Cursor vs Zed

Side-by-side comparison of Cursor and Zed: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Cursor AI-first code editor built on VS Code — full codebase context, not just the open file. Visit	Zed Your last next editor Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 20/mo	USD 10/mo
Free tier
Audience	Technical	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Anthropic / OpenAI	Multiple (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google, and others; own Zeta2 model for edit prediction)
Founded	2022
Headquarters	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Agentic coding (autonomous agents that plan, build, test, and demo features) ·Multi-model support (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, Cursor models) ·IDE integration with AI-powered code completion and editing ·Cloud agents running in parallel on ambitious tasks	·Speed (written in Rust, leverages multiple CPU cores and GPU) ·Agentic/AI editing with parallel agents ·Real-time collaboration (chat, co-editing, screen sharing) ·Native Git support