the use case40 % weighting
4.5 / 5A local editor, collaboration and parallel agents are well suited to collaborative software development. Multiple operating systems are documented; speed, stability and specific language support were not assessed through our own comparative tests.
Zed — Your last next editor ↗Workflow & integration25 % weighting
4 / 5Collaborative code editing, project sharing and external agents complement the normal editor workflow. Your own keys can be used; the quality and setup of individual agent connections still depend on the selected service and project.
Zed — Your last next editor ↗Costs & limits20 % weighting
4.5 / 5The free editor, included tokens and usage-based extras are clearly distinguished. The FAQ also explains the absence of Business credits and external billing when using your own keys; actual model costs remain usage-dependent.
Zed — Pricing ↗Control & operation15 % weighting
4 / 5Model policies, data-sharing settings and roles are described for Business. The documentation limits these controls to hosted services and explicitly marks SSO, SAML and SCIM as not yet available.
Zed — Pricing ↗Fits Zed for your project?
Suitable for
Collaborative code editing · Local development
Less suitable for
Not yet sufficiently reviewed.
The classification is derived from the claims below and is not an independent quality assessment.
Features at a glance
Zed is an editor built in Rust for macOS, Linux and Windows, with collaborative code editing, project sharing and AI agents.
Provider documentation · no hands-on test · Source ↗ · Review status 11/10/2026
Documented strengths
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Drawbacks and limitations
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Pricing & billing model
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Review status 11/10/2026. No price guarantee. For paid plans, check tax and usage terms in the source.
Integrations
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Sources & review status
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“Evidenced” refers to the specific claim. It means neither an independent product test nor a security audit.
- Zed — Your last next editorhttps://zed.dev/ · retrieved on 11/10/2026
- Zed — Pricinghttps://zed.dev/pricing · retrieved on 11/11/2026
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