Zed

What it does

Writes code

YesThe Agent Panel authors and edits code from a written task description, with the agent gathering its own context and writing files through edit_file and write_file tools.Describe the task, the agent does the rest: discovering context, editing files, and staying on track until it's done.zed.dev/ai ↗

Debugs and fixes

YesVendor names debugging as a core Agent Panel use, and the agent has a diagnostics tool that pulls language-server errors per file or project-wide to drive the fix.It's the core of Zed's AI code editing experience — use it for code generation, refactoring, debugging, documentation, and general questions.zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel ↗

Reviews code

PartlyReview is aimed at the agent's own diff, accepted or rejected hunk by hunk in a multibuffer; nothing in the docs describes reviewing a pull request another person wrote.Review the agent's work in an editable unified diff. Accept or reject all changes before committing them.zed.dev/ai ↗

Whole-codebase work

PartlyThe agent searches the repository with grep and find_path and can spawn subagents for parallel investigation, but Zed asks you to supply context explicitly and documents no repository-wide index.The agent can search your codebase to find relevant context, but providing it explicitly improves response quality and reduces latency.zed.dev/docs/ai/agent-panel ↗

Ships it

PartlyThere is no deployment feature; the agent stops at a reviewable diff, though its terminal tool can execute any shell command you permit, which is how a deploy script would run.Executes shell commands and returns the combined output, creating a new shell process for each invocation.zed.dev/docs/ai/tools.md ↗

Done-for-you service

NoZed sells software you download and run yourself; the plans page offers only self-serve subscriptions, with sales contact reserved for larger order forms.No minimum. Business is self-serve and available to organizations of any size. Month-to-month plans are available to everyone. Order form contracts…zed.dev/pricing ↗

Not established: Writes tests

How much it does unattended

Runs autonomously

PartlyThe agent works a task through to completion on its own, but permission-gated tool calls default to asking first, so unattended running requires setting tool_permissions.default to allow."confirm" (default) — Prompts for approval before running any tool action, including MCP tool callszed.dev/docs/ai/mcp ↗

Multi-agent

YesA parent agent can delegate to subagents with their own context windows, and separate threads run concurrently, optionally isolated in their own Git worktrees.Spawns a subagent with its own context window to perform a delegated task. Useful for running parallel investigations, completing self-contained…zed.dev/docs/ai/tools.md ↗

Agent permissions

YesPermissions are per tool and pattern-based, with allow, deny and confirm rules, plus hardcoded rules for recursive deletes that no setting can override.Configure which Agent Panel tools run automatically and which require your approval.zed.dev/docs/ai/tool-permissions.md ↗

Which models it runs on

Claude

YesAnthropic Claude models are served through Zed's own hosted plan with published per-million-token rates, and Claude is also reachable via your own Anthropic key.| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | Input | $2.00 | $2.20 |zed.dev/docs/account/zed-hosted-models.… ↗

GPT

YesOpenAI GPT models are in the hosted catalogue with published token rates, and the Pro trial runs on a GPT model as its only hosted option.| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | Input | $2.00 | $2.20 |zed.dev/docs/account/zed-hosted-models.… ↗

Open models

YesOpen-weight models run locally through llama.cpp, Ollama or LM Studio, or any local OpenAI-compatible server; the docs walk through pulling and selecting such a model.Use local models when you run the model on your machine or on infrastructure you control.zed.dev/docs/ai/use-a-local-model.md ↗

Model choice

YesYou choose the model from a selector and can route through Zed hosting, your own API keys, an existing subscription, a gateway or a local server.Use this page to choose which models power the Zed Agent and other Zed-owned AI featureszed.dev/docs/ai/llm-providers.md ↗

Where you use it

In your editor

YesZed is itself the editor: the agent lives in a panel beside the buffers, and edits stream into the same window you are working in.Smoothly collaborate with agents in Zed, editing files, navigating code, and running tools at the speed of the editor itself.zed.dev/ai ↗

On the command line

PartlyThe zed CLI opens files and can be driven from scripts, but it launches the editor rather than running an agent headlessly; agent CLIs instead run as Terminal Threads inside Zed.Use Zed's command-line interface (CLI) to open files and directories, integrate with other tools, and control Zed from scripts.zed.dev/docs/reference/cli.md ↗

In your pipeline

NoZed's own inventory of agent paths is three, and each runs inside the editor's Agent Panel, Threads Sidebar or terminal; no pull-request or CI runner surface is offered.Zed supports three agent paths. Choose the path based on how you want agentic work to run.zed.dev/docs/ai/agents.md ↗

In a browser

PartlyThe only web surface is the organisation dashboard for admin controls, usage and billing; coding and the agent happen in the installed desktop app, not a browser.Admin controls are available to owners and admins in the organization dashboard at dashboard.zed.dev.zed.dev/docs/business/admin-controls ↗

Whose machine it runs on

Self-hosted

PartlyModels and edit prediction can run on hardware you control and the editor builds from source, but Zed's hosted AI, collaboration and org dashboard remain Zed-operated services.Connect models through Ollama and keep everything on your hardware. Nothing leaves your machine.zed.dev/ai ↗

Open source

YesThe vendor states the editor, its Zeta edit-prediction model and the ACP agent protocol are all open source and developed in public on GitHub.Zed, Zeta, and ACP are all open source. The editor, the model, and the protocol, built in public.zed.dev/ai ↗

What it costs to run

How it meters

YesTwo units at once: a per-seat monthly subscription, and hosted model usage metered per token at provider list price plus ten percent beyond the included credit.Usage of Zed's hosted models is measured on a token basis, converted to dollars at the rates listed on Zed-Hosted Models (list price from the…zed.dev/docs/account/plans-and-pricing.… ↗

Free tier

YesThe Personal plan is free indefinitely with no call required: the full editor, a capped allowance of accepted edit predictions, and unlimited use of your own keys or external agents.PERSONAL $0 forever The next-generation code editor. Free forever.zed.dev/pricing ↗

API access

PartlyNo public REST API for the product is documented; programmatic use is limited to the zed CLI from scripts and to extensions and ACP agent integrations built against Zed.Use Zed's command-line interface (CLI) to open files and directories, integrate with other tools, and control Zed from scripts.zed.dev/docs/reference/cli.md ↗

MCP server

NoMCP runs one way only: Zed is the client that consumes external MCP servers and forwards them to agents, and the docs describe no MCP server exposing Zed to another agent.Zed uses the Model Context Protocol to interact with context servers.zed.dev/docs/ai/mcp ↗

Bring your own key

YesBring-your-own-key is a first-class path on every plan including the free one, with keys stored in the system keychain rather than settings.json.We currently support Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Deepseek, Google AI, LM Studio, Mistral, Ollama, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Vercel, and more.zed.dev/pricing ↗

Buying it for a team

A company can buy it

YesThe Business plan is bought by an organisation, is self-serve with no seat minimum, and order-form contracts open up at twenty-five seats and above.No minimum. Business is self-serve and available to organizations of any size. Month-to-month plans are available to everyone. Order form contracts…zed.dev/pricing ↗

Seat model

YesBusiness is priced per seat per month with no floor and no published ceiling; Billing Manager is a role that does not consume a paid seat.BUSINESS $30 per seat, per monthzed.dev/pricing ↗

Pooled budget

PartlyBusiness pools AI spend under one org-wide limit and a single invoice, but seats carry no bundled credit allotment, so the shared pool is spend, not an allowance.Business seats don't bundle a fixed LLM credit allotment. You can use Zed-hosted AI at standard usage rates, or bring your own API keyszed.dev/pricing ↗

Admin controls

PartlyBusiness admins can disable hosted models by model, turn off edit predictions and lock data sharing, but the controls do not reach BYOK, gateways, local models, external agents or extensions.These controls don't cover bring-your-own-key (BYOK) configurations, gateways, local or self-hosted models, External Agents, Terminal Threads, or…zed.dev/docs/business/admin-controls ↗

Audit log

NoZed's own account of Business admin capability covers AI feature availability, data egress and spend tracking; no administrative audit or activity log is documented anywhere in the Business docs.Administrators control which AI features are available, what data leaves your environment, and how AI spend is tracked.zed.dev/docs/business/overview ↗

Single sign-on

NoZed states plainly that enterprise identity is not there yet; members authenticate via GitHub after accepting an invitation instead.SSO, SAML, and SCIM are planned but not currently available.zed.dev/pricing ↗

What happens to your code

Opt out of training

YesNothing is retained or trained on unless you rate a response or opt into training collection; on Business both are off by default and members cannot opt in.Zed only retains AI data when you explicitly share feedback or opt in to training data collection.zed.dev/docs/ai/privacy-and-security ↗

Data residency

YesZed's websites, software and service are hosted in the United States, with EEA/UK transfers under Standard Contractual Clauses.Our websites, products, and services are hosted in the United Stateszed.dev/privacy-policy ↗

Getting out

PartlyThreads can be opened and copied out as Markdown, and monthly included credit resets rather than accumulating, but no bulk account data export is documented.Monthly included credit resets on your monthly billing date.zed.dev/docs/account/plans-and-pricing.… ↗

Certifications

NoCertification is in progress rather than held: Zed reports working toward SOC2 Type 1 and points compliance questions at sales, with no ISO or GDPR attestation published.Zed is working toward SOC2 Type 1 certification.zed.dev/docs/soc2.md ↗