Alternatives

Best Zed alternatives

10 tools similar to Zed, ranked by how closely they match what it does among coding & development. 9 have a free option.

Zed alternatives at a glance

Tool	Pricing	Compare
Zed(this tool)	Freemium · from $10/mo
GitHub Copilot	Freemium	vs Zed
Cursor	Freemium · from $20/mo	vs Zed
Windsurf	Freemium · from $20/mo	vs Zed
Replit AI	Freemium · from $18/mo
Tabnine	Freemium · from $12/mo
Continue	Free
Aider	Free
Amazon Q Developer	Freemium
Agent QA	Free
Augment Code	Enterprise

Top 10 alternatives to Zed

GitHub Copilot

Free

Coding & development

AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor.

Free ($0/user/mo, 2,000 completions/mo); Pro ($10/user/mo); Pro+ ($39/user/mo); Max ($100/user/mo); Business ($19/user/mo); Enterprise ($39/user/mo)

VS CodeGitHubClaudeOpenAI

Free tierDev

OpenAI / Anthropic / Google10M+ users

Cursor

Free

Coding & development

AI-first code editor built on VS Code — full codebase context, not just the open file.

Hobby (Free), Individual/Pro ($20/mo), Teams ($40/user/mo), Enterprise (Custom). Usage-based pricing available for on-demand model usage beyond included amounts.

SlackGitHubVercelSnowflake+3

Free tierDev

Anthropic / OpenAIPopular

Windsurf

Free

Coding & development

Agentic AI code editor from Codeium — Cascade agent handles multi-file tasks end to end.

Free ($0): light quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits & Tab completions. Pro ($20/mo): increased quotas, frontier models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, SpaceXAI), free SWE-2, cloud agents. Max ($200/mo): significantly higher quotas. Teams ($80/mo base + $40/mo per full seat, up to 200 users). Enterprise: custom pricing.

GitHubPyTorchClaude

Free tierDevAPISelf-host

Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2Growing

Replit AI

Free

Coding & development

Browser-based AI coding environment for building and deploying apps without any setup

Free Starter tier ($0); Core at $20/month ($18/month billed annually); Pro at $100/month ($90/month billed annually); Enterprise at custom pricing. Annual plans save up to 10%.

OpenAIStripeGoogle WorkspaceDatabricks+1

Free tierEveryone

Multiple (OpenAI and others via integrations; uses intelligent model routing)Popular

Tabnine

Free

Coding & development

Privacy-first AI code completion — runs locally or on private cloud, no data retention.

JetBrains IDEsVS CodeVisual StudioGitHub

Free tierDevSelf-host

TabninePopular

Continue

Free

Coding & development

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility

Freemium model (paid plans available)

GitHub

FreeDevOSSSelf-host

36kGrowing

Aider

Free

Coding & development

AI pair programming in your terminal — code smarter with LLMs

Free · API keys required for LLM providers

GitClaude (Anthropic)DeepSeekOpenAI+1

FreeDevOSSSelf-host

Multi-provider: Anthropic (Claude 3.7 Sonnet), DeepSeek (R1 & Chat V3), OpenAI (o1, o3-mini, GPT-4o), and local models49kPopular

Amazon Q Developer

Free

Coding & development

The most capable generative AI–powered assistant for software development

Perpetual Free Tier: 50 agentic chat interactions/month, up to 1,000 lines of code transformation/month. Paid tier (Amazon Q Developer Pro) also available.

JetBrainsIntelliJ IDEAVisual StudioVS Code+8

Free tierEveryoneAPI

AWS (Amazon)10M+ users

Agent QA

Free

Coding & development

AI regression tests for web and mobile apps; configured model, browser and device costs may apply.

FreeDevSelf-host

Augment Code

Coding & development

Agentic software development at organizational scale — close the gap between individual AI tools and enterprise workflows

Enterprise pricing; book a demo. Free tier via "Get Started" CTA implied for individuals.

EnterpriseDevAPISelf-host

Multiple (GPT, Gemini, Claude / BYOK)

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